UK Act of Parliament 1995 United Kingdom

Environment Act 1995

An Act to provide for the establishment of a body corporate to be known as the Environment Agency and a body corporate to be known as the Scottish Environment Protection Agency; to provide for the transfer of functions, property, rights and liabilities to those bodies and for the conferring of …

Status
Amended (in force with amendments)
Penalty ceiling
Imprisonment 17 of 83 obligations carry an unlimited fine. 9 carry different penalties and 57 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Any Person28 Occupier3 Statutory Undertaker2 Operator1

Plus 49 duties on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

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What it requires

Sections creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

Part 1

The Environment Agency and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency

21 of 65 sections shown
s.005 General functions with respect to pollution control. (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Environmental agencies must monitor and control pollutionStatutory regulator
s.006 General provisions with respect to water. (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales must manage water and fisheriesStatutory regulator
s.007 General environmental and recreational duties. (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Environment Agency and Ministers must protect the environment and heritageStatutory regulator
s.009 Duty of the Agency to cooperate with the Natural Resources Body for Wales Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Environment Agency must cooperate and coordinate with Natural Resources WalesStatutory regulator
s.014 Regional flood defence committees. (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Environment Agency must maintain regional offices for flood defenceStatutory regulator
s.015 Composition of regional flood defence committees. (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Ministers and Councils must appoint qualified members to flood committeesCrown / Minister / Government department
s.017 Local flood defence schemes and local flood defence committees. (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Environment Agency may create local flood defence schemes and committeesStatutory regulator
s.018 Composition of local flood defence committees. (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Regional flood defence committees must correctly compose local committeesStatutory regulator
s.020 General purpose of SEPA Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • SEPA must protect the environment and support sustainable Scottish growthStatutory regulator
s.022 Transfer of property, rights and liabilities to SEPA. (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Secretary of State must transfer assets and liabilities to SEPACrown / Minister / Government department
s.027 Power of SEPA to obtain information about land. (opens in a new tab) Prosecution
  • Fail to provide land information to SEPAOccupier

Unlimited fine

s.032 General environmental and recreational duties. (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • SEPA and Secretary of State must consider heritage and public accessStatutory regulator
s.033 General duties as respects the state of the environment and effects of pollution. (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • SEPA must monitor and manage environmental pollution in ScotlandStatutory regulator
s.034 General duties with respect to water. (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • SEPA must promote water conservation and natural beauty in ScotlandStatutory regulator
s.037 Incidental general functions. (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Environment Agency and SEPA may provide paid advice and researchStatutory regulator
s.039 General duty of the new Agencies Agency to have regard to costs and benefits in exercising powers. (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Environment Agency must consider costs and benefits when using powersStatutory regulator
s.042 Approval of charging schemes. (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Regulators must consult and notify before setting new environmental chargesStatutory regulator
s.045 Accounts and records. (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Environment Agency and SEPA must maintain proper accounts and recordsStatutory regulator
s.046 Audit: SEPA Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • SEPA must submit annual accounts to Scottish Ministers for auditingStatutory regulator
s.050 Government guarantees of a new Agency’s borrowing. (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Minister may guarantee Agency borrowing and must report to ParliamentCrown / Minister / Government department
s.052 Annual report. (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Environment Agency and SEPA must submit annual activity reportsStatutory regulator
44 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.016 Power to alter composition of regional flood defence committees in Wales
s.016 Effect of order under section 16A
s.018 Power to revoke local flood defence schemes
s.041 Charges in respect of the EU greenhouse gas emissions trading scheme
s.041 Charging schemes in respect of abstraction and impounding licences: joint charging schemes
s.041 Charging schemes in respect of abstraction and impounding licences: cross-border arrangements
Part 2

Contaminated Land and Abandoned Mines

2 of 4 sections shown
s.058 Abandoned mines: England and Wales. (opens in a new tab) Regulated
  • Notify the Environment Agency before abandoning a mineOperator
s.059 Abandoned mines: Scotland. (opens in a new tab) Prosecution
  • Failure to notify SEPA of a proposed mine abandonmentAny Person

Unlimited fine

2 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
Part 3

National Parks

1 of 25 sections shown
s.066 National Park Management Plans. (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • National Park authorities must create and review Management PlansLocal authority
24 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.065 English National Park authorities: general powers
s.065 Boundaries of powers under section 65A
s.065 Power to make provision supplemental to section 65A
s.065 Procedure etc for regulations under section 65C
s.066 National Park Management Plans (England): further provision
s.066 Regulations under section 66A: procedure etc
Part 4

Air Quality

10 of 22 sections shown
s.080 Duty to report on air quality in England Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Secretary of State must report annually on air quality progressCrown / Minister / Government department
s.081 Functions of the new Agencies. (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Environmental Agencies must follow the national air quality strategyStatutory regulator
s.081 Functions of relevant public authorities etc Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Public and local authorities must consider the air quality strategyCrown / Minister / Government department
s.082 Local authority reviews. (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local authorities must review air quality and identify emission sourcesLocal authority
s.083 Duties of Welsh local authorities in relation to designated areas Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Welsh local authorities must create and maintain air quality action plansLocal authority
s.085 Duty of air quality partners to co-operate Regulated
  • Air quality partners must cooperate with local authoritiesAny Person
s.085 Role of air quality partners in relation to action plans Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local authorities must notify air quality partners of new action plansLocal authority
s.086 Role of the Mayor of London in relation to action plans. Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Mayor of London must provide air quality measures for local action plansCrown / Minister / Government department
s.086 Role of combined county authorities in relation to action plans Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Combined county authorities must propose air quality measures to local councilsLocal authority
s.087 Regulations for the purposes of Part IV. (opens in a new tab) Prosecution
  • Breach of air quality regulationsAny Person

