Prospective
Statutory Instruments
Environmental Protection, England And Wales
Made
3rd March 2015
Laid before Parliament
5th March 2015
Laid before the National Assembly for Wales
5th March 2015
Coming into force
6th April 2015
The Secretary of State in relation to England, and the Welsh Ministers in relation to Wales, make these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 5A(2) to (4), 6(1)(c) and (5) to (7) and 8(2) of the Control of Pollution (Amendment) Act 1989(1) and section 34C(2) to (4) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990(2).
1989 c. 14. In relation to Wales, the functions of the Secretary of State conferred by that Act were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672), article 2 and Schedule 1. The functions of the National Assembly for Wales were transferred to the Welsh Ministers by the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32), Schedule 11, paragraph 30. Section 5A was substituted (together with section 5) for section 5 as originally enacted, in relation to England and Wales, by the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 (c. 16), section 37. Section 6 was amended by the 1990 Act, Schedule 15, paragraph 31 and the Environment Act 1995 (c. 25), Schedule 22, paragraph 37(4), and is repealed by S.I. 2015/425 on the same date as this instrument comes into force. Section 8(2) was amended by the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005, Schedule 4, paragraph 11(4). For the definition of “appropriate person”, see section 9(1) of the 1989 Act.
1990 c. 43. In relation to Wales, the functions of the Secretary of State conferred by that Act were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672), article 2 and Schedule 1. The functions of the National Assembly for Wales were transferred to the Welsh Ministers by the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32), Schedule 11, paragraph 30. Section 34C was inserted, in relation to England and Wales, by the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005, section 46(1). For the definition of “appropriate person”, see section 29(1A) of the 1990 Act.