The Control of Pollution (Applications, Appeals and Registers) Regulations 1996

Pollution control registers

15.  Subject to sections 191A and 191B of the Water Resources Act 1991 and regulations 16 and 17, registers maintained by the Agency under section 190(2) of that Act (pollution control registers) shall contain full particulars of—

(a) notices of water quality objectives and other notices served under section 83 of that Act;

(b) applications made for consents, or for the variation of consents, under Chapter II of Part III of that Act, together with information provided in connection with such applications;

(c) consents given under that Chapter, the conditions to which the consents are subject and any variation of the consents;

(d) the date and time of each sample of water or effluent taken by the Agency for the purposes of the water pollution provisions of that Act (including details of the place where it was taken) and the result of the analysis of each sample and the steps, if any, taken in consequence by the Agency;

(e) information corresponding to that mentioned in paragraph (d) above with respect to samples of water or effluent taken by any other person, and the analysis of those samples, acquired by the Agency from that person under arrangements made by the Agency for the purposes of any of the water pollution provisions of that Act, including any steps taken by that person in consequence of the results of the analysis of any sample;

(f) prohibition notices served under section 86(1) of that Act;

(g) enforcement notices served under section 90B(3) of that Act;

(h) revocations of discharge consents under paragraph 7 of Schedule 10 to that Act;

(i) notices of appeal under section 91 of that Act, correspondence provided to the Secretary of State under regulation 8(3), the decisions or notices which are the subject matter of the appeals, representations made under regulation 10, written notifications of the Secretary of State’s determination of appeals and reports accompanying any such notification;

(j) directions given by the Secretary of State in relation to the Agency’s functions under the water pollution provisions of that Act, with the exception of directions under section 191A(2) of that Act (directions in relation to information affecting national security);

(k) convictions, for offences under Part III of that Act, of persons who have the benefit of discharge consents, including the name of the offender, the date of conviction, the penalty imposed, the costs, if any, awarded against the offender and the name of the Court;

(l) returns and other information about the nature, origin, composition, temperature, volume and rate of discharges provided to the Agency in pursuance of conditions of discharge consents; and

(m) information which was entered on the registers under the Control of Pollution (Registers) Regulations 1989(1).

(1)

S.I. 1989/1160.

(2)

Relevant amendments were made by paragraph 169 of Schedule 22 to the Environment Act 1995.

(3)

Inserted by paragraph 142 of Schedule 22 to the Environment Act 1995.