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PUBLIC HEALTH, ENGLAND AND WALES PUBLIC HEALTH, SCOTLAND

Made 1st August 1983

Laid before Parliament 10th August 1983

Coming into Operation 31st August 1983

Whereas section 32(1) of the Control of Pollution Act 1974 has not yet come into force:

And whereas discharges of the kinds or in the areas mentioned in article 3 of this order are discharges for which consent would not have been required by the Rivers (Prevention of Pollution) Acts 1951 to 1961 or the Rivers (Prevention of Pollution) (Scotland) Acts 1951 to 1965 or section 72 of the Water Resources Act 1963 if the said Act of 1974 had not been passed:

Now therefore the Secretary of State for the Environment as respects England, the Secretary of State for Wales as respects Wales and the Secretary of State for Scotland as respects Scotland, in exercise of their powers under section 32(3)(a) of the said Act of 1974 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby order as follows:—