Unlimited fine

12 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.081 Functions of relevant Welsh public authorities etc.
s.083 Duties of English local authorities in relation to designated areas
s.086 Role of combined authorities in relation to action plans
Part 5

Miscellaneous, General and Supplemental Provisions

36 of 54 sections shown
s.097 Hedgerows. (opens in a new tab) Prosecution
  • Remove or destroy an important hedgerow without permissionAny Person
  • Unlawful removal or destruction of a hedgerowAny Person

Unlimited fine

s.108 Procedure where documents removed Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Regulators must provide records and access to seized documentsStatutory regulator

amended 105 times

s.109 Power to issue restriction notices: England and Wales Prosecution
  • Breach of a waste facility restriction noticeAny Person
  • Fail to comply with a waste site restriction noticeOccupier

Unlimited fine · amended 3 times

s.109 Cancellation or variation of restriction notices

amended 3 times

s.109 Service of restriction notices etc. Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Authorised persons must properly serve and display restriction noticesStatutory regulator

amended 3 times

s.109 Power of court to make restriction orders: England and Wales Imprisonment
  • Breach of a court-ordered waste restriction or medical access orderAny Person

2 years imprisonment · amended 3 times

s.109 Temporary orders

amended 3 times

s.109 Extension of restriction orders

amended 3 times

s.109 Variation or discharge of restriction orders

amended 3 times

s.109 Enforcement of restriction orders Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Regulators must display restriction orders and may secure premisesStatutory regulator

amended 3 times

s.109 Appeals against decisions on restriction orders

amended 3 times

s.109 Access to other premises

amended 3 times

s.109 Recovery of costs

amended 3 times

s.109 Exemption from liability

amended 3 times

s.109 Compensation

amended 3 times

s.109 Interpretation

amended 3 times

s.110 Search and seizure of vehicles, etc.

amended 19 times

s.110 Offences of obstructing, not co-operating, etc. Prosecution
  • Obstructing or misleading environmental officialsAny Person

Unlimited fine · amended 19 times

s.110 Handling of seized property

amended 19 times

s.110 Power to apply enforcement powers in respect of offences

amended 19 times

s.112 Amendment of certain offences relating to false or misleading statements or false entries. (opens in a new tab) Imprisonment
  • Making false or misleading environmental statementsAny Person
s.113 Disclosure of information. (opens in a new tab) Regulated
  • Protect trade secrets and confidential information when sharing dataAny Person

amended 19 times (opens in a new tab)

s.119 Stamp duty. (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Secretary of State must certify documents for stamp duty exemptionCrown / Minister / Government department
18 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.094 Producer responsibility: competition matters.
Schedules

Schedules

36 of 488 shown
s.007 National Park authorities (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Secretary of State must consult local councils on National Park appointmentsCrown / Minister / Government department
s.012 Schedule 2A to the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Secretary of State must ensure safe and sustainable national waste managementCrown / Minister / Government department
s.016 Pollution of rivers and coastal waters in Scotland: amendment of the Control of Pollution Act 1974 (opens in a new tab) Imprisonment
  • Cause or permit pollution of rivers, lochs, or coastal watersAny Person
  • Pollute controlled waters or impede water flowAny Person
s.sch002 (1) This paragraph applies in the case of any transfer... Regulated
  • Cooperate with Agency to make foreign property transfer legally effectiveAny Person
s.sch002 (1) It shall be the duty of each of the... Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Regulators must provide information for waste transfer schemesStatutory regulator
s.sch006 (1) SEPA may appoint persons who are not members of... Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • SEPA must pay committee members remuneration set by the Secretary of StateStatutory regulator
s.sch007 (1) Sections 101 to 106 of the 1972 Act (arrangements... Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • National Park authorities must ensure balanced committee membership and quorumLocal authority
s.sch007 A National Park authority shall make arrangements— Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Consult parish/community councils on National Park functionsLocal authority
s.sch007 (1) The members of a National Park authority shall elect,... Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • National Park authority members must elect Chair and Deputy ChairLocal authority
s.sch011 Air Quality: Supplemental Provisions (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local authorities must consult business representatives on air quality plansLocal authority
s.sch011 (1) This paragraph applies in any case where a district... Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Councils must share air quality information upon reasonable requestLocal authority
s.sch011 (1) It shall be the duty of every local authority—... Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local authorities must make air quality documents publicly availableLocal authority
s.sch015 For section 14 of that Act (gratings) there shall be... Regulated
  • Fail to install or maintain fish screens or by-washesOccupier
s.sch016 After section 30E there shall be inserted the following sections—... Prosecution
  • Cause or permit pollution of controlled watersAny Person

Unlimited fine

s.sch018 Supplemental provisions with respect to powers of entry (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Regulators may obtain and use warrants to enter premises by forceStatutory regulator
s.sch018 A person designated as the person who may exercise a... Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Designated officers must show evidence of authority before exercising powersStatutory regulator
s.sch018 (1) Where any person exercises any power conferred by section... Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Enforcing authority must compensate you for loss caused by its inspectorsStatutory regulator
s.sch019 Offences relating to false or misleading statements or false entries (opens in a new tab) Prosecution
  • Provide false or misleading environmental information or recordsAny Person

