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Planning (Hazardous Substances) Act 1990

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3Hazardous substances authorities: other special cases

(1)The county council shall be the hazardous substances authority for land which is in a non-metropolitan county and—

(a)is situated in a National Park;

(b)is used for the winning and working of minerals (including their extraction from a mineral-working deposit); or

(c)is situated in England and used for the disposal of refuse or waste materials,

unless subsection (2) applies.

(2)If the land is in a National Park for which a joint planning board or special planning board has been constituted, the board shall be the hazardous substances authority for the land.

(3)The Broads Authority is the hazardous substances authority for the Broads unless subsection (1) or (2) applies.

(4)If the land is in an area for which an urban development corporation is the local planning authority in relation to all kinds of development, the corporation shall be the hazardous substances authority for the land unless subsection (1) or (2) applies.

(5)If the land is in an area for which a housing action trust established under Part III of the [1988 c. 50.] Housing Act 1988 is the local planning authority in relation to all kinds of development, the trust shall be the hazardous substances authority for the land unless subsection (1) or (2) applies.

(6)This section does not apply to land to which section 2 applies.

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