Appointed day2

1

1st April 2015 is the day appointed for the coming into force of section 6(1) of, and Schedule 2 to, the 1999 Act so far as relating to the amendments specified in paragraphs 13 and 15 of Schedule 2.

2

1st April 2015 is the day appointed for the coming into force of section 6(2) of, and Schedule 3 to, the 1999 Act so far as relating to the following repeals—

a

in section 11A(1) of the Prevention of Oil Pollution Act 19712, the words “an authorisation granted under Part I of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 or”;

b

in the Environmental Protection Act 19903—

i

sections 1 to 19 and 22 to 28 insofar as they have not already been repealed4; and

ii

Schedule 1;

c

paragraph 56 of Schedule 1 to the Water Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 19915;

d

in the Clean Air Act 19936—

i

in section 33(1), the words “a process subject to Part I of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 or”;

ii

in section 35(3), the words “process subject to Part I of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 or”;

iii

section 36(3); and

iv

section 41;

e

paragraph 6 of Schedule 4 to the Radioactive Substances Act 19937;

f

in section 136A of the Merchant Shipping Act 19958, the words “an authorisation granted under Part I of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 or”; and

g

in the Environment Act 19959—

i

in section 5(5)(e), “I,”;

ii

in section 56(1)—

aa

paragraph (b) of the definition of “environmental licence” in relation to the Environment Agency; and

bb

paragraph (c) of the definition of “environmental licence” in relation to the Scottish Environment Protection Agency;

iii

in section 108(15)—

aa

paragraph (a) of the definition of “local enforcing authority”;

bb

in paragraph (g) of the definition of “pollution control functions” in relation to the Environment Agency or the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency, “I,”; and

cc

in paragraph (a) of the definition of “pollution control functions” in relation to a local enforcing authority, “I or”;

h

section 111(6);

i

in section 113(5), in the definition of “local enforcing authority”, paragraph (d) and the “or” preceding it;

j

in section 114(2)(a)(iii), “15, 22(5),”;

k

in paragraph 4(3)(b) of Schedule 20, “22(5),”; and

l

paragraphs 45 to 61 of Schedule 22.