Unlimited fine

s.sch019 (1) The Control of Pollution Act 1974 shall be amended... Prosecution
  • Make false statement in consent application or fail to provide informationAny Person

Unlimited fine

s.sch019 (1) The Water (Scotland) Act 1980 shall be amended in... Prosecution
  • Provide false or misleading water informationAny Person

Unlimited fine

s.sch019 (1) For section 44 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990... Prosecution
  • Make false or misleading statements or false entries in environmental recordsAny Person

Unlimited fine

s.sch019 (1) Section 206 of the Water Resources Act 1991 (making... Prosecution
  • Make false statements or false records in water applicationsAny Person

Unlimited fine

s.sch019 After section 34 of the Radioactive Substances Act 1993 (offences... Prosecution
  • Make false statements or records for radioactive substances registrationAny Person

Unlimited fine

s.sch021 After section 110 of the Water (Scotland) Act 1980 there... Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Crown must comply with water legislation, but cannot be prosecutedCrown / Minister / Government department
s.sch021 After section 125 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act... Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Crown must comply with environmental provisions of this PartCrown / Minister / Government department
s.sch022 After section 93 of that Act (interpretation of Part III)... Regulated
  • Promote efficient water use by your customersStatutory Undertaker
s.sch022 After section 101 of that Act (which provides for the... Regulated
  • Provide a public sewer for domestic drainage of eligible old premisesStatutory Undertaker
s.sch022 (1) Section 120 of that Act (application for the discharge... Prosecution
  • Fail to refer special category effluent question to Environment AgencyAny Person

Unlimited fine

s.sch022 (1) Section 130 of that Act (reference to the Secretary... Prosecution
  • Fail to refer special category effluent agreements to the Environment AgencyAny Person

Unlimited fine

s.sch022 In section 133 of that Act (effect of determination on... Prosecution
  • Fail to perform duty under determination notice (sewerage undertaker)Any Person

Unlimited fine

s.sch022 After section 135 there shall be inserted— Power of the... Prosecution
  • Fail to provide information or provide false or misleading informationAny Person

Unlimited fine

s.sch022 In section 174 of that Act (impersonation of persons exercising... Imprisonment
  • Impersonate an authorised person with powers of entryAny Person
s.sch022 (1) In section 202 of that Act (information and assistance... Imprisonment
  • Fail to provide pollution control information or assistanceAny Person
s.sch022 In Schedule 20 to that Act (supplemental provisions with respect... Imprisonment
  • Obstruct an authorised person exercising powers of entryAny Person
s.sch022 (1) Section 4 of that Act (determination of authority by... Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local authorities must keep up with air pollution control technology for local processesLocal authority
s.sch022 (1) Section 23 of that Act (offences) shall be amended... Prosecution
  • Fail to comply with environmental enforcement noticeAny Person

