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Statutory Instruments

1998 No. 781 (S. 40) (C. 16)

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

The Environment Act 1995 (Commencement No. 12 and Transitional Provisions) (Scotland) Order 1998

Made

11th March 1998

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him under section 125(3) and (4) of the Environment Act 1995(1), hereby makes the following Order:

Citation

1.  This Order may be cited as the Environment Act 1995 (Commencement No. 12 and Transitional Provisions) (Scotland) Order 1998.

Provision coming into force on 8th April 1998

2.  Section 116 of the Environment Act, insofar as it relates to paragraph 4 of Schedule 21, shall come into force on 8th April 1998.

Transitional provisions

3.—(1) Any application by the Crown for a consent for the purposes of section 30I(1)(a) of the Control of Pollution Act 1974(2) made before 8th April 1998, and anything done before that date in relation to that application, shall be treated on and after that date as if it had been made or done under the relevant provisions of Part II of that Act or under the Control of Pollution (Consents for Discharges) (Secretary of State Functions) Regulations 1984(3).

(2) Where–

(a)any application to which paragraph (1) above applies has not been finally disposed of before 8th April 1998; and

(b)the application relates to discharges which are substantially the same as discharges lawfully made by the Crown before that date without a consent,

the Scottish Environment Protection Agency shall be deemed to have given unconditionally the consent applied for and the deemed consent shall continue in force until the application is finally disposed of.

(3) An application shall be treated as finally disposed of for the purposes of paragraph (2) above on–

(a)the date on which the Agency gives the consent applied for unconditionally or the application is withdrawn;

(b)if the Agency gives its consent subject to conditions or refuses its content, the expiration of the time limit for appealing against that decision without an appeal being made; or

(c)if an appeal is duly made against the Agency’s decision, the date on which that appeal is determined or withdrawn.

Sewel

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

11th March 1998

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Article 2 brings into force on 8th April 1998 section 116 of the Environment Act 1995 insofar as it relates to paragraph 4 of Schedule 21 (Crown application of Control of Pollution Act 1974).

Article 3 makes transitional provisions in cases where an application for a discharge consent has been made by the Crown before 8th April 1998.

Note as to Earlier Commencement Orders

(This note is not part of the Order)

The following provisions of the Environment Act 1995 have been brought into force by commencement orders made before the date of this Order.

ProvisionDate of CommencementS.I. No.
Section 128. 7.19951995/1983
Section 21. 4.19961996/186
Section 3(1)1. 4.19961996/186
Section 3(2) to (8)28. 7.19951995/1983
Section 428. 7.19951995/1983
Section 51. 2.1996 and 1. 4.19961996/186
Section 61. 4.19961996/186
Section 728. 7.19951995/1983
Section 81. 4.19961996/186
Section 928. 7.19951995/1983
Sections 10 and 111. 4.19961996/186
Section 1228. 7.19951995/1983
Sections 13 to 191. 4.19961996/186
Sections 20 to 2312.10.19951995/2649
Sections 25 to 291. 4.19961996/186
Sections 30 to 3212.10.19951995/2649
Sections 33 to 351. 4.19961996/186
Section 3612.10.19951995/2649
Section 3728. 7.1995 and 1. 4.19961995/1983 and 1996/186
Sections 38 to 4028. 7.19951995/1983
Section 4121. 9.1995 1. 2.1996 and 1. 4.19961995/1983 and 1996/186
Section 4221. 9.19951995/1983
Sections 43 to 5228. 7.19951995/1983
Sections 53 and 541. 4.19961996/186
Section 551. 2.1996 and 1. 4.19961996/186
Section 5628. 7.19951995/1983
Section 57 (partially)21. 9.19951995/1983
Section 5821. 9.1995 and 1. 7.19981995/1983 and 1998/
Section 59 (partially)12.10.19951995/2649
Section 601. 7.1997 and 1. 7.19981997/1626 and 1998
Section 78 and Schedule 10 (partially), with savings23.11.1995 1. 4.1996 and 1. 4.19971995/2950 and 1996/2560
Section 801. 2.19961996/186
Section 811. 4.19961996/186
Section 82 to 8623.12.19971997/3044
Sections 87 to 891. 2.19961996/186
Section 90 and Schedule 111. 2.1996 and 23.12.19971996/186 and 1997/3044
Section 911. 2.19961996/186
Section 921. 4.19961996/186
Sections 93 to 9521. 9.19951995/1983
Section 96(1) (5) and (6) and Schedule 13 and 14 (England and Wales)1.11.19551995/2765
Section 96(1), (5) and (6) and Schedule 13 and 14 (Scotland)1. 1.19971996/2857
Section 96(2)1.11.19951995/2765
Section 96(3)1. 1.19971996/2857
Section 96(4) (partially) (England and Wales)1.11.19951995/2765
Section 96(4) (partially) (Scotland)1. 1.19971996/2857
Sections 97 to 10321. 9.19951995/1983
Section 1041. 4.19961996/186
Section 105 and Schedule 1521. 9.1995 1. 2.1996 1. 4.1996 and 1. 1.19991995/1983 and 1996/186
Sections 106 to 1141. 4.19961996/186
Section 1151. 4.19961995/2950 and 1996/186
Section 116 and Schedule 21 (partially)21. 9.1995 and 1. 7.19971995/1983 and 1997/1626
Section 1171. 4.19961996/186
Section 118(1) to (3), (4) and (5) (partially) and (6)1. 4.19961996/186
Section 1191. 4.19961996/186
Section 120(1) and Schedule 22 (partially)12.10.1995 21. 9.95 1. 2.1996 1. 4.1996 21.11.1996 31.12.1996 23.12.1997 and 1. 4.19981995/1983 1995/2649 1996/186 1996/2909 1997/3044 and 1998/
Section 120(2) and Schedule 23 (partially)1. 4.1996 and 1. 1.19991995/1983 and 1996/186
Section 120(3) and Schedule 24 (partially)1. 2.1995 21. 9.1995 1.11.1995 1. 2.1996 1. 4.1996 31.12.1996 1. 1.1997 1. 4.1997 and 1. 1.19991995/1983 1995/2765 1996/186 1996/2560 1996/2857 and 1996/2909
Section 120(4) to (6)28. 7.19951995/1983
Sections 121 to 12428. 7.19951995/1983
Paragraph 7(2) of Schedule 71. 4.19971996/2560
(2)

1974 c. 40; section 30I was inserted by section 106 and paragraph 2 of Schedule 16 to the Environment Act 1995.

(3)

S.I. 1984/865.

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