(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into force in England and Wales the provisions of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 set out in article 2 on 18th October 2005.
This Order brings into force in England the provisions of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 set out in article 3 on 18th October 2005.
Article 4 contains transitional provisions requiring that a vehicle in respect of which a local authority has given a notice under section 3(2) of the Refuse Disposal (Amenity) Act 1978, or to which a local authority has affixed a notice under section 3(5) of that Act, in either case before 18th October 2005, shall continue to be dealt with in accordance with sections 3 and 4 of that Act as those sections applied before the coming into force of provisions under this Order.
Article 5 contains transitional provisions requiring that a vehicle on a road in respect of which an authority has given a notice under section 99(3) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 or a vehicle to which an authority has affixed a notice under section 99(4) of that Act, in either case before 18th October 2005, shall continue to be dealt with in accordance with sections 99, 101 and 103 of that Act as those sections applied before the coming into force of provisions under this Order.
Article 6 contains savings continuing the effect of section 32 of, and Part 2 of Schedule 2 to, the Environmental Protection Act 1990 in their application to the activities of companies engaged in the collection, or the treating, keping or disposal, of waste which remain under the control of waste disposal authorities on 18th October 2005 and to the functions of such authorities in relation to such companies.