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2000 No. 2211
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
The Financial Assistance for Environmental Purposes (No. 2) Order 2000
Made
11th August 2000
Laid before Parliament
18th August 2000
Coming into force
8th September 2000
The Secretary of State, in exercise of his powers under section 153(4) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990(1), hereby makes the following Order:
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Financial Assistance for Environmental Purposes (No. 2) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 8th September 2000.
Variation of section 153(1) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990
2. In section 153(1) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990(2) (purposes for which financial assistance may be given), after paragraph (ii) there shall be inserted-
"(jj)the programme known as Pollution Emergency Response Services;
(kk)the programme known as the Waste and Resources Action Programme;
(ll)the Protocol on Energy Efficiency and Related Environmental Aspects to the Energy Charter Treaty;".
Signed on behalf of the Secretary of State
Whitty
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
11th August 2000
Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order varies section 153(1) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 so as to enable the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Treasury, to give financial assistance to, or for the purposes of, the following-
(a)the Pollution Emergency Response Services programme;
(b)the Waste and Resources Action Programme; and
(c)the Protocol on Energy Efficiency and Related Environmental Aspects to the Energy Charter Treaty.