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2012 No. 898 (C. 28)
Environmental Protection
The Environmental Protection Act 1990 (Commencement No. 19) Order 2012
Made
20th March 2012
The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 164(3) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990(1):
CitationU.K.
1. This Order may be cited as the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (Commencement No. 19) Order 2012.
Provisions coming into force on 1st April 2012U.K.
2. The day appointed for the coming into force of section 162(2) of, and Part 2 of Schedule 16 to, the Environmental Protection Act 1990 so far as relating to the repeal of section 1 of the Refuse Disposal (Amenity) Act 1978(2) is 1st April 2012.
Taylor of Holbeach
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
20th March 2012
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into force on 1st April 2012 the repeal of section 1 of the Refuse Disposal (Amenity) Act 1978 (c. 3) in England and Wales.
No impact assessment has been prepared for this instrument as no effect on business or the voluntary sector is anticipated.
NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS
(This note is not part of the Order)
The following provisions of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 have been brought into force by commencement orders made before the date of this Order (N.B. for convenience the provisions brought into force by section 164(2) of the Act are also shown):
| Provision | Date of Commencement | S.I. No. |
|---|---|---|
| ss. 1 & 2 | 1.1.1991 | 1990/2635 |
| s. 3 | 19.12.1990 | 1990/2635 |
| ss. 4 to 28 | 1.1.1991 | 1990/2635 |
| ss. 29 to 32 | 31.5.1991 | 1991/1319 |
| s. 33(1)(a) & (b) (partially) | 1.5.1994 | 1994/1096 |
| s. 33(1)(a) & (b) (partially) | 1.4.1995 | 1994/1096, 1994/2487 & 1994/3234 |
| s. 33(1)(a) & (b) (so far as not already in force) | Various | 1994/1096, 1994/2487 & 1994/3234 |
| s. 33(1)(c) | 1.4.1992 | 1991/2829 |
| s. 33(2) (partially) | 1.4.1992 | 1991/2829 |
| s. 33(2) (partially) | 1.5.1994 | 1994/1096 |
| s. 33(2) (partially) | 1.4.1995 | 1994/1096, 1994/2487 & 1994/3234 |
| s. 33(2) (so far as not already in force) | Various | 1994/1096, 1994/2487 & 1994/3234 |
| s. 33(3) & (4) | 13.12.1991 | 1991/2829 |
| s. 33(6) to (9) (partially) | 1.4.1992 | 1991/2829 |
| s. 33(6) to (9) (partially) | 1.5.1994 | 1994/1096 |
| s. 33(6) to (9) (so far as not already in force) | Various | 1994/1096, 1994/2487 & 1994/3234 |
| s. 34(1) to (4) | 1.4.1992 | 1991/2829 |
| s. 34(5) | 13.12.1991 | 1991/2829 |
| s. 34(6) | 1.4.1992 | 1991/2829 |
