Article 2 of this Order brings into force, on 29th September 2000, section 6(1) of and paragraphs 1, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 17 and 18 of Schedule 2 to the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999 in so far as they extend to Scotland.

Section 6(1) introduces Schedule 2 to the 1999 Act, which contains a list of consequential and minor amendments. The consequential amendments commenced by this Order are consequential on section 2 of the 1999 Act (regulation of polluting activities).

There is one minor amendment commenced by this Order (at paragraph 5 of Schedule 2) which is an amendment to section 77(2) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (waste disposal licences– transition from Part I of the Control of Pollution Act 1974).