UK Act of Parliament 1990 United Kingdom

Environmental Protection Act 1990

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At a glance

What's here

119 compliance obligations, 48 practical guides across 4 topics · 33 journeys · 15 statutory instruments

Penalty landscape

19 of 119 obligations carry an unlimited fine. 30 carry different penalties and 70 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

Who this Act binds

Business-side actors with duties under this Act, ranked by how often they appear.

  • Any Person 57
  • Occupier 12
  • Trader 1
  • Director or Officer 1

Plus 48 non-business duties on Crown ministers, regulators, local authorities or tribunals — shown collapsed under each section below.

Step-by-step journeys using this legislation

Walkthroughs that take you from a real business situation to compliance.

Relevant guidance

Practical guides for businesses affected by this Act, ordered by how closely they engage with it.

Direct — cites this Act

17 guides

Supporting — topic alignment

23 guides

Mentioned in related content

8 guides
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Other Acts binding the same actors

For each actor bound by this Act, the other UK Acts that bind them most often. Useful for understanding the full compliance landscape facing each role.

Any Person also bound by 2338 other Acts (top 5 shown)
Occupiers also bound by 259 other Acts (top 5 shown)
Traders also bound by 826 other Acts (top 5 shown)
Directors and Officers also bound by 425 other Acts (top 5 shown)

What this Act requires

Sections that create concrete duties on businesses or carry penalties. Procedural and definitional sections are folded into the “Browse other sections” expander at the bottom of each group. Click any section title to read the source text on legislation.gov.uk.

Part I — Integrated Pollution Control and Air Pollution Control by Local Authorities

s.004

Discharge and scope of functions.

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local authorities and regulators must manage pollution control functions Local authority
s.020

Public registers of information.

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Enforcing authorities must maintain and provide public access to environmental registers Statutory regulator
Browse 23 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement

Part II — Waste on Land

s.033

Fixed penalty notices for contravention of section 33(1)(a): England

Fine up to £1,000
  • Fail to give name or address when required (or give false details) Any Person
s.033

Fixed penalty notices for contravention of section 33(1)(a): Wales

Fine up to £1,000
  • Fail to give name or address when required by authorised officer Any Person
  • Fail to provide name/address when given fixed penalty notice Any Person
s.034

Power to search and seize vehicles etc

Unlimited fine
  • Fail to assist or give false information to officers searching vehicles Any Person
s.034

Prohibition on disposal of food waste to sewer

Unlimited fine
  • Discharge food waste into public sewer Occupier
  • Dispose of food waste into a public sewer Occupier
s.034

Fixed penalty notices: offences under section 34(6) relating to section 34(2A): England

  • Fail to give name or address when required by a fixed‑penalty notice Any Person
s.034

Fixed penalty notices: offences under section 34(6) relating to section 34(2A): Wales

Fine up to £1,000
  • Fail to provide name and address to waste enforcement officer (Wales) Any Person
s.034

Fixed penalty notices for offences under section 34(6): Scotland

Fine up to £1,000
  • Fail to give name, address or DOB when required for fixed penalty notice Occupier
s.044

Duty to prepare integrated waste management plan

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Scottish local authorities must prepare integrated waste management plans Local authority
s.044

Approval of integrated waste management plan

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local authorities must publish and share approved waste management plans Local authority
s.044

Implementation of integrated waste management plan

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local authorities must implement and report on waste management plans Local authority
s.044

Modification of integrated waste management plan

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local authorities must modify and submit waste management plans Local authority
s.045

Collection of controlled waste.

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local authorities must collect commercial waste upon request Local authority
s.045

Wales: separate collection etc. of waste

Unlimited fine
  • Fail to follow waste separation requirements Any Person
s.045

Sections 45A to 45AZB: duties of waste collectors

  • Document why you are collecting mixed recyclable waste streams Any Person
s.045

Sections 45AZA and 45AZB: compliance notices

Unlimited fine
  • Fail to comply with an EPA compliance notice Any Person
  • Fail to comply with a waste collection compliance notice Any Person
s.045

Separate collection of dry recyclable waste and food waste: Scotland

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local authorities in Scotland must arrange separate waste collections Local authority
s.046

Fixed penalty notices for offences under section 46

Fine up to £1,000
  • Fail to give or give false name/address/DOB when issued a fixed penalty notice Occupier
s.046

Guidance

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Scottish Ministers must issue guidance on waste penalty procedures Crown / Minister / Government department
s.047

Recycling and composting: duty to report to Parliament

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Secretary of State must report on local authority recycling performance Crown / Minister / Government department
s.062

Special provision with respect to hazardous waste in England and Wales

2 years imprisonment
  • Breach hazardous waste regulations Any Person
s.063

Waste other than controlled waste.