Fine up to £20,000

452 other schedules
s.sch001 (1) Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, a...
s.sch001 (1) The application of the seal of the Agency shall...
s.sch001 (1) Any document which the Agency is authorised or required...
s.sch001 In this Schedule— “the appropriate Minister”, in relation to any...
s.sch001 The chairman or deputy chairman of the Agency shall hold...
s.sch001 (1) The Agency shall pay to its members such remuneration,...
s.sch001 (1) The Agency may appoint such officers and employees as...
s.sch001 Subject to the following provisions of this Schedule and to...
s.sch001 Subject to section 106 of the 1991 Act, anything authorised...
s.sch001 (1) A member who is in any way directly or...
s.sch001 The validity of any proceedings of the Agency shall not...
s.sch001 (1) Minutes shall be kept of proceedings of the Agency,...
s.sch002 In this Schedule— “the chief inspector”— in the application of...
s.sch002 (1) This paragraph applies in relation to—
s.sch002 (1) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph 10 above,...
s.sch002 (1) The property, rights and liabilities which are transferred by,...
s.sch002 (1) The rights and liabilities that may be transferred by...
s.sch002 A transfer scheme may define the property, rights and liabilities...
s.sch002 (1) For the purpose of making any division of property,...
s.sch002 (1) A transfer scheme may make such incidental, supplemental and...
s.sch002 (1) If at any time after a transfer scheme has...
s.sch002 No consideration shall be provided in respect of the transfer...
s.sch003 (1) In this Schedule, “scheme” means a scheme prepared under...
s.sch003 (1) It shall be the duty of the Agency, in...
s.sch003 (1) A scheme shall not come into force unless it...
s.sch003 (1) The Agency may from time to time, and if...
s.sch003 (1) Before appointing a person to be a member of...
s.sch003 The validity of any proceedings of an advisory committee shall...
s.sch003 (1) The Agency shall pay to the chairman of an...
s.sch004 (1) The relevant Minister may by order made by statutory...
s.sch004 (1) Before making an order under this Schedule, the relevant...
s.sch004 (1) Before making an order under this Schedule, the relevant...
s.sch004 (1) Where the relevant Minister makes an order under this...
s.sch004 (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, after making an order...
s.sch004 (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (3) below, if any person desires...
s.sch005 (1) Members of a flood defence committee (that is to...
s.sch005 (1) The Agency shall pay to any person who is...
s.sch005 (1) For the purpose of carrying out any functions in...
s.sch005 (1) Subject to section 106 of the 1991 Act and...
s.sch005 (1) A flood defence committee may, with the approval of...
s.sch005 (1) Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, the...
s.sch005 (1) Any notice or other document which a flood defence...
s.sch005 (1) A minute of the proceedings of a meeting of...
s.sch005 (1) Members of a flood defence committee appointed by or...
s.sch005 (1) Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, a...
s.sch005 (1) The office of a member of a flood defence...
s.sch005 (1) The chairman of a regional flood defence committee may...
s.sch005 (1) The chairman of a local flood defence committee may...
s.sch005 (1) Where, for any reason whatsoever, the office of a...
s.sch005 Subject to the provisions of this Schedule, a member of...
s.sch005 (1) Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, a...
s.sch006 SEPA shall be a body corporate with a common seal....
s.sch006 (1) There shall be a chief officer of SEPA.
s.sch006 SEPA may appoint such other employees as it thinks fit....
s.sch006 (1) SEPA shall, in the case of such of its...
s.sch006 (1) SEPA may regulate its own procedure and that of...
s.sch006 (1) Anything authorised or required by or under any enactment...
s.sch006 (1) Without prejudice to the generality of its power to...
s.sch006 (1) A member who is in any way directly or...
s.sch006 (1) Minutes shall be kept of proceedings of SEPA and...
s.sch006 Subject to section 38 of this Act, SEPA shall not—...
s.sch006 SEPA shall consist of not less than eight, nor more...
s.sch006 In making appointments under paragraph 3 above, the Secretary of...
s.sch006 Subject to paragraphs 7 and 8 below, each member—
s.sch006 The Secretary of State may, by order made by statutory...
s.sch006 The Secretary of State may remove a member from office...
s.sch006 (1) The Secretary of State shall appoint one of the...
s.sch006 (1) SEPA shall— (a) pay to its members such remuneration...
s.sch007 (1) A National Park authority shall be a body corporate....
s.sch007 (1) Sections 94 to 98 of the 1972 Act (restrictions...
s.sch007 (1) . . . . . . . . ....
s.sch007 (1) The following provisions, that is to say—
s.sch007 (1) Every National Park authority for a National Park shall...
s.sch007 Section 265 of the Public Health Act 1875 (personal liability...
s.sch007 (1) The Local Government (Records) Act 1962 shall have effect...
s.sch007 (1) In section 25(1) of the Local Government Act 1974...
s.sch007 (1) The local authority members of a National Park authority...
s.sch007 In this Schedule “the relevant order”, in relation to a...
s.sch007 (1) The parish members of an English National Park authority...
s.sch007 (1) Before appointing any person as a member of a...
s.sch007 (1) The Secretary of State may, by giving a local...
s.sch007 (1) A person is disqualified for becoming or remaining a...
s.sch007 Section 85 of the 1972 Act (failure to attend meetings)...
s.sch007 Section 31 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989...
s.sch008 (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, the following provisions, that...
s.sch008 In section 67(3) of the Local Government and Housing Act...
s.sch008 In section 152(2) of that Act of 1989 (provisions as...
s.sch008 Section 25 of the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (service...