| s. 34(7) to (9) | 13.12.1991 | 1991/2829 |
| s. 34(10) | 1.4.1992 | 1991/2829 |
| s. 34(11) | 13.12.1991 | 1991/2829 |
| s. 35(1) to (5) (partially) | 1.5.1994 | 1994/1096 |
| s. 35(1) to (5) (partially) | 1.4.1995 | 1994/1096, 1994/2487 & 1994/3234 |
| s. 35(1) to (5) (so far as not already in force) | Various | 1994/1096, 1994/2487 & 1994/3234 |
| s. 35(6) | 18.2.1993 | 1993/274 |
| s. 35(7) to (12) (partially) | 1.5.1994 | 1994/1096 |
| s. 35(7) to (12) (partially) | 1.4.1995 | 1994/1096, 1994/2487 & 1994/3234 |
| s. 35(7) to (12) (so far as not already in force) | Various | 1994/1096, 1994/2487 & 1994/3234 |
| s. 36(1) | 18.2.1993 | 1993/274 |
| ss. 36(2) to (10) & 37(1) & (2) (partially) | 1.5.1994 | 1994/1096 |
| ss. 36(2) to (10) & 37(1) & (2) (partially) | 1.4.1995 | 1994/1096, 1994/2487 & 1994/3234 |
| ss. 36(2) to (10) & 37(1) & (2) (so far as not already in force) | Various | 1994/1096, 1994/2487 & 1994/3234 |
| s. 37(3) (partially) | 18.2.1993 | 1993/274 |
| ss. 37(3) to (6) & 38(1) to (6) (partially) | 1.5.1994 | 1994/1096 |
| ss. 37(3) to (6) & 38(1) to (6) (partially) | 1.4.1995 | 1994/1096, 1994/2487 & 1994/3234 |
| ss. 37(3) to (6) & 38(1) to (6) (so far as not already in force) | Various | 1994/1096, 1994/2487 & 1994/3234 |
| s. 38(7) (partially) | 18.2.1993 | 1993/274 |
| ss. 38(7) to (12) & 39(1) & (2) (partially) | 1.5.1994 | 1994/1096 |
| ss. 38(7) to (12) & 39(1) & (2) (partially) | 1.4.1995 | 1994/1096, 1994/2487 & 1994/3234 |
| ss. 38(7) to (12) & 39(1) & (2) (so far as not already in force) | Various | 1994/1096, 1994/2487 & 1994/3234 |
| s. 39(3) | 18.2.1993 | 1993/274 |
| ss. 39(4) to (11) & 40(1) & (2) (partially) | 1.5.1994 | 1994/1096 |
| ss. 39(4) to (11) & 40(1) & (2) (partially) | 1.4.1995 | 1994/1096, 1994/2487 & 1994/3234 |
| ss. 39(4) to (11) & 40(1) & (2) (so far as not already in force) | Various | 1994/1096, 1994/2487 & 1994/3234 |
| s. 40(3) | 18.2.1993 | 1993/274 |
| s. 40(4) to (6) (partially) | 1.5.1994 | 1994/1096 |
| s. 40(4) to (6) (partially) | 1.4.1995 | 1994/1096, 1994/2487 & 1994/3234 |
| s. 40(4) to (6) (so far as not already in force) | Various | 1994/1096, 1994/2487 & 1994/3234 |
| s. 41(1) | 16.3.1994 | 1994/780 |
| s. 41(2) | 18.2.1993 | 1993/274 |
| s. 41(3) | 16.3.1994 | 1994/780 |
| s. 41(4) & (5) | 18.2.1993 | 1993/274 |
| s. 41(6) to (8) | 16.3.1994 | 1994/780 |
| s. 42(1) to (7) (partially) | 1.5.1994 | 1994/1096 |
| s. 42(1) to (7) (partially) | 1.1.1995 | 1994/1096, 1994/2487 & 1994/3234 |
| s. 42(1) to (7) (so far as not already in force) | Various | 1994/1096, 1994/2487 & 1994/3234 |
| s. 42(8) (partially) | 18.2.1993 | 1993/274 |
