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1. The following abbreviations are used in this Table:—
| 1960 | = The Radioactive Substances Act 1960 (c. 34) |
| 1968 c. 47 | = The Sewerage (Scotland) Act 1968 (c. 47) |
| 1973 c. 36 | = The Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36) |
| 1973 c. 65 | = The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65) |
| 1974 c. 40 | = The Control of Pollution Act 1974 (c. 40) |
| 1978 c. 30 | = The Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30) |
| 1984 c. 55 | = The Building Act 1984 (c. 55) |
| 1986 c. 63 | = The Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63) |
| 1989 c. 15 | = The Water Act 1989 (c. 15) |
| 1990 | = The Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43) |
| 1990 c. 11 | = The Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11) |
| 1991 c. 60 | = The Water Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1991 (c. 60) |
| S.I. 1976/959 | = The Control of Pollution (Radioactive Waste) Regulations 1976 (S.I. 1976/959) |
| S.I. 1980/1709 | = The Control of Pollution (Special Waste) Regulations 1980 (S.I. 1980/1709) |
| S.I. 1985/1884 | = The Waste Regulation and Disposal (Authorities) Order 1985 (S.I. 1985/1884) |
| S.I. 1989/1158 | = The Control of Pollution (Radioactive Waste) Regulations 1989 (S.I. 1989/1158) |
| M (followed by a number) | = The proposal of that number in the Memorandum under the Consolidation of Enactments (Procedure) Act 1949 (16 Dec 1991, HC 148). |
2. The Table does not show the effect of the Transfer of Functions (Wales) (No. 1) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/272) or the Transfer of Functions (Radioactive Substances) (Wales) Order 1990 (S.I. 1990/2598).
| Provision | Derivation |
|---|---|
| 1 | 1960 ss. 18(1)—(3A), 21(2)(a); 1990 s. 100(3), Sch. 5 paras. 17, 20(a)(i). |
| 2 | 1960 s. 18(4). |
| 3 | 1960 s. 18(5): 1990 Sch. 5 para. 7(2). |
| 4 | 1960 ss. 11A, 12(7B), 20(a), 21(2)(a), (k), (l); 1990 s. 100, Sch. 5 paras. 13(4), 18(a), 20(a). |
| 5 | 1960 ss. 8(1)(b), (c), 12(7)(a), 20(b), 21(2)(a); 1990 Sch. 5 paras. 18(a), 20(a)(i). |
| 6 | 1960 s. 1(1). |
| 7 | 1960 s. 1(2)—(6); 1990 s. 100(2), Sch. 5 paras. 4(1), 6(1)(a), (b), 11(1). |
| 8 | 1960 ss. 2, 21(2)(a); 1990 s. 100(2), (3), Sch. 5 para. 20(a)(i). |
| 9 | 1960 s. 3(1), (2); 1990 Sch. 5 para. 7(1). |
| 10 | 1960 s. 3(3)—(5); 1990 s. 100(2), Sch. 5 paras 6(2)(a), (b), 7(1), 11(2). |
| 11 | 1960 ss. 4, 21(2)(a); 1990 s. 100(3), Sch. 5 para. 20(a)(i). |
| 12 | 1960 s. 5; 1990 s. 100(2), Sch. 5 para. 6(3). |
| 13 | 1960 s. 6(1)—(3), (6); 1990 Sch. 5 para. 7(3). |
| 14 | 1960 s. 7(1)—(3), (5). |
| 15 | 1960 ss. 6(4), (5), 7(4), 21(2)(a); 1990 s. 100(3), Sch. 5 para. 20(a)(i). |
| 16 | 1960 ss. 8(1)—(5), (6), 20(b), 21(2)(a); 1990 s. 100(2), Sch. 5 paras. 1, 4(2), 6(4), 11(3), 18(a), 20(a)(i); M2. |
| 17 | 1960 s. 8(7), (8); 1990 Sch. 5 para. 1(5); M2. |
| 18 | 1960 s. 9(3)—(5); 1990 s. 100(2), Sch. 5 para. 2(1). |
| 19 | 1960 s. 11(3) |
| 20 | 1960 s. 8A; 1990 Sch. 5 para. 8. |
| 21 | 1960 s. 11B; 1990 s. 102. |
| 22 | 1960 s. 11C; 1990 s. 102. |
| 23 | 1960 ss. 12A, 21(2)(a); 1990 Sch. 5 paras. 12, 20(a)(i). |
| 24 | 1960 ss. 12B, 21(2)(a), (m); 1990 Sch. 5 paras. 12, 20(a). |
