{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-act-1995/schedule-17/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-act-1995/schedule-17/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1995/25",
  "legislation_title": "Environment Act 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-act-1995",
  "path": "schedule/17/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In section 79 (statutory nuisances etc)—\n(a) in subsection (1)(ga) after the word “street” there shall be inserted the words “ or in Scotland, road ”;\n(b) in subsection (7)—\n(i) in the definition of “local authority”, before the word “outside” in paragraph (b) there shall be inserted “in England and Wales”, the word “ and ” after paragraph (b) shall cease to have effect, and after paragraph (c) there shall be inserted\n“and\n(d) in Scotland, a district or islands council or a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994;”;\n(ii) in the definition of “premises” after the word “and” where it second occurs there shall be inserted the words “ , in relation to England and Wales, ”;\n(iii) at the appropriate place there shall be inserted—\n““road” has the same meaning as in Part IV of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991;”;\n(c) in subsection (8)—\n(i) after the words “port health district” where they first occur there shall be inserted the words “ or in Scotland where by an order under section 172 of the Public Health (Scotland) Act 1897 a port local authority or a joint port local authority has been constituted for the whole or part of a port, ”;\n(ii) after the words “port health authority” where they second occur there shall be inserted the words “ , port local authority or joint port local authority, as the case may be ”;\n(d) in subsection (10) after the words “or (e)” there shall be inserted “ and, in relation to Scotland, paragraph (g) or (ga), ”;\n(e) in subsection (11) after the words “subsection (12) and” there shall be inserted the words “ , in relation to England and Wales, ”.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 17 para. 2(c) repealed (S.) (1.10.2009) by Public Health etc. (Scotland) Act 2008 (asp 5), s. 128(2), sch. 3 Pt. 1 (with s. 127); S.S.I. 2009/319, art. 2(a), sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1994 c. 39."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1897 c. 38."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/25/schedule/17/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:33:02.335333+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}