  • Deposit non‑controlled waste that would be special waste Any Person
  • Deposit non-controlled waste that would be special waste without authorisation Any Person
s.064

Public registers.

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Regulators must maintain public registers of waste licences and enforcement Statutory regulator
s.073

Use of fixed penalty receipts : Wales

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local authorities in Wales must limit use of fixed penalty income Local authority
Browse 72 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
s.033

Section 33 offences: investigation and enforcement costs

s.033

Section 33 offences: clean-up costs

s.033

Section 33 offences: forfeiture of vehicles

s.034

Fixed penalty notices for certain offences under section 34

s.034

Seizure of vehicles etc : supplementary

s.034

Electronic waste tracking

s.034

Further provision about regulations under section 34CA

s.035

Compensation where rights granted pursuant to section 35(4) or 38(9A).

s.036

Consultation before the grant of certain licences.

s.037

Consultation before certain variations.

s.040

Consolidated Licences

s.044

National waste strategy: England and Wales.

s.044

National waste strategy: Scotland.

s.045

England: separate collection of household waste

s.045

Code of practice

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England: separate collection of household waste from relevant non-domestic premises

s.045

England: separate collection of industrial or commercial waste

s.045

Sections 45A to 45AZB: powers to exempt and extend

s.045

Sections 45 to 45AZD: guidance

s.045

Sections 45AZA and 45AZB: appeals against compliance notices

s.045

Power to apply section 45A to Welsh waste collection authorities

s.046

Written warnings and penalties for failure to comply with requirements relating to household waste receptacles: England

s.046

Amount of penalty under section 46A and recovery of penalty

s.046

Penalties under section 46A: procedure regarding notices of intent and final notices

s.046

Appeals against penalties under section 46A

s.046

Enforcement of household waste requirements: Scotland

s.046

Civil penalty charges under section 46ZA: prior notices of intent and final notices

s.046

Civil penalty charges under section 46ZA: procedure and amount

s.047

Fixed penalty notices for offences under sections 46 and 47

s.047

Amount of fixed penalty under section 47ZA

s.052

Payments for delivering waste pre-separated

s.059

Directions in relation to exercise of powers under section 59 , 59ZA, 59ZB or 59ZC

s.059

Section 59: supplementary power in relation to owner of land

s.059

Powers to require removal of waste unlawfully kept or disposed of: England and Wales

s.059

Section 59ZB: supplementary power in relation to owner of land

s.060

Waste reduction schemes

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Lists of waste displaying hazardous properties

s.063

Power to take steps to minimise generation of controlled waste.

s.071

Information from authorities on unauthorised or harmful deposit, treatment or disposal etc. of waste: Scotland

s.073

Use of fixed penalty receipts: England

s.075

Modification of the Waste Framework Directive

Part IIA — Contaminated Land

s.078

Identification of contaminated land.

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local authorities must inspect land and notify owners of contamination Local authority
s.078

Grant of, and compensation for, rights of entry etc.

  • Grant access to land for remediation and pay compensation Any Person
s.078

Offences of not complying with a remediation notice.

Unlimited fine
  • Fail to comply with a remediation notice Any Person
s.078

Land no longer considered to be contaminated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local authority must issue a notice if land is no longer contaminated Local authority
s.078

Registers.

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Authorities must maintain a public register of contaminated land records Statutory regulator
s.078

Registers: removal of information about land designated as special site

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local Authority must notify owners if land is no longer a 'special site' Local authority
s.078

Reports by the appropriate Agency on the state of contaminated land.