| 25 | 1960 ss. 1(7), 3(6), 8(5A), 21(2)(a); 1990 Sch. 5 paras. 6(1)(c), (2)(c), (4)(c), 20(a)(i). |
| 26 | 1960 ss. 11D(1)—(4), (12), 21(2)(a); 1990 Sch. 5 paras. 10, 20(a)(i); M3 |
| 27 | 1960 ss. 11D(5)—(11), 21(2)(a); 1990 Sch. 5 paras. 10, 20(a)(i). |
| 28 | 1960 ss. 11(1), (4), 11E, 20(f), 21(2)(a); 1990 Sch. 5 paras. 9(2), 10, 18(b), 20(a)(i). |
| 29 | 1960 ss. 10(1)—(3), 21(2)(a); 1990 s. 100(3), Sch. 5 para. 20(a)(i). |
| 30 | 1960 ss. 10(4), (5), 20(e), 21(2)(a), (j); 1978 c. 30 s. 17(2)(a); 1990 s. 100(3), Sch. 5 para. 20(a)(i). |
| 31 | 1960 s. 12(1)—(6A), (7)(b), (7A), (8), (9), 20(b), 21(2)(a); 1990 s. 100(3), Sch. 5 paras. 2(2), 13, 18(a), 20(a)(i). |
| 32 | 1960 s. 13(1), (2); 1990 Sch. 5 para. 14(2), (3). |
| 33 | 1960 s. 13(4A), (5), (6); 1990 Sch. 5 para. 14(5), (7), (8). |
| 34 | 1960 ss. 13(3), (4), 21(2)(a); 1990 s. 100(3), Sch. 5 paras. 14(4), 20(a)(i). |
| 35 | 1960 s. 13(5); 1990 Sch. 5 para. 14(6), (7) |
| 36 | 1960 s. 13(8) |
| 37 | 1960 s. 13(9); 1990 Sch. 5 para. 14(10). |
| 38 | 1960 ss. 13(7), 21(3); 1973 c. 36 Sch. 5 para. 7(1); 1990 Sch. 5 para. 14(9). |
| 39 | 1960 ss. 13A, 21(2)(a); 1990 Sch. 5 paras. 15, 20(a)(i). |
| 40 | 1960 ss. 9(1), (2), (6), 21(2)(i); 1973 c. 36 Sch. 5 para. 1; 1991 c. 60 Sch. 1 para. 9(2). |
| 41 | 1990 s. 160; M4. |
| 42 | 1960 ss. 14, 21(2)(a), (o); 1990 s. 104, Sch. 5 para. 20(a). |
| 43 | 1960 ss. 15A, 21(2)(a), (n); 1990 s. 101, Sch. 5 para. 20(a). |
| 44 | 1960 s. 15; 1990 s. 100(3). |
| 45 | 1960 ss. 15, 21(2)(a), (b), (c); 1990 s. 100(3), Sch. 5 para. 20(a)(i). |
| 46 | 1960 s. 19(5). |
| 47 | 1960 ss. 19(1)—(4), 20(a), (c), 21(2)(a), (f), (g); Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1966 (c. 17) Sch. 7; 1973 c. 65 Sch. 27 Part II para. 144; 1978 c. 30 s. 17(2)(a); S.I. 1985/1884 Sch. 2 para. 2; Salmon Act 1986 (c. 62) s. 14(2); 1989 c. 15 Sch. 25 para. 27(3); 1990 Sch. 5 paras. 3, 5, 11(4), 18(a), 20(a). |
| 48- 50 | |
| 51(1)—(2) | |
| (3) | 1960 s. 21(2). |
| Sch. 1 | 1960 Sch. 3. |
| Sch. 2 | 1960 s. 20(d), Sch. 2. |
| Sch. 3 Part I | 1960 Sch. I Part I; S.I. 1976/959 reg. 4; 1978 c. 30 s. 17(2)(a); 1984 c. 55 Sch. 6 para. 7; 1990 Sch. 15 para. 8; 1990 c. 11 Sch. 2 para. 6; 1991 c. 60 Sch. 1 para. 9(1). |
| Part II | 1960 Sch. 1 Part II; 1968 c. 47 Sch. 1 para. 4; 1980 c. 45 Sch. 10 Part II; 1986 c. 63 Sch. 7 Part II para. 1; 1990 Sch. 5 para. 19(b); Control of Pollution (Radioactive Waste)(Scotland) Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991/2539) reg. 4. |
| Part III | 1960 Sch. 1 Part III; Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1966 (c. 17) Sch. 7; Water Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 (c. 5) s. 31(1); Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1973 (S.I. 1973/70 (N.I. 2)) Sch. 3 para. 1; Pollution Control (Special Waste) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1981 (S.R. (N.I.) 1981/252) |
| Sch. 4 | |
| Sch. 5 paras. 1—7 | |
| para. 8 | 1990 s. 164(3), Sch. 15 para. 8. |
| para. 9 | 1974 c. 40 s. 109(2), Sch. 4. |
| para. 10 | 1990 c. 11 Sch. 4 paras. 1, 17. |
| para. 11 | S.I. 1980/1709 reg. 3(2); 1990 s. 164(3). |
| para. 12 | 1990 s. 164(3). |
| Sch. 6 |
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