s.sch008 Part II of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994...
s.sch008 (1) After section 244 of the Town and Country Planning...
s.sch008 (1) The following provisions of the 1972 Act shall also...
s.sch008 Section 146 of the 1972 Act (transfer of securities on...
s.sch008 The Local Authorities (Goods and Services) Act 1970 (supply of...
s.sch008 Any power to execute works which is conferred on a...
s.sch008 (1) Section 239 of the 1972 Act (power of local...
s.sch008 (1) Part III of the Local Government, Planning and Land...
s.sch008 Part II of the Local Government Act 1986 (restrictions on...
s.sch009 (1) The enactments specified in sub-paragraph (2) below shall have...
s.sch009 (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, Parts I and II...
s.sch009 The following provisions of the Highways Act 1980, that is...
s.sch009 The following provisions, that is to say—
s.sch009 (1) In the case of a building situated in a...
s.sch009 (1) For the purposes of the Planning (Hazardous Substances) Act...
s.sch009 Sections 294 to 297 of the Charities Act 2011 (local...
s.sch009 The Local Government (Overseas Assistance) Act 1993 shall have effect...
s.sch009 The Open Spaces Act 1906 shall have effect as if...
s.sch009 Sections 21 and 22 of the National Parks and Access...
s.sch009 In the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960—...
s.sch009 In the Mobile Homes (Wales) Act 2013—
s.sch009 The Countryside Act 1968 shall have effect as if a...
s.sch009 Sections 142 and 144 of the 1972 Act (provision of...
s.sch009 The provisions of section 16 of the Welsh Development Agency...
s.sch009 Section 19 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976...
s.sch009 (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, references to a local...
s.sch010 (1) In subsection (1)(a) of section 80 of the 1972...
s.sch010 In section 13(7) of the Employment Agencies Act 1973 (cases...
s.sch010 In section 28 of the Health and Safety at Work...
s.sch010 (1) In section 1(14) of the Welsh Development Agency Act...
s.sch010 In sections 1 and 2 of the Local Land Charges...
s.sch010 (1) In section 19A of the Race Relations Act 1976...
s.sch010 In section 5(3) of the Rent (Agriculture) Act 1976 (no...
s.sch010 In section 14 of the Rent Act 1977 (exemption from...
s.sch010 (1) In section 6 of the National Parks and Access...
s.sch010 (1) In section 17(3) of the Acquisition of Land Act...
s.sch010 (1) In section 39(5)(a) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act...
s.sch010 In section 60(3) of the County Courts Act 1984 (right...
s.sch010 (1) In section 43 of the Housing Act 1985 (consent...
s.sch010 (1) In sections 14(4) and 26(1) of, and in paragraph...
s.sch010 In section 58(1) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987...
s.sch010 In Schedule 3 to the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act...
s.sch010 In paragraph 12(2) of Schedule 1 to the Housing Act...
s.sch010 In section 144(2)(a)(i) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (exemptions...
s.sch010 In section 69(1) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954...
s.sch010 (1) Paragraph 2(6) of Schedule 8 to the Electricity Act...
s.sch010 (1) In section 21(1) of the Local Government and Housing...
s.sch010 (1) In paragraph (a) of section 1(5) of the Town...
s.sch010 (1) The Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990...
s.sch010 (1) The references to a National Park authority in the...
s.sch010 In section 35 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992...
s.sch010 In section 1(10) of the Local Government (Overseas Assistance) Act...
s.sch010 In section 6(1) of the Welsh Language Act 1993 (bodies...
s.sch010 (1) In Schedule 6 to the Local Government (Wales) Act...
s.sch010 (1) Paragraph 55(2) of Schedule 16 to the 1972 Act...
s.sch010 In section 11 of the Trustee Investments Act 1961 (local...
s.sch010 In section 50(3) of the Agriculture Act 1967 (bodies transfers...
s.sch010 In section 28 of the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 (retention...
s.sch010 (1) In section 4(1) of the Countryside Act 1968 (experimental...
s.sch010 In section 3 of the Employers Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Act...
s.sch011 (1) A local authority in carrying out its functions in...
s.sch011 (1) The appropriate authority may give directions to any two...
s.sch011 (1) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (o) of...
s.sch013 (1) In this Schedule— “ dormant site ” means a...
s.sch013 (1) This paragraph applies in a case where—
s.sch013 (1) Where the mineral planning authority— (a) on an application...
s.sch013 (1) Subject to paragraph 8(11) above, where no application under...
s.sch013 (1) The Secretary of State may give directions requiring applications...
s.sch013 (1) Where a mineral planning authority has received from any...
s.sch013 (1) This paragraph applies in a case where—
s.sch013 (1) This paragraph applies to appeals under any of the...
s.sch013 (1) This paragraph has effect for the purposes of determining...
s.sch013 (1) A mineral planning authority shall, in accordance with the...
s.sch013 (1) A mineral planning authority shall, in accordance with the...
s.sch013 (1) This paragraph makes provision for the advertisement of the...
s.sch013 (1) Any person who is the owner of any land,...
s.sch013 (1) Any person who is the owner of any land,...
s.sch013 (1) The mineral planning authority shall, no later than the...
s.sch013 (1) Any person who is the owner of any land,...
s.sch014 The mineral planning authority for an area in Wales shall,...
s.sch014 (1) Where an application has been made under paragraph 6...
s.sch014 (1) Where a mineral planning authority have received from any...
s.sch014 (A1) This paragraph applies— (a) where a mineral planning authority...
s.sch014 (1) This paragraph applies where— (a) an application made under...
s.sch014 (1) For the purposes of this Schedule— “ first review...
s.sch014 (1) In the application of this Schedule in relation to...