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Environment Agency must report on state of contaminated land Statutory regulator
Browse 22 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
s.078

Preliminary.

s.078

Identification and designation of special sites.

s.078

Referral of special site decisions to the Secretary of State.

s.078

Duty of enforcing authority to require remediation of contaminated land etc.

s.078

Determination of the appropriate person to bear responsibility for remediation.

s.078

Restrictions and prohibitions on serving remediation notices.

s.078

Restrictions on liability relating to the pollution of controlled waters.

s.078

Liability in respect of contaminating substances which escape to other land.

s.078

Appeals against remediation notices.

s.078

Powers of the enforcing authority to carry out remediation.

s.078

Recovery of, and security for, the cost of remediation by the enforcing authority.

s.078

Special sites.

s.078

Exclusion from registers of information affecting national security.

s.078

Exclusion from registers of certain confidential information.

s.078

Effect of removal of information from register

s.078

Site-specific guidance by the appropriate Agency concerning contaminated land.

s.078

The appropriate Agency to have regard to guidance given by the Secretary of State.

s.078

Supplementary provisions.

s.078

Application to the Isles of Scilly.

s.078

Supplementary provisions with respect to guidance by the Secretary of State.

s.078

Interaction of this Part with other enactments.

s.078

This Part and radioactivity.

Part III — Statutory Nuisances and Clean Air

s.080

Abatement notice in respect of noise in street.

Fine up to £1,000
  • Remove or interfere with noise abatement notice Any Person
  • Tamper with a fixed noise abatement notice Any Person
Browse 7 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
s.080

Fixed penalty notice: supplemental

s.081

Expenses recoverable from owner to be a charge on premises.

s.081

Payment of expenses by instalments.

Part IV — Litter Etc

s.087

Offence of leaving litter.

Fine up to £2,500
  • Drop or leave litter in a public place Any Person
  • Leave litter in open public areas Any Person
s.088

Fixed penalty notices for leaving litter.

Fine up to £1,000
  • Fail to give name and address when asked by litter enforcement officer Any Person
  • Fail to give name or address to a litter officer Any Person
s.095

Public registers.

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local authorities must maintain a public register of litter control orders Local authority
Browse 17 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
s.088

Littering from vehicles: civil penalty regime

s.088

Guidance on littering enforcement in England and Wales

s.088

Littering from a vehicle: Scottish civil penalty regime

s.088

Littering from a vehicle: consequences of civil penalty charge notice under section 88C

s.092

Litter clearing notices

s.092

Appeals against litter clearing notices

s.092

Failure to comply with litter clearing notice

s.094

Fixed penalty notices relating to sections 92C and 94

s.094

Free distribution of printed matter

s.097

Fixed penalty notices: supplementary

s.097

Exclusion of liability

Part V — Amendment of the Radioactive Substances Act 1960

Browse 6 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement

Part VI — Genetically Modified Organisms

s.106

Exclusion of precision bred organisms from English application of Part

Amended 18 times
s.118

Offences.

Unlimited fine Amended 4 times
  • Fail to comply with genetically modified organism (GMO) regulations Any Person
Browse 7 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement

Part VII — Nature Conservation in Great Britain and Countryside Matters in Wales

Browse 3 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement

Part VIII — Miscellaneous

Browse 5 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement

Part IX — General

Browse 2 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
s.163

Application of Part VI: England and Wales

Schedules

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(1) Except as provided by sub-paragraph (1A) below, The requirements...

  • Advertise changes when variation notice involves substantial process change Occupier
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Waste Disposal Authorities and Companies

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Secretary of State must notify authorities before directing company formation Crown / Minister / Government department
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(1) Without prejudice to the provisions of paragraphs 13 and...

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Notify people affected by asset transfers and pay compensation if unfairly treated Crown / Minister / Government department
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(1) The Secretary of State may, by directions, prescribe descriptions...

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Waste disposal authorities must provide information to the Secretary of State on request Local authority
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(1) A waste disposal authority which proposes to enter into...

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Waste disposal authorities must follow public tender rules for waste contracts Local authority
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(1) An authority which has been given notice under paragraph...

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Secretary of State must consider applications and representations from authorities on proposed directions Crown / Minister / Government department
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(1) A direction may require the authority or authorities to...

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Representative authority must consult other authorities before forming a company Local authority
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(1) Where an authority has formed a company or companies...

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Authority must submit property transfer scheme to Secretary of State Local authority
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(1) The provisions of this paragraph apply to the transfer...

  • Agree and document transfer of property, rights and liabilities from the authority Trader
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Waste reduction schemes

Fine up to £1,000
  • Obstruct inspection of waste scheme accounts Any Person
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(1) An order under paragraph 2(3), 6(2) or 15(2) is...

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Secretary of State must get Parliament's approval before making certain orders under Schedule 2AA Crown / Minister / Government department
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(1) A waste reduction scheme must provide for a financial...

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Waste collection authorities must include a financial incentive in their waste reduction scheme Local authority
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(1) The authority must comply with the following requirements after...

