# The Environment Act 1995 (Commencement No. 8 and Saving Provisions) Order 1996, Article 4: Saving provisions


(1) Nothing in this Order shall affect—
(a) the application of—
(i) paragraphs 1 to 5 of Schedule 10 to the Water Resources Act 1991 as originally enacted or as modified by the Control of Pollution (Discharges by the National Rivers Authority) Regulations 1989; and
(ii) regulations 2 to 6 of the Control of Pollution (Consents for Discharges etc.) (Secretary of State Functions) Regulations 1989,
in relation to any application made under paragraph 1 of that Schedule (applications for discharge consents) before 31st December 1996 or any consent given under paragraph 5 of that Schedule (discharge consents granted without applications) before that date;
(b) the application of section 91 of the Water Resources Act 1991 as originally enacted (appeals in respect of consents under Chapter II of Part III of that Act), and regulations 2 and 7 of the Control of Pollution (Consents for Discharges etc.) (Secretary of State Functions) Regulations 1989, in relation to any appeal under that section made in relation to a decision taken before 31st December 1996;
(c) the power to amend or revoke any of the regulations mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) or (b) above.
(2) Paragraph (1)(a) above shall not apply in relation to an application made under paragraph 1 of Schedule 10 to the Water Resources Act 1991 before 31st December 1996 if—
(a) the application relates to discharges of a kind which the applicant, or a predecessor of his, was authorised to make by virtue of a consent to which paragraph 21 of Schedule 23 to the Environment Act 1995 (transitional provisions in relation to discharge consents) applied; and
(b) notice in accordance with sub-paragraph (2)(b)(ii) of that paragraph was not given by him or his predecessor.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2909/article/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/environment-act-1995-commencement-no-8-and-saving-provisions-order-1996/article-4
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