s.sch014 (1) In the application of this Schedule in relation to...
s.sch014 (A1) This paragraph has effect for the purposes of paragraphs...
s.sch014 (1) The Secretary of State may by order specify a...
s.sch014 (A1) This paragraph applies— (a) where a mineral planning authority...
s.sch014 (1) Any person who is the owner of any land,...
s.sch014 (1) Any person who is the owner of any land,...
s.sch014 Where no application under paragraph 6 above in respect of...
s.sch014 (1) The Secretary of State may give directions requiring applications...
s.sch014 (1) Where on an application under paragraph 6 above the...
s.sch014 The mineral planning authority for an area in England may,...
s.sch015 In this Schedule— “local statutory provision” means— a provision of...
s.sch015 In section 9(1) of that Act (owner or occupier of...
s.sch015 (1) In section 10 of that Act, in subsection (1)...
s.sch015 (1) In section 11 of that Act (Minister’s consents and...
s.sch015 (1) In section 15 of that Act (power of National...
s.sch015 In section 17 of that Act (restrictions on taking salmon...
s.sch015 In section 18 of that Act (provisions supplementary to Part...
s.sch015 In section 30 of that Act, the paragraph defining “fish...
s.sch015 (1) In section 35 of that Act (power to require...
s.sch015 After subsection (1A) of section 39 of that Act (application...
s.sch015 (1) Subject to— (a) the following provisions of this Schedule,...
s.sch015 In section 41(1) of that Act (general definitions) the following...
s.sch015 In subsection (3) of section 43 of that Act (extent...
s.sch015 In paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to that Act (close...
s.sch015 In section 9(1)(d) of the Diseases of Fish Act 1983...
s.sch015 In section 37(3) of the Salmon Act 1986 (byelaws requiring...
s.sch015 In section 115 of the Water Resources Act 1991, in...
s.sch015 (1) In paragraph 6 of Schedule 25 to that Act...
s.sch015 (1) If it appears to the Minister or the Secretary...
s.sch015 (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, in the Diseases of...
s.sch015 (1) The provisions of section 1 of the Sea Fisheries...
s.sch015 In section 18(1) of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967...
s.sch015 In section 5 of the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act...
s.sch015 In section 6(3) of that Act (definition of “unauthorised fixed...
s.sch015 In section 8(2) of that Act (fishing mill dams to...
s.sch016 The Control of Pollution Act 1974, as it has effect...
s.sch016 Sections 31(1), (2), (3), (7) and (10) (offences relating to...
s.sch016 In section 31(8) (maximum penalties) for the words “paragraphs (a)...
s.sch016 In section 31B(4)(d) (nitrate sensitive areas: maximum penalties) for the...
s.sch016 In section 34(3) (consents for discharges of trade and effluent)...
s.sch016 In section 39(1)(a) (appeals to the Secretary of State) for...
s.sch016 In section 56(1) (interpretation etc of Part II) the following...
s.sch016 In section 87(3) (time-bar in relation to legal proceedings)—
s.sch017 The Environmental Protection Act 1990 shall be amended in accordance...
s.sch017 In section 79 (statutory nuisances etc)— (a) in subsection (1)(ga)...
s.sch017 In section 80 (summary proceedings) in subsection (3) after the...
s.sch017 In section 81 (supplementary provisions)— (a) in subsection (2) after...
s.sch017 In section 81A at the end, as subsection (10), and...
s.sch017 In section 82 (proceedings by persons aggrieved)—
s.sch017 In Schedule 3 (statutory nuisance; supplementary provisions)—
s.sch017 In the Radioactive Substances Act 1993, in Part II of...
s.sch018 (1) In this Schedule— “designated person” means an authorised person,...
s.sch018 (1) If it is shown to the satisfaction of a...
s.sch018 (1) Subject to section 108(12) of this Act, information obtained...
s.sch018 A person who, in the exercise of a relevant power...
s.sch019 In section 7(3)(b) of the Control of Pollution (Amendment) Act...
s.sch020 In this Schedule— “appointed person” means a person appointed under...
s.sch020 An appointment under section 114(1)(a) of this Act must be...
s.sch020 Subject to the provisions of this Schedule, an appointed person...
s.sch020 (1) If either of the parties to an appeal, matter...
s.sch020 (1) In relation to England and Wales, subsections (2) to...
s.sch020 (1) Where under paragraph 2(c) above the appointment of the...
s.sch020 (1) Anything done or omitted to be done by an...
s.sch021 (1) For section 221 of the Water Industry Act 1991...
s.sch021 (1) The Water Resources Act 1991 shall be amended in...
s.sch021 For section 55 of the Sewerage (Scotland) Act 1968 (Crown...
s.sch021 For subsection (3) of section 105 of the Control of...
s.sch022 (1) The Alkali, &c, Works Regulation Act 1906 shall be...
s.sch022 In section 26 (interpretation) in subsection (1), there shall be...
s.sch022 In section 40A of that Act (variation and termination of...
s.sch022 (1) In section 71 of that Act (waste from water...
s.sch022 In section 110A of that Act (new connections with public...
s.sch022 In section 123 of that Act (appeals with respect to...
s.sch022 In section 127 of that Act (review by the Secretary...
s.sch022 In section 131 of that Act (review by the Secretary...
s.sch022 In Schedule 2 to the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 (departments...
s.sch022 (1) Section 132 of that Act (powers and procedure on...
s.sch022 In section 134 of that Act (compensation in respect of...
s.sch022 (1) Section 142 of that Act (powers of undertakers to...
s.sch022 In section 143 of that Act (charges schemes) after subsection...
s.sch022 Section 151 of that Act shall cease to have effect....
s.sch022 In section 161 of that Act (power to deal with...
s.sch022 In section 166 of that Act (consents for certain discharges...
s.sch022 In section 184 of that Act (power of certain undertakers...
s.sch022 (1) In section 38(3) of the Sewerage (Scotland) Act 1968...
s.sch022 In section 202 of that Act (duties of undertakers to...
