The Litter (Designated Educational Institutions) Order 1991

Statutory Instruments

1991 No.561

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

The Litter (Designated Educational Institutions) Order 1991

Made

8th March 1991

Laid before Parliament

11th March 1991

Coming into force

1st April 1991

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 86(7) and (15) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990(1), the Secretary of State for Education and Science, as respects England, the Secretary of State for Scotland, as respects Scotland, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, hereby make the following order:

Citation and commencement

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Litter (Designated Educational Institutions) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 1st April 1991.

(2) In this Order “the Act” means the Environmental Protection Act 1990.

Designation of Educational Institutions

2.  The Secretary of State hereby designates for the purposes of Part IV of the Act the Open University and each of the descriptions of educational institution mentioned in section 98(2) and (3) of the Act, with the exception in relation to Scotland of schools referred to in paragraph (g) of section 98(3) (grant-aided schools) which are grant-aided special schools to which the Special Schools (Scotland) Grant Regulations 1990(2) apply.

Kenneth Clarke

Secretary of State for Education and Science

8th March 1991

M. Forsythe

Minister of State, Scottish Office

8th March 1991

David Hunt

Secretary of State for Wales

8th March 1991

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Under section 86(7) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (“the Act”) the Secretary of State may by order designate any educational institution or descriptions of educational institution, for the purposes of Part IV of the Act. This Order designates for the purposes of Part IV of the Act the Open University and the descriptions of educational institution set out in sections 98(2) and (3) of the Act, with the exception in relation to Scotland of grant-aided special schools to which the Special Schools (Scotland) Grant Regulations 1990 apply. The types of educational institution set out in sections 98(2) and (3) are those wholly or mainly dependent on public funds for their support.

(1)

1990 c. 43.

(2)

S.I. 1990/2551.