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Statutory Instruments
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
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:
1. This Order may be cited as the Environment Act 1995 (Commencement No. 12 and Transitional Provisions) (Scotland) Order 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.
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(a)the date on which the Agency gives the consent applied for unconditionally or the application is withdrawn;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(c)if an appeal is duly made against the Agency’s decision, the date on which that appeal is determined or withdrawn.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
(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.
(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.
Provision | Date of Commencement | S.I. No. |
---|---|---|
Section 1 | 28. 7.1995 | 1995/1983 |
Section 2 | 1. 4.1996 | 1996/186 |
Section 3(1) | 1. 4.1996 | 1996/186 |
Section 3(2) to (8) | 28. 7.1995 | 1995/1983 |
Section 4 | 28. 7.1995 | 1995/1983 |
Section 5 | 1. 2.1996 and 1. 4.1996 | 1996/186 |
Section 6 | 1. 4.1996 | 1996/186 |
Section 7 | 28. 7.1995 | 1995/1983 |
Section 8 | 1. 4.1996 | 1996/186 |
Section 9 | 28. 7.1995 | 1995/1983 |
Sections 10 and 11 | 1. 4.1996 | 1996/186 |
Section 12 | 28. 7.1995 | 1995/1983 |
Sections 13 to 19 | 1. 4.1996 | 1996/186 |
Sections 20 to 23 | 12.10.1995 | 1995/2649 |
Sections 25 to 29 | 1. 4.1996 | 1996/186 |
Sections 30 to 32 | 12.10.1995 | 1995/2649 |
Sections 33 to 35 | 1. 4.1996 | 1996/186 |
Section 36 | 12.10.1995 | 1995/2649 |
Section 37 | 28. 7.1995 and 1. 4.1996 | 1995/1983 and 1996/186 |
Sections 38 to 40 | 28. 7.1995 | 1995/1983 |
Section 41 | 21. 9.1995 1. 2.1996 and 1. 4.1996 | 1995/1983 and 1996/186 |
Section 42 | 21. 9.1995 | 1995/1983 |
Sections 43 to 52 | 28. 7.1995 | 1995/1983 |
Sections 53 and 54 | 1. 4.1996 | 1996/186 |
Section 55 | 1. 2.1996 and 1. 4.1996 | 1996/186 |
Section 56 | 28. 7.1995 | 1995/1983 |
Section 57 (partially) | 21. 9.1995 | 1995/1983 |
Section 58 | 21. 9.1995 and 1. 7.1998 | 1995/1983 and 1998/ |
Section 59 (partially) | 12.10.1995 | 1995/2649 |
Section 60 | 1. 7.1997 and 1. 7.1998 | 1997/1626 and 1998 |
Section 78 and Schedule 10 (partially), with savings | 23.11.1995 1. 4.1996 and 1. 4.1997 | 1995/2950 and 1996/2560 |
Section 80 | 1. 2.1996 | 1996/186 |
Section 81 | 1. 4.1996 | 1996/186 |
Section 82 to 86 | 23.12.1997 | 1997/3044 |
Sections 87 to 89 | 1. 2.1996 | 1996/186 |
Section 90 and Schedule 11 | 1. 2.1996 and 23.12.1997 | 1996/186 and 1997/3044 |
Section 91 | 1. 2.1996 | 1996/186 |
Section 92 | 1. 4.1996 | 1996/186 |
Sections 93 to 95 | 21. 9.1995 | 1995/1983 |
Section 96(1) (5) and (6) and Schedule 13 and 14 (England and Wales) | 1.11.1955 | 1995/2765 |
Section 96(1), (5) and (6) and Schedule 13 and 14 (Scotland) | 1. 1.1997 | 1996/2857 |
Section 96(2) | 1.11.1995 | 1995/2765 |
Section 96(3) | 1. 1.1997 | 1996/2857 |
Section 96(4) (partially) (England and Wales) | 1.11.1995 | 1995/2765 |
Section 96(4) (partially) (Scotland) | 1. 1.1997 | 1996/2857 |
Sections 97 to 103 | 21. 9.1995 | 1995/1983 |
Section 104 | 1. 4.1996 | 1996/186 |
Section 105 and Schedule 15 | 21. 9.1995 1. 2.1996 1. 4.1996 and 1. 1.1999 | 1995/1983 and 1996/186 |
Sections 106 to 114 | 1. 4.1996 | 1996/186 |
Section 115 | 1. 4.1996 | 1995/2950 and 1996/186 |
Section 116 and Schedule 21 (partially) | 21. 9.1995 and 1. 7.1997 | 1995/1983 and 1997/1626 |
Section 117 | 1. 4.1996 | 1996/186 |
Section 118(1) to (3), (4) and (5) (partially) and (6) | 1. 4.1996 | 1996/186 |
Section 119 | 1. 4.1996 | 1996/186 |
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. 4.1998 | 1995/1983 1995/2649 1996/186 1996/2909 1997/3044 and 1998/ |
Section 120(2) and Schedule 23 (partially) | 1. 4.1996 and 1. 1.1999 | 1995/1983 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. 1.1999 | 1995/1983 1995/2765 1996/186 1996/2560 1996/2857 and 1996/2909 |
Section 120(4) to (6) | 28. 7.1995 | 1995/1983 |
Sections 121 to 124 | 28. 7.1995 | 1995/1983 |
Paragraph 7(2) of Schedule 7 | 1. 4.1997 | 1996/2560 |
1974 c. 40; section 30I was inserted by section 106 and paragraph 2 of Schedule 16 to the Environment Act 1995.
S.I. 1984/865.
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