| ss. 42(8) & 43(1) to (7) (partially) | 1.5.1994 | 1994/1096 |
| ss. 42(8) & 43(1) to (7) (partially) | 1.4.1995 | 1994/1096, 1994/2487 & 1994/3234 |
| ss. 42(8) & 43(1) to (7) (so far as not already in force) | Various | 1994/1096, 1994/2487 & 1994/3234 |
| s. 43(8) | 18.2.1993 | 1993/274 |
| s. 44 (partially) | 1.5.1994 | 1994/1096 |
| s. 44 (partially) | 1.4.1995 | 1994/1096, 1994/2487 & 1994/3234 |
| s. 44 (so far as not already in force) | Various | 1994/1096, 1994/2487 & 1994/3234 |
| s. 45(1) | 1.4.1992 | 1992/266 |
| s. 45(2) (Scotland) | 1.4.1992 | 1992/266 |
| s. 45(3) (partially) | 14.2.1992 | 1992/266 |
| s. 45(3) to (12) (so far as not already in force) | 1.4.1992 | 1992/266 |
| ss. 46, 47 & 48(1) to (6) | 1.4.1992 | 1992/266 |
| s. 48(8) & (9) | 1.4.1992 | 1992/266 |
| s. 49 | 1.8.1991 | 1991/1577 |
| ss. 50 & 51 | 31.5.1991 | 1991/1319 |
| s. 52(1) | 1.4.1992 | 1992/266 |
| s. 52(3) to (7) | 1.4.1992 | 1992/266 |
| s. 52(8) (partially) | 13.12.1991 | 1991/2829 |
| ss. 52(9) to (11) & 53 | 1.4.1992 | 1992/266 |
| s. 54(1) to (13) | 1.5.1994 | 1994/1096 |
| s. 54(14) | 18.2.1993 | 1993/274 |
| s. 54(15) to (17) | 1.5.1994 | 1994/1096 |
| ss. 55 & 56 | 1.4.1992 | 1992/266 |
| s. 57 (partially) | 1.5.1994 | 1994/1096 |
| s. 57 (partially) | 1.4.1995 | 1994/1096, 1994/2487 & 1994/3234 |
| s. 57 (so far as not already in force) | Various | 1994/1096, 1994/2487 & 1994/3234 |
| ss. 58 & 59 | 1.5.1994 | 1994/1096 |
| s. 60 (partially) | 31.5.1991 | 1991/1319 |
| s. 60 (so far as not already in force) | 1.5.1994 | 1994/1096 |
| s. 62 | 11.8.1995 | 1995/2152 |
| s. 63(1) | 18.2.1993 | 1993/274 |
| s. 64(1) | 18.2.1993 | 1993/274 |
| s. 64(2) & (3) | 1.5.1994 | 1994/1096 |
| s. 64(4) | 18.2.1993 | 1993/274 |
| s. 64(5) to (7) | 1.5.1994 | 1994/1096 |
| s. 64(8) | 18.2.1993 | 1993/274 |
| s. 65(1) | 1.5.1994 | 1994/1096 |
| s. 65(2) (partially) | 18.2.1993 | 1993/274 |
| s. 65(2) (so far as not already in force) | 1.5.1994 | 1994/1096 |
| ss. 65(3) & (4) & 66(1) to (6) | 1.5.1994 | 1994/1096 |
| s. 66(7) (partially) | 18.2.1993 | 1993/274 |
| s. 66(7) (so far as not already in force) | 1.5.1994 | 1994/1096 |
| ss. 66(8) to (11) & 67 | 1.5.1994 | 1994/1096 |
| s. 68 | 31.5.1991 | 1991/1319 |
| ss. 69 & 70 | 1.4.1992 | 1991/2829 |
| ss. 71 & 72 | 31.5.1991 | 1991/1319 |
| s. 73(1) to (5) | 1.4.1992 | 1992/266 |
| ss. 73(6) to (9) & 74(1) to (5) | 1.5.1994 | 1994/1096 |
| s. 74(6) | 18.2.1993 | 1993/274 |
| s. 74(7) | 1.5.1994 | 1994/1096 |
| s. 75 | 31.5.1991 | 1991/1319 |
| s. 77 | 31.5.1991 | 1991/1319 |
| s. 78 | 13.12.1991 | 1991/2829 |
