Water, noise and atmospheric pollution
15(1)The following provisions of the [1974, c. 40.] Control of Pollution Act 1974 shall be amended as follows.
(2)In section 30D, after the words “and 1965” there shall be inserted the words “and of the Environmental Protection Act 1990”.
(3)In section 61(9), at the end, there shall be inserted the words “(in relation to Scotland) or section 82 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (in relation to England and Wales)”.
(4)In section 65(8), at the end, there shall be inserted the words “(in relation to Scotland) or section 82 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (in relation to England and Wales)”.
(5)In section 74(2), after paragraph (b), there shall be inserted the following “; or
(c)under section 80(4) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990,”.
(6)In section 76(4)(a), after the words “part of a” there shall be inserted the words “process subject to Part I of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 or”.
(7)In section 78(1), after the words “unless the” there shall be inserted the words “burning is part of a process subject to Part I of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 or the”.
(8)In section 79(4), after the words “emissions from any” there shall be inserted the words “process subject to Part I of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 or”.
(9)In section 80(3), after the words “relates to a” there shall be inserted the words “process subject to Part I of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 or a”.
16(1)The [1974 c. 40.] Control of Pollution Act 1974 shall be further amended as follows.
(2)In section 31 (control of pollution of rivers etc.) in subsection (2)(b) at the end there shall be inserted—
“(v)an authorisation granted under Part I of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 for a prescribed process designated for central control; or
(vi)a waste management licence granted under Part II of the Environmental Protection Act 1990; or”
(3)In section 32 (control of discharges into rivers etc.) in subsection (4) after paragraph (b) there shall be inserted “or
(c)is authorised by an authorisation granted under Part I of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 for a prescribed process designated for central control,”.