Part VIII

Functions

The environment

Deposit of poisonous waste.
136
1
The local authority for the purposes of the
Deposit of Poisonous Waste Act 1972 shall be an islands council or a district council; and accordingly in section 5(1)(b) of that Act for the words “county councils and town” there shall be substituted the words
“ islands councils and district ”
.
2
In section 3(5), 4(3) and 5(3) of that Act for any reference to a river purification board there shall be substituted a reference to a river purification authority.
3
In section 7 of that Act after the definition of “refuse tip” there shall be inserted the following definition
“ “
river purification authority
” has the same meaning as in section 17 of the Rivers (Prevention of Pollution) (Scotland) Act 1951, but shall not include an islands council. ”
S. 136 repealed (prosp.) by Control of Pollution Act 1974 (c. 40), s. 109(2), Sch. 4
1972 c. 21.