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Authority must publish waste reduction scheme and notify occupiers Local authority
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(1) A waste collection authority that operates a waste reduction...

Fine up to £1,000
  • Obstruct inspection of waste reduction scheme account Any Person
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(1) A person who wilfully obstructs any person acting in...

Fine up to £1,000
  • Obstruct authorised environmental officer Any Person
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Where an appeal against a notice served by a local...

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local authority must include appeal rights on enforcement notices Local authority
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Free distribution of printed matter on designated land

Fine up to £2,500
  • Distribute free printed matter on designated land without consent Any Person
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(1) A person commits an offence if he distributes any...

Fine up to £2,500
  • Distribute free printed matter without consent on designated land Any Person
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(1) This paragraph applies where on any occasion it appears...

Fine up to £1,000
  • Fail to give name and address to litter authority officer Any Person
s.sch004

(1) Subject to the following sub-paragraphs, the local authority, as...

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local authority must hold seized trolleys for 6 weeks and notify owners Local authority
s.sch005

(1) Section 13 of the 1960 Act (offences) shall be...

Unlimited fine
  • Fail to comply with a requirement under section 8A of the 1960 Act Any Person
s.sch005

After section 13 (offences) of the 1960 Act there shall...

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Chief inspector must keep and make available documents to the public Statutory regulator
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(1) In section 3 of the 1960 Act (registration of...

  • Register mobile radioactive apparatus before keeping or using it Any Person
s.sch007

Preliminary

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Joint Nature Conservation Committee must submit annual activity reports Statutory regulator
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(1) The councils shall provide the committee with . ....

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Councils must provide financial resources to the committee for its functions Local authority
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(1) Before such date or dates as the Secretary of...

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Nature Conservancy Council must submit a transfer scheme to the Secretary of State Crown / Minister / Government department
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(1) The Secretary of State may, after consultation with the...

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Nature conservation councils must provide information and assistance to Secretary of State Statutory regulator
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(1) The Secretary of State may, after consultation with the...

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Countryside Commission and Council must assist Secretary of State with proposals Crown / Minister / Government department
s.sch010

(1) Before such date or dates as the Secretary of...

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Countryside Commission must submit transfer scheme to Secretary of State by directed date Statutory regulator
Browse 220 other Schedules — structural / supplementary
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(1) An application to the enforcing authority for an authorisation...

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(1) Except in a case where an application for the...

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(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, the enforcing authority shall...

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(1) The Secretary of State may give directions to the...

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The Secretary of State may give the enforcing authority a...

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(1) Except in a case where an application has been...

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(1) The requirements of this paragraph apply where an application...

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(1) The Secretary of State may give directions to the...

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The Secretary of State may give the enforcing authority a...

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In this Part of this Schedule— “ authority ” means...

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(1) This paragraph applies in relation to planning permission deemed...

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Where on any transfer by virtue of a transfer scheme...

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(1) A joint certificate by or on behalf of the...

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Where any of the rights or liabilities transferred by a...

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Without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of paragraph...

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(1) The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 1981...

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A waste disposal authority shall, in determining the terms and...

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(1) A waste disposal authority shall have regard to the...

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(1) The Secretary of State, before giving any directions to...

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A waste disposal authority, in taking any of the following...

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Where a waste disposal authority has entered into a contract...

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(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (3) below, any provision to which...

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(1) An authority which has been directed to form a...

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A scheme under paragraph 6 above may define the property,...

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(1) Any shares in a company which are issued as...

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(1) The purpose of a waste reduction scheme is to...

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(1) Where a waste collection authority that operates a waste...

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(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision...

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An authority may use for the purpose of administering a...

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(1) An authority that has made a waste reduction scheme...

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(1) The Secretary of State may issue guidance to waste...

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(1) In this Schedule— “ domestic premises ” means— a...

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(1) A waste collection authority may make a waste reduction...

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(1) A waste reduction scheme may include provision for charging...

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(1) The Secretary of State may by order set a...

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(1) From year to year, and taking one year with...

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A waste reduction scheme must contain provision enabling a person...

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Categories of waste

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Production or consumption residues not otherwise specified below.

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Machining or finishing residues (e.g. lathe turnings, mill scales, etc....

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Residues from raw materials extraction and processing (e.g. mining residues,...

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Adulterated materials (e.g. oils contaminated with PCBs, etc. ).

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Any materials, substances or products whose use has been banned...

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Products for which the holder has no further use (e.g....

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Contaminated materials, substances or products resulting from remedial action with...