s.sch022 (1) In section 206 of that Act (restriction on disclosure...
s.sch022 In section 209 of that Act (civil liability of undertakers...
s.sch022 In section 215 of that Act (local inquiries) in subsection...
s.sch022 In section 217 of that Act (construction of provisions conferring...
s.sch022 In section 219 of that Act (general interpretation) in subsection...
s.sch022 In Schedule 11 to that Act (orders conferring compulsory works...
s.sch022 In Schedule 13 to that Act (protective provisions in respect...
s.sch022 Subject to the other provisions of this Act, in the...
s.sch022 The Local Authorities (Goods and Services) Act 1970 (supply of...
s.sch022 In section 15 of that Act (general duties with respect...
s.sch022 In section 20 of that Act (water resources management schemes)...
s.sch022 (1) In section 21 of that Act (minimum acceptable flows)...
s.sch022 In section 43 of that Act (appeals to the Secretary...
s.sch022 (1) In section 50 of that Act, in subsection (1)...
s.sch022 (1) Section 73 of that Act (power to make ordinary...
s.sch022 (1) The Agriculture Act 1970 shall be amended in accordance...
s.sch022 After section 79 of that Act (compensation and charges where...
s.sch022 In section 80 of that Act (offences against drought orders)—...
s.sch022 After section 90 of that Act (offences in connection with...
s.sch022 (1) In section 91 of that Act (appeals in respect...
s.sch022 In section 92 of that Act (requirements to take precautions...
s.sch022 In section 96 of that Act (regulations with respect to...
s.sch022 (1) In section 110 of that Act (applications for consents...
s.sch022 (1) The Prevention of Oil Pollution Act 1971 shall be...
s.sch022 (1) Section 118 of that Act (special duties with respect...
s.sch022 (1) In section 119 of that Act (duties with respect...
s.sch022 In section 154 of that Act (compulsory purchase etc) in...
s.sch022 In section 156 of that Act (acquisition of land etc...
s.sch022 In section 157 of that Act (restriction on disposals of...
s.sch022 In section 158 of that Act (works agreements for water...
s.sch022 (1) Section 161 of that Act (anti-pollution works and operations)...
s.sch022 After that section there shall be inserted— Notices requiring persons...
s.sch022 In section 162 of that Act (other powers to deal...
s.sch022 In section 166 of that Act (power to carry out...
s.sch022 In section 169 of that Act (powers of entry for...
s.sch022 In section 172 of that Act (powers of entry for...
s.sch022 (1) Section 190 of that Act (pollution control register) shall...
s.sch022 In section 223 of the Local Government Act 1972 (which...
s.sch022 After section 191 of that Act (register for the purposes...
s.sch022 (1) Section 204 of that Act (restriction on disclosure of...
s.sch022 (1) Section 221(1) of that Act (general interpretation) shall be...
s.sch022 In section 25(1) of the Local Government Act 1974 (authorities...
s.sch022 In Schedule 5 to that Act (procedure relating to statements...
s.sch022 In Schedule 6 to that Act (orders providing for exemption...
s.sch022 In Schedule 10 to that Act (discharge consents) after paragraph...
s.sch022 For that Schedule there shall be substituted— Schedule 10 Discharge...
s.sch022 In Schedule 11 to that Act (water protection zone orders)...
s.sch022 In Schedule 12 to that Act (nitrate sensitive area orders)...
s.sch022 In Schedule 13 to that Act (transitional water pollution provisions)...
s.sch022 (1) In Schedule 15 to that Act (supplemental provisions with...
s.sch022 In Schedule 22 to that Act (protection for particular undertakings)...
s.sch022 (1) Section 5 of the Control of Pollution Act 1974...
s.sch022 In Schedule 25 to that Act (byelaw-making powers) in paragraph...
s.sch022 In the Land Drainage Act 1991, for the words “NRA”,...
s.sch022 (1) In section 23 of that Act (prohibition on obstructions...
s.sch022 At the beginning of Part V of that Act (miscellaneous...
s.sch022 (1) In section 72 of that Act, in subsection (1)...
s.sch022 In section 2 of the Clean Air Act 1993 (emission...
s.sch022 (1) Section 19 of that Act (power to require creation...
s.sch022 In section 59 of that Act (local inquiries) in subsection...
s.sch022 In section 60(7)(b) of that Act as it applies to...
s.sch022 In section 63(1)(c) of that Act as it applies to...
s.sch022 In the Statistics of Trade Act 1947, after section 9...
s.sch022 (1) Section 6 of that Act (provisions supplementary to section...
s.sch022 (1) Section 7 of that Act (variation of conditions and...
s.sch022 (1) Section 8 of that Act (transfer and relinquishment of...
s.sch022 In section 40 of that Act (radioactivity to be disregarded...
s.sch022 (1) Section 9 of that Act (supervision of licensed activities)...
s.sch022 (1) In Schedule 3 to that Act (enactments, other than...
s.sch022 In Schedule 9 to the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994...
s.sch022 (1) In section 2(2) of the Local Government etc. (Scotland)...
s.sch022 (1) In any subordinate legislation or local statutory provisions, for...
s.sch022 (1) Section 10 of that Act (appeals to Secretary of...
s.sch022 In section 11 of that Act (special provision for land...
s.sch022 (1) Section 16 of that Act (removal of waste deposited...
s.sch022 In section 30 of that Act (interpretation of Part I)...
s.sch022 In section 62(2)(a) of that Act (exceptions to restrictions on...
s.sch022 (1) The Control of Pollution Act 1974, as it has...
s.sch022 (1) The Rivers (Prevention of Pollution) (Scotland) Act 1951 shall...
s.sch022 (1) The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974...
s.sch022 In Part II of Schedule 1 to the House of...
s.sch022 (1) The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975 shall be amended...
s.sch022 In section 44 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act...
s.sch022 (1) The Water (Scotland) Act 1980 shall be amended in...
s.sch022 (1) In section 1 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act...
s.sch022 (1) The Control of Pollution (Amendment) Act 1989 shall be...
s.sch022 In the First Schedule to the Public Records Act 1958...
