Environmental Protection Act 1990

Part II Amendments relating to Scotland and Northern Ireland

Scotland

18 In section 20 of the 1960 Act (application of Act to Scotland)—

(a) for paragraphs (a) and (b) there shall be substituted the following paragraphs—

“(a) for any reference to the chief inspector there shall be substituted a reference to the chief inspector for Scotland, being the inspector so appointed by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Act in relation to Scotland;

(b) any reference to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food shall be omitted and anything required to be done in England by both the chief inspector and that Minister shall be done in Scotland by the chief inspector for Scotland.”;

(b) after paragraph (e) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“(f) in section 11, subsections (1) and (4) shall be omitted.”

19 (1) In Schedule 1 to the 1960 Act (enactments, other than local enactments, to which section 9(1) applies)—

(a) paragraphs 9 and 11 shall be omitted;

(b) after paragraph 17 there shall be added the following paragraphs—

“17A Section 201 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973.

17B Section 124 of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982.”

Northern Ireland

20 In section 21 of the 1960 Act (application of Act to Northern Ireland)—

(a) in subsection (2)—

(i) for paragraph (a) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“(a) except in section sixteen of this Act any reference to the Secretary of State shall be construed as a reference to the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland, any reference to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food shall be construed as a reference to the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland and any reference to the Treasury shall be construed as a reference to the Department of Finance and Personnel for Northern Ireland;”;

(ii) at the end there shall be added the following paragraphs—

“(k) in section 11A(3) of this Act the reference to section 16 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 shall be construed as a reference to section 10 of the Alkali & Works Regulation Act 1906;

(l) section 12(7B) of this Act shall be omitted;

(m) for section 12B(3) of this Act there shall be substituted—

“(3) Schedule 8 to the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 (provisions as to inquiries) shall apply to inquiries in pursuance of subsection (2) above.”;

(n) in section 15A of this Act the reference to each House of Parliament shall be construed as a reference to the Northern Ireland Assembly;

(o) any reference to the Crown shall be construed as including a reference to the Crown in right of Her Majesty’s Government in Northern Ireland”; and

(b) subsection (4) shall be omitted.