| ss. 79 to 85 | 1.1.1991 | s. 164(2) |
| s. 86(1) (England & Wales) | 13.2.1991 | 1991/96 |
| s. 86(1) (Scotland) | 1.4.1991 | 1991/1042 |
| s. 86(2) | 14.1.1991 | 1991/96 |
| s. 86(3) | 1.4.1991 | 1991/1042 |
| s. 86(4) & (5) (England & Wales) | 13.2.1991 | 1991/96 |
| s. 86(4) & (5) (Scotland) | 1.4.1991 | 1991/1042 |
| s. 86(6) to (8) | 14.1.1991 | 1991/96 |
| s. 86(9) (England & Wales) | 13.2.1991 | 1991/96 |
| s. 86(10) | 1.4.1991 | 1991/1042 |
| s. 86(11) | 14.1.1991 | 1991/96 |
| s. 86(12) | 1.6.1991 | 1991/1042 |
| s. 86(13) (England & Wales) | 13.2.1991 | 1991/96 |
| s. 86(13) (Scotland) | 1.4.1991 | 1991/1042 |
| s. 86(14) & (15) | 14.1.1991 | 1991/96 |
| s. 87(1), (2) & (3)(a) to (e) (England & Wales) | 13.2.1991 | 1991/96 |
| s. 87(1), (2) & (3)(a) to (e) (Scotland) | 1.4.1991 | 1991/1042 |
| s. 87(3)(f) | 1.6.1991 | 1991/1042 |
| s. 87(4) to (6) (England & Wales) | 13.2.1991 | 1991/96 |
| s. 87(4) to (6) (Scotland) | 1.4.1991 | 1991/1042 |
| s. 87(7) | 1.4.1991 | 1991/1042 |
| s. 88(1) to (4) (England & Wales) | 13.2.1991 | 1991/96 |
| s. 88(1) to (4) (Scotland) | 1.4.1991 | 1991/1042 |
| s. 88(5) | 14.1.1991 | 1991/96 |
| s. 88(6) (England & Wales) | 13.2.1991 | 1991/96 |
| s. 88(6) (Scotland) | 1.4.1991 | 1991/1042 |
| s. 88(7) | 14.1.1991 | 1991/96 |
| s. 88(8) & (9)(a) (England & Wales) | 13.2.1991 | 1991/96 |
| s. 88(8) & (9)(a) (Scotland) | 1.4.1991 | 1991/1042 |
| s. 88(9)(b) | 14.1.1991 | 1991/96 |
| s. 88(9)(c) & (d) (Scotland) | 1.4.1991 | 1991/1042 |
| s. 88(9)(c) to (e) & (10) (England & Wales) | 13.2.1991 | 1991/96 |
| s. 88(10) (Scotland) | 1.4.1991 | 1991/1042 |
| s. 89(1)(a) to (f) | 1.4.1991 | 1991/1042 |
| s. 89(1)(g) | 1.6.1991 | 1991/1042 |
| s. 89(2) & (3) | 1.4.1991 | 1991/1042 |
| s. 89(4) | 14.1.1991 | 1991/96 |
| s. 89(5) & (6) | 1.4.1991 | 1991/1042 |
| s. 89(7) to (9) | 13.11.1990 | 1990/2243 |
| s. 89(10) | 1.4.1991 | 1991/1042 |
| s. 89(11) to (13) | 13.11.1990 | 1990/2243 |
| s. 89(14) | 1.4.1991 | 1991/1042 |
| s. 90(1) & (2) | 14.1.1991 | 1991/96 |
| s. 90(3) to (6) | 1.6.1991 | 1991/1042 |
| s. 90(7) | 14.1.1991 | 1991/96 |
| s. 91(1)(a) to (f) | 1.4.1991 | 1991/1042 |
| s. 91(1)(g) | 1.6.1991 | 1991/1042 |
| s. 91(2) to (13) | 1.4.1991 | 1991/1042 |
| s. 92(1)(a) to (c) | 1.4.1991 | 1991/1042 |
| s. 92(1)(d) | 1.6.1991 | 1991/1042 |
| ss. 92(2) to (10) & 93 | 1.4.1991 | 1991/1042 |
| s. 94(1) & (2) | 14.1.1991 | 1991/96 |
| ss. 94(3) to (9), 95 & 96(1) | 1.4.1991 | 1991/1042 |
| s. 96(2) & (3) | 14.1.1991 | 1991/96 |
| s. 97 | 1.1.1991 | s. 164(2) |
| s. 98(1) (Scotland) | 1.4.1991 | 1991/1042 |
| s. 98(1) & (2) (England & Wales) | 13.2.1991 | 1991/96 |