s.sch022 In Schedule 4 to that Act (other powers etc. of...
s.sch022 In Schedule 5 to that Act (water rights) in paragraph...
s.sch022 In section 2 of the Town and Country Planning Act...
s.sch022 In Schedule 5 to the Town and Country Planning Act...
s.sch022 In Schedule 6 to that Act (determination of certain appeals...
s.sch022 (1) Section 1 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (interpretation...
s.sch022 Section 5 of that Act (further provision for Scotland as...
s.sch022 In section 6 of that Act, in subsection (2) (fee...
s.sch022 (1) In section 7 of that Act (conditions of authorisations)...
s.sch022 (1) In section 7(8) of the Opencast Coal Act 1958...
s.sch022 (1) Section 8 of that Act (fees and charges for...
s.sch022 (1) Section 10 of that Act (variation of authorisations by...
s.sch022 In section 11 of that Act (application by holders of...
s.sch022 At the end of section 13 of that Act (enforcement...
s.sch022 (1) Section 15 of that Act (appeals against certain authorisations...
s.sch022 Sections 16 to 18 of that Act (appointment of inspectors,...
s.sch022 In section 19 of that Act (obtaining of information from...
s.sch022 (1) Section 20 of that Act (public registers of information)...
s.sch022 (1) Section 22 of that Act (exclusion from registers of...
s.sch022 In section 10 of the Rivers (Prevention of Pollution) (Scotland)...
s.sch022 (1) In section 27 of that Act (power of chief...
s.sch022 (1) In section 28 of that Act, in subsection (1)...
s.sch022 (1) Section 30 of that Act (authorities for purposes of...
s.sch022 Section 31 of that Act (power to create regional authorities...
s.sch022 In section 33 of that Act (prohibition on unauthorised or...
s.sch022 In section 34 of that Act (duty of care etc...
s.sch022 (1) Section 35 of that Act (waste management licences: general)...
s.sch022 After section 35 of that Act there shall be inserted—...
s.sch022 (1) Section 36 of that Act (grant of licences) shall...
s.sch022 After section 36 of that Act there shall be inserted—...
s.sch022 (1) In section 3 of the Nuclear Installations Act 1965,...
s.sch022 (1) In section 37 of that Act (variation of licences)...
s.sch022 After section 37 of that Act there shall be inserted—...
s.sch022 (1) In section 38 of that Act (revocation and suspension...
s.sch022 (1) Section 39 of that Act (surrender of licences) shall...
s.sch022 In section 40 of that Act (transfer of licences) in...
s.sch022 Section 41 of that Act (fees and charges for licences)...
s.sch022 (1) Section 42 of that Act (supervision of licensed activities)...
s.sch022 In section 43 of that Act, in subsection (2), paragraphs...
s.sch022 Section 50 of that Act (waste disposal plans of waste...
s.sch022 Section 61 of that Act (duty of waste regulation authorities...
s.sch022 In section 4 of that Act (attachment of conditions to...
s.sch022 (1) Section 62 of that Act (special provision with respect...
s.sch022 In section 63 of that Act (waste other than controlled...
s.sch022 (1) Section 64 of that Act (public registers) shall be...
s.sch022 (1) In section 66 of that Act (exclusion from registers...
s.sch022 Section 67 of that Act (annual reports of waste regulation...
s.sch022 Sections 68 to 70 of that Act (functions of the...
s.sch022 (1) In section 71 of that Act (obtaining of information...
s.sch022 Section 72 of that Act (default powers of the Secretary...
s.sch022 (1) Section 75 of that Act (meaning of “waste” etc.)...
s.sch022 (1) Section 79 of that Act (statutory nuisances) shall be...
s.sch022 In section 5 of that Act (revocation and surrender of...
s.sch022 In section 141 of that Act (power to prohibit or...
s.sch022 Section 143 of that Act (public registers of land which...
s.sch022 In section 161 of that Act (regulations and orders) in...
s.sch022 (1) Schedule 1 to that Act (authorisations for processes: supplementary...
s.sch022 In Schedule 2 to that Act (waste disposal authorities and...
s.sch022 After Schedule 2A to that Act there shall be inserted—...
s.sch022 (1) The Natural Heritage (Scotland) Act 1991 shall be amended...
s.sch022 In section 3 of the Water Industry Act 1991 (general...
s.sch022 In section 5 of that Act (codes of practice with...
s.sch022 In section 40 of that Act (bulk supplies of water)...
s.sch023 In this Part of this Schedule, the “transfer date” has...
s.sch023 (1) Nothing in this Act shall prevent the completion on...
s.sch023 (1) Where for any year, a Rate Support Grant Report...
s.sch023 (1) Nothing in this Act shall prevent the completion on...
s.sch023 As respects England and Wales, any resolution passed in pursuance...
s.sch023 (1) Any approval or certificate given under or by virtue...
s.sch023 (1) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (4) of...
s.sch023 (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, if, at the transfer...
s.sch023 If, at the transfer date, the content of the strategy...
s.sch023 (1) This paragraph applies to— (a) any resolution of a...
s.sch023 (1) Where, before the coming into force of the repeal...
s.sch023 Any directions given to the National Rivers Authority for the...
s.sch023 Notwithstanding any provision restricting the power of the Agency to...
s.sch023 (1) This paragraph applies to any consent—
s.sch023 Where a person is disqualified for membership of a regional...
s.sch023 (1) In any case where— (a) immediately before the coming...
s.sch023 In this Part of this Schedule, “the Consequential Provisions Act”...
s.sch023 If and so long as the Agency requires, on and...
s.sch023 (1) Without prejudice to section 55 of this Act, any...
s.sch023 (1) The first report prepared by the Agency under section...
s.sch023 Notwithstanding the repeal by this Act of subsection (9) of...
s.sch023 (1) Where a body corporate constituted as a Welsh National...
s.sch023 Any dispensation which was granted under the proviso to subsection...
s.sch023 (1) Such of the administrative and departmental records (in whatever...

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