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Any materials, substances or products which are not contained in...

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Off-specification products.

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Products whose date for appropriate use has expired.

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Materials spilled, lost or having undergone other mishap, including any...

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Materials contaminated or soiled as a result of planned actions...

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Unusable parts (e.g. reject batteries, exhausted catalysts, etc. ).

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Substances which no longer perform satisfactorily (e.g. contaminated solvents, exhausted...

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Residues of industrial processes (e.g. slags, still bottoms, etc. )....

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Residues from pollution abatement processes (e.g. scrubber sludges, baghouse dusts,...

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(1) This paragraph applies in relation to appeals under section...

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Schedule 3 para.1A

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(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, any person authorised by...

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(1) Any person authorised by a local authority may on...

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(1) This paragraph applies to the following function of a...

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Nothing done by, or by a member of, a local...

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(1) A principal litter authority may by order in accordance...

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(1) A principal litter authority may on the application of...

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(1) A principal litter authority may require the payment of...

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(1) Any person aggrieved by a decision of a principal...

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(1) Where it appears to an authorised officer of a...

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In this Schedule “ authorised officer ”, in relation to...

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(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, this Schedule applies where...

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(1) Where this Schedule applies in relation to a shopping...

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(1) This paragraph applies where the local authority is entitled...

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(1) The local authority, in fixing the charges to be...

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In this Schedule— “luggage trolley” means a trolley provided by...

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(1) Section 8 of the 1960 Act (requirement for disposal...

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After the section 11C of the 1960 Act inserted by...

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(1) In section 1 of the 1960 Act (registration for...

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After section 12 of the 1960 Act there shall be...

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(1) Section 12 of the 1960 Act (rights of entry...

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In section 16 of the 1960 Act (expenses and receipts)—...

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In section 18 of the 1960 Act (meaning of expression...

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In section 20 of the 1960 Act (application of Act...

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(1) In Schedule 1 to the 1960 Act (enactments, other...

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(1) In section 9 (functions of public and local authorities)...

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In section 21 of the 1960 Act (application of Act...

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In section 19 (general interpretation), after the definition of “the...

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(1) In section 1(2) (applications for registration of users of...

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In section 19 (interpretation), in the definition of “prescribed” after...

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(1) In section 1 of the 1960 Act (registration for...

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After section 8 of the 1960 Act there shall be...

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(1) In section 11 of the 1960 Act (procedure in...

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In this Part of this Schedule any reference to the...

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The council shall pay to the chief officer and their...

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The council shall, in the case of such of their...

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(1) The council may regulate their own procedure (including making...

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(1) Anything authorised or required by or under any enactment...

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(1) The council may appoint persons who are not members...

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(1) This paragraph applies in England and Wales only.

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In Schedule 1 to the Public Records Act 1958 (definition...

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(1) For the purposes of the application of any enactment...

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The council shall— (a) furnish the Secretary of State with...

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The council shall be a body corporate.

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(1) The council shall— (a) as soon as possible after...

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(1) The council shall keep proper accounts and other records,...

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In paragraph 7 of section 39(1) of the Superannuation Act...

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In Schedule 2 to the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 (departments...

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In Part III of Schedule 1 to the House of...

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In Schedule 3 to the Inheritance Tax Act 1984 (gifts...

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(1) The council shall not be regarded as the servant...

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(1) The Secretary of State shall appoint one of the...

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A member of the council who ceases to be a...

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The Secretary of State may remove a member of the...

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(1) The council shall— (a) pay to their members such...

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(1) There shall be a chief officer of the council....

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The council may appoint such number of other employees as...

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In this Schedule— “chairman” means (except in paragraph 2(1) below)...

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(1) The committee shall— (a) as soon as possible after...

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(1) The committee shall consist of eleven voting members, namely—...

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The chairman and the three members appointed by the Secretary...

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(1) The three members appointed by the Secretary of State...

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(1) The committee shall— (a) pay to the chairman such...

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The committee shall pay to the three members appointed by...

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(1) The committee may regulate their own procedure (including making...

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(1) Anything authorised or required to be done by the...

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(1) The National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act...

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(1) The Countryside Act 1968 shall be amended as follows....

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. . . in section 9 of that Act (grants...

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(1) The Highways Act 1980 shall be amended as follows....

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(1) The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 shall be amended...

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In section 22 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984...

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(1) The National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act...

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(1) The Animal Health Act 1981 shall be amended as...

