# The Control of Pollution (Exemption of Certain Discharges from Control) (Variation) Order 1986, Note: Explanatory note


This order varies the Control of Pollution (Exemption of Certain Discharges from Control) Order 1983.
Section 32(1) of the Control of Pollution Act 1974 makes certain discharges of trade or sewage effluent unlawful if made without the consent of a water authority (in Scotland, a river purification authority).
The 1983 order permitted certain discharges authorised by earlier statutes to be continued without such consent after section 32(1) came into force. The permitted discharges are described in the Schedule to the order. This order withdraws many of the exemptions from 15th October 1987 by substituting a new and more limited Schedule. In particular discharges direct to rivers or to the sea of trade or sewage effluent established before 1974 will now require a consent under section 34 of the 1974 Act.
There are transitional provisions in article 3 of the order. If an application for consent is made before 15th October 1987 and the other conditions of article 3 are satisfied, the discharge to which the application relates can lawfully be continued until—
(a) consent is given unconditionally;
(b) 3 months after consent is refused or granted subject to conditions; or
(c) the final determination of any appeal.
Copies of the EEC Directives referred to in this order may be obtained from Her Majesty's Stationery Office.
Information concerning waters to which those EEC Directives apply may be obtained from the water authority concerned.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/1623/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-pollution-exemption-of-certain-discharges-from-control-variation-order-1986/note
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