| s. 98(3) & (4) | 1.4.1991 | 1991/1042 |
| s. 98(5) & (6) (England & Wales) | 13.2.1991 | 1991/96 |
| s. 98(5) & (6) (Scotland) | 1.4.1991 | 1991/1042 |
| s. 99 | 1.1.1991 | s. 164(2) |
| ss. 100 to 104 | 1.1.1991 | 1990/2565 & 1990/2635 |
| s. 105 (partially) | 7.12.1990 | 1990/2565 |
| s. 105 (partially) | 1.1.1991 | s. 164(2) |
| s. 105 (so far as not already in force) | 1.1.1991 | 1990/2565 & 1990/2635 |
| s. 106(1) to (3) | 1.2.1993 | 1992/3253 |
| s. 106(4) & (5) | 1.4.1991 | 1991/1042 |
| ss. 106(6) & (7) & 107(1) to (7) | 1.2.1993 | 1992/3253 |
| s. 107(8) | 1.4.1991 | 1991/1042 |
| s. 107(9) to (11) | 1.2.1993 | 1992/3253 |
| s. 108(1)(a) (partially) | 1.2.1993 | 1992/3253 |
| s. 108(1)(b) | 1.4.1991 | 1991/1042 |
| s. 108(3)(b) | 1.4.1991 | 1991/1042 |
| s. 108(5) | 1.4.1991 | 1991/1042 |
| s. 108(7) | 1.4.1991 | 1991/1042 |
| s. 108(9) | 1.4.1991 | 1991/1042 |
| s. 108(10) | 1.1.1993 | 1992/3253 |
| s. 110 (partially) | 1.2.1993 | 1992/3253 |
| s. 111(1) & (2) | 1.4.1991 | 1991/1042 |
| s. 111(4) & (5) | 1.4.1991 | 1991/1042 |
| s. 111(6) & (6A) | 1.2.1993 | 1992/3253 |
| s. 111(7) | 1.4.1991 | 1991/1042 |
| s. 111(8) to (10) | 1.2.1993 | 1992/3253 |
| s. 111(11) | 1.4.1991 | 1991/1042 |
| s. 112(1) & (2) | 1.2.1993 | 1992/3253 |
| s. 112(5) to (7) | 1.2.1993 | 1992/3253 |
| ss. 113, 114(1) to (3) | 1.4.1991 | 1991/1042 |
| ss. 114(4) & (5) & 115(1) to (3) | 1.2.1993 | 1992/3253 |
| s. 115(4) | 1.4.1991 | 1991/1042 |
| s. 115(5) to (10) | 1.2.1993 | 1992/3253 |
| s. 116 (partially) | 1.2.1993 | 1992/3253 |
| s. 117 | 1.2.1993 | 1992/3253 |
| s. 118(1)(a) | 1.2.1993 | 1992/3253 |
| s. 118(1)(c) | 1.2.1993 | 1992/3253 |
| s. 118(1)(e) to (1) | 1.2.1993 | 1992/3253 |
| s. 118(1)(m)(partially) | 1.2.1993 | 1992/3253 |
| s. 118(1)(n) & (o) & (2) to (10) | 1.2.1993 | 1992/3253 |
| ss. 119 to 121 | 1.2.1993 | 1992/3253 |
| s. 122(1) (partially) | 1.4.1991 | 1991/1042 |
| s. 122(1)(c) to (h) (so far as not already in force) | 1.2.1993 | 1992/3253 |
| s. 122(2) & (3) | 1.2.1993 | 1992/3253 |
| s. 122(4) | 1.4.1991 | 1991/1042 |
| s. 123(1) to (6) | 1.2.1993 | 1992/3253 |
| s. 123(7) | 1.4.1991 | 1991/1042 |
| s. 123(8) | 1.2.1993 | 1992/3253 |
| ss. 123(9), 124 to 126 | 1.4.1991 | 1991/1042 |
| s. 127 | 1.2.1993 | 1992/3253 |
| s. 128 (partially) | 5.11.1990 | 1990/2226 |
| s. 128 (so far as not already in force) | 1.4.1991 | 1991/685 |
| s. 129 | 5.11.1990 | 1990/2226 |
| s. 130 (partially) | 5.11.1990 | 1990/2226 |
| s. 130 (so far as not already in force) | 1.4.1991 | 1991/685 |
| s. 131 | 5.11.1990 | 1990/2226 |
| s. 132 (partially) | 5.11.1990 | 1990/2226 |