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(1) The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 shall be amended...

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In section 18 of the Agriculture Act 1986 (environmentally sensitive...

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In paragraph 5 of Schedule 2, and in paragraph 17...

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In the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act 1988, for each...

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In Schedule 9 to the Electricity Act 1989 (preservation of...

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(1) The Countryside Act 1968 shall be amended as follows....

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In section 10 of the Conservation of Seals Act 1970...

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In section 1 of the Import of Live Fish (England...

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In section 105A of the Highways Act 1980 (environmental assessment...

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Not later than such date or dates as the Secretary...

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Not later than such date or dates as the Secretary...

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(1) Each new Council shall, before such date as the...

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Where a person becomes an employee of a new Council...

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Where an offer is made to a person in pursuance...

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(1) Any dispute as to whether an offer under paragraph...

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(1) If at any time after a transfer scheme has...

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It shall be the duty of the Nature Conservancy Council...

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A transfer scheme may— (a) define the property, rights and...

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For the avoidance of doubt property, rights and liabilities of...

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(1) If at any time after a transfer scheme has...

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It shall be the duty of the Countryside Council for...

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(1) A transfer scheme may— (a) define the property, rights...

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In this Part of this Schedule— “the appointed day” means...

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(1) This paragraph applies to any provision of a local...

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(1) The repeal by this Act of paragraph 12 of...

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(1) This paragraph applies to any land which, immediately before...

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Paragraphs 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10 and 12 above...

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The Secretary of State may, in relation to any particular...

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In this Schedule “the 1949 Act” means the National Parks...

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(1) Any relevant thing done by or in relation to...

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(1) This paragraph applies to any provision of any agreement,...

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(1) This paragraph applies to any provision of a local...

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(1) This paragraph applies to— (a) any area of land...

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In this Part of this Schedule— “appointed day” means the...

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(1) In this Part of this Schedule a reference to...

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(1) Anything done (or deemed by any enactment to have...

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(1) This paragraph applies to any agreement, any instrument and...

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The Secretary of State shall appoint the members of the...

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The committee shall include persons who appear to the Secretary...

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The Secretary of State may make provision by regulations with...

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The Secretary of State shall provide the committee with such...

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The Secretary of State may pay to the members of...

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The Planning (Hazardous Substances) Act 1990 shall be amended as...

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In section 303(6) of the Town and Country Planning Act...

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(1) Section 2 (appropriate Minister to be hazardous substances authority...

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In section 7(1)(a) (applications for consent), after the word “applications”...

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In section 11 (deemed hazardous substances consent in transitional cases)—...

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In section 12 (deemed consent: government authorisation), at the end...

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In section 13 (applications for hazardous substances consent in place...

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In section 22 (validity of decisions as to applications), in...

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In section 25(1)(c) (provisions of principal Act capable of application...

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Before section 27 there shall be inserted the following section—...

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The Prevention of Oil Pollution Act 1971 shall be amended...

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In section 19 (prosecutions), after subsection (4), there shall be...

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After that section there shall be inserted the following section—...

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In section 20(1) (power of court to direct amount of...

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In section 24(2) (application of Act to Government ships), for...

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In section 25(1) (power to extend provisions of Act to...

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In section 30 (provisions as to Northern Ireland), after subsection...

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(1) The following provisions of of the Transport Act 1968...

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In section 42 of the Countryside Act 1968 (National Park...

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In section 170A(3) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973...

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Section 5 of the Health and Safety at Work etc....

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(1) The following provisions of the Control of Pollution Act...

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For subsection (6) of section 56 of the Control of...

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(1) Section 1 of the Refuse Disposal (Amenity) Act 1978...

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In the Alkali, &c. Works Regulation Act 1906 there shall...

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In section 25 of the Local Government and Planning (Scotland)...

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Section 43 of the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (creation by...

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In section 7(4) of the Public Health (Control of Disease)...

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In section 76(1)(b) and (4)(a) of the Building Act 1984,...

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In section 25(3) of the Food and Environment Protection Act...

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In section 10 of the Local Government Act 1985 (joint...

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In Schedule 1 to the Local Government Act 1988 (competition:...

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(1) The following provisions of the Dogs Act 1906 shall...

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(1) The Control of Pollution (Amendment) Act 1989 shall be...

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(1) The following provisions of the Public Health Act 1936...

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(1) Section 151 of the Mines and Quarries Act 1954...

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In section 1(1)(g) of the Hovercraft Act 1986 (power to...

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