Section 33 General duties as respects the state of the environment and effects of pollution.F12
England, Wales and Scotland
F1SEPA’s pollution control powers shall be exercisable for the purpose of preventing or minimising, or remedying or mitigating the effects of, pollution of the environment.
SEPA F2shall may, for the purpose—
of facilitating the carrying out of its F3pollution control functions; or
of enabling it to form an opinion of the general state of F4pollution of the environment,
compile information relating to F5such pollution the general state of the environment (whether the information is acquired by SEPA carrying out observations or is obtained in any other way).
If required by the Secretary of State to do so, SEPA shall—
carry out assessments (whether generally or for such particular purpose as may be specified in the requirement) of the effect, or likely effect, on the environment of existing or potential levels of pollution of the environment and report its findings to the Secretary of State; or
prepare and send to the Secretary of State a report identifying—
the options which SEPA considers to be available for preventing or minimising, or remedying or mitigating the effects of, pollution of the environment, whether generally or in cases or circumstances specified in the requirement; and