| s. 132 (so far as not already in force) | 1.4.1991 | 1991/685 |
| ss. 133 to 139 | 5.11.1990 | 1990/2226 |
| ss. 140 to 142 | 1.1.1991 | s. 164(2) |
| s. 143(1) (England & Wales) | 14.2.1992 | 1992/266 |
| s. 143(5) & (6) (England & Wales) | 14.2.1992 | 1992/266 |
| s. 144 (partially) | 1.1.1992 | 1991/2829 |
| s. 144 (partially) | 18.2.1993 | 1993/274 |
| s. 144 (so far as not already in force) | 1.5.1993 | 1993/274 |
| ss. 145 & 146 | 1.1.1991 | s. 164(2) |
| s. 147 | 31.5.1991 | 1991/1319 |
| s. 148 | 1.1.1991 | s. 164(2) |
| ss. 149 to 151 (partially) | 14.2.1992 | 1992/266 |
| ss. 149 to 151 (so far as not already in force) | 1.4.1992 | 1992/266 |
| s. 152 | 10.7.1991 | 1991/1577 |
| ss. 153 to 155 | 1.1.1991 | s. 164(2) |
| s. 156 | 1.4.1991 | 1991/1042 |
| s. 157 | 1.1.1991 | s. 164(2) |
| s. 158 | 1.4.1991 | 1991/1042 |
| s. 159 | 1.1.1991 | 1990/2635 |
| ss. 160 & 161 | 1.1.1991 | s. 164(2) |
| s. 162(1) (partially) | 1.1.1991 | s. 164(2) |
| s. 162(1) (partially) | 14.1.1991 | 1991/96 |
| s. 162(1) (partially) | 1.4.1991 | 1991/1042 |
| s. 162(1) (partially) | 31.5.1991 | 1991/1319 |
| s. 162(1) (partially) | 1.4.1992 | 1991/2829 |
| s. 162(1) (partially) | 1.4.1992 | 1992/266 |
| s. 162(1) (partially) | 18.2.1993 | 1993/274 |
| s. 162(1) (partially) | 1.5.1994 | 1994/1096 |
| s. 162(1) (partially) | 1.4.1995 | 1994/1096, 1994/2487 & 1994/3234 |
| s. 162(1) (partially) | Various | 1994/1096, 1994/2487 & 1994/3234 |
| s. 162(2) (partially) | 1.1.1991 | s. 164(2) |
| s. 162(2) (partially) | 1.1.1991 | 1990/2565 & 1990/2635 |
| s. 162(2) (partially) | 1.4.1991 | 1991/685 |
| s. 162(2) (partially) | 1.4.1991 | 1991/1042 |
| s. 162(2) (partially) | 31.5.1991 | 1991/1319 |
| s. 162(2) (partially) | 1.1.1992 | 1991/2829 |
| s. 162(2) (partially) | 1.4.1992 | 1991/2829 |
| s. 162(2) (partially) | 1.4.1992 | 1992/266 |
| s. 162(2) (partially) | 18.2.1993 | 1993/274 |
| s. 162(2) (partially) | 1.5.1993 | 1993/274 |
| s. 162(2) (partially) | 1.5.1994 | 1994/1096 |
| s. 162(2) (partially) | 1.4.1995 | 1994/1096, 1994/2487 & 1994/3234 |
| s. 162(2) (partially) | Various | 1994/1096, 1994/2487, 1994/2854 & 1994/3234 |
| s. 162(2)(partially) | 16.12.1996 | 1996/3056 |
| s. 162(3) | 1.4.1992 | 1992/266 |
| ss. 162(5) & 163 | 1.1.1991 | s. 164(2) |
(1)
(2)
1978 c. 3. The repeal of section 1 does not extend to Scotland: see section 162(2) of, and the note in Part 2 of Schedule 2 to, the Environmental Protection Act 1990. Section 1 was modified in its effect by S.I. 1985/1884, article 5 and Schedule 2, paragraphs 13 and 14.
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