Environment Act 1995

6 In section 82 (proceedings by persons aggrieved)—

(a) in subsection (1) after the word “complaint” there shall be inserted the words “or, in Scotland, the sheriff may act under this section on a summary application,”;

(b) in subsection (2)—

(i) after the words “magistrate’s court” there shall be inserted the words “or, in Scotland, the sheriff”;

(ii) after the word “street” there shall be inserted the words “or, in Scotland, road”;

(iii) after the words “the court” there shall be inserted the words “or the sheriff”;

(iv) in paragraph (a) after the word “defendant” there shall be inserted the words “or, in Scotland, defender”;

(v) in paragraph (b) after the word “defendant” there shall be inserted the words “or defender”;

(vi) after the word “and” where it third occurs there shall be inserted the words “, in England and Wales,”;

(c) in subsection (3), after the words “magistrate’s court” there shall be inserted the words “or the sheriff” and after the words “of the court” in both places where they occur there shall be inserted the words “or of the sheriff”;

(d) in subsection (11), after the words “magistrate’s court” there shall be inserted the words “or the sheriff”;

(e) in subsection (12) after the word “complaint” there shall be inserted the words “or summary application”, after the words “the court” in both places where they occur there shall be inserted the words “or the sheriff” and for the words “defendant (or defendants” there shall be substituted the words “defendant or defender (or defendants or defenders”;

(f) in subsection (13), after the words “magistrate’s court” there shall be inserted the words “or to the sheriff” and after the words “the court” in both place where they occur there shall be inserted the words “or the sheriff”.