Statutory Instruments
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Made
27th June 1997
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 125(3) and (4) of the Environment Act 1995(1), hereby makes the following Order:
1. This Order may be cited as the Environment Act 1995 (Commencement No. 9 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1997.
2. The following provisions of the Environment Act 1995 shall come into force on 1st July 1997-
(a)section 60(3), (4), (5)(a) and (7); and
(b)section 116 in so far as it relates to paragraph 2(4) of Schedule 21 except for the purposes of the application of the substituted section 222 of the Water Resources Act 1991(2) to Part II of that Act.
3.-(1) Any application by the Crown for a consent for the purposes of section 88(1)(a) of the Water Resources Act 1991 made before 1st July 1997, and anything done before that date in relation to that application, shall be treated on and after that date as if it had been made or done under the relevant provisions of Schedule 10(3) to that Act or the Control of Pollution (Applications, Appeals and Registers) Regulations 1996(4).
(2) Where-
(a)any application to which paragraph (1) above applies has not been finally disposed of before 1st July 1997; and
(b)the application relates to discharges which are substantially the same as discharges lawfully made by the Crown before that date without a consent,
the Environment Agency shall be deemed to have given unconditionally the consent applied for and the deemed consent shall continue in force until the application is finally disposed of.
(3) An application shall be treated as finally disposed of for the purposes of paragraph (2) above-
(a)on the date on which the Agency gives the consent applied for unconditionally or the application is withdrawn;
(b)if the Agency gives its consent subject to conditions or refuses its consent, on the expiration of the time limit for appealing against that decision; or
(c)if an appeal is duly made against the Agency's decision, on the date on which that appeal is determined or withdrawn.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Angela Eagle
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
27th June 1997
(This note is not part of the Order)
Article 2 brings into force on 1st July 1997-
(a)section 60(3), (4), (5)(a) and (7) of the Environment Act 1995, which amends section 161 of the Water Resources Act 1991 (anti-pollution works and operations); and
(b)section 116 of the Environment Act 1995 in so far as it relates to paragraph 2(4) of Schedule 21 (Crown application of the Water Resources Act 1991) except in relation to Part II of the Water Resources Act 1991 (water resources management).
Article 3 makes transitional provisions in cases where an application for a discharge consent has been made by the Crown before 1st July 1997.
(This note is not part of the Order)
The following provisions of the Environment Act 1995 have been brought into force by commencement orders made before the date of this Order.
Provision | Date of commencement | S.I. No. |
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Section 1 | 28.7.1995 | 1995/1983 |
Section 2 | 1.4.1996 | 1996/186 |
Section 3(1) | 1.4.1996 | 1996/186 |
Section 3(2) to (8) | 28.7.1995 | 1995/1983 |
Section 4 | 28.7.1995 | 1995/1983 |
Section 5 | 1.2.1996 1.4.1996 | 1996/186 |
Section 6 | 1.4.1996 | 1996/186 |
Section 7 | 28.7.1995 | 1995/1983 |
Section 8 | 1.4.1996 | 1996/186 |
Section 9 | 28.7.1995 | 1995/1983 |
Sections 10 and 11 | 1.4.1996 | 1996/186 |
Section 12 | 28.7.1995 | 1995/1983 |
Sections 13 to 19 | 1.4.1996 | 1996/186 |
Sections 20 to 23 | 12.10.1995 | 1995/2649 |
Sections 25 to 29 | 1.4.1996 | 1996/186 |
Sections 30 to 32 | 12.10.1995 | 1995/2649 |
Sections 33 to 35 | 1.4.1996 | 1996/186 |
Section 36 | 12.10.1995 | 1995/2649 |
Section 37 | 28.7.1995 and 1.4.1996 | 1995/1983 and 1996/186 |
Sections 38 to 40 | 28.7.1995 | 1995/1983 |
Section 41 | 21.9.1995 1.2.1996 and 1.4.1996 | 1995/1983 and 1996/186 |
Section 42 | 21.9.1995 | 1995/1983 |
Sections 43 to 52 | 28.7.1995 | 1995/1983 |
Sections 53 and 54 | 1.4.1996 | 1996/186 |
Section 55 | 1.2.1996 and 1.4.1996 | 1996/186 |
Section 56 | 28.7.1995 | 1995/1983 |
Section 57 (partially) | 21.9.1995 | 1995/1983 |
Section 58 (partially) | 21.9.1995 | 1995/1983 |
Section 59 (partially) | 12.10.1995 | 1995/2649 |
Section 78 and Schedule 10 (partially), with savings | 23.11.1995 1.4.1996 and 1.4.1997 | 1995/2950 and 1996/2560 |
Section 80 | 1.2.1996 | 1996/186 |
Section 81 | 1.4.1996 | 1996/186 |
Sections 87 to 89 | 1.2.1996 | 1996/186 |
Section 90 and Schedule 11 (partially) | 1.2.1996 | 1996/186 |
Section 91 | 1.2.1996 | 1996/186 |
Section 92 | 1.4.1996 | 1996/186 |
Sections 93 to 95 | 21.9.1995 | 1995/1983 |
Section 96(1), (5) and (6) and Schedules 13 and 14 | 1.11.1995 (England and Wales) | 1995/2765 |
1.1.1997 (Scotland) | 1996/2857 | |
Section 96(2) | 1.11.1995 | 1995/2765 |
Section 96(3) | 1.1.1997 | 1996/2857 |
Section 96(4) (partially) (England and Wales) | 1.11.1995 | 1995/2765 |
Section 96(4) (partially) (Scotland) | 1.1.1997 | 1996/2857 |
Sections 97 to 103 | 21.9.1995 | 1995/1983 |
Section 104 | 1.4.1996 | 1996/186 |
Section 105 and Schedule 15 | 21.9.1995 1.2.1996 1.4.1996 and 1.1.1999 | 1995/1983 and 1996/186 |
Sections 106 to 114 | 1.4.1996 | 1996/186 |
Section 115 | 1.4.1996 | 1995/2950 and 1996/186 |
Section 116 and Schedule 21 (partially) | 21.9.1995 | 1995/1983 |
Section 117 | 1.4.1996 | 1996/186 |
Section 118(1) to (3), (4) and (5) (partially) and (6) | 1.4.1996 | 1996/186 |
Section 119 | 1.4.1996 | 1996/186 |
Section 120(1) and Schedule 22 (partially) | 12.10.1995 | 1995/1983 |
21.9.1995 | 1995/2649 | |
1.2.1996 1.4.1996 21.11.1996 and 31.12.1996 | 1996/186 and 1996/2909 | |
Section 120(2) and Schedule 23 (partially) | 1.4.1996 and 1.1.1999 | 1995/1983 and 1996/186 |
Section 120(3) and Schedule 24 (partially) | 1.2.1995 | 1995/1983 |
21.9.1995 | 1995/2765 | |
1.11.1995 | 1996/186 | |
1.2.1996 | 1996/2560 | |
1.4.1996 31.12.1996 1.1.1997 1.4.1997 and 1.1.1999 | 1996/2857 and 1996/2909 | |
Section 120(4) to (6) | 28.7.1995 | 1995/1983 |
Sections 121 to 124 | 28.7.1995 | 1995/1983 |
Paragraph 7(2) of Schedule 7 | 1.4.1997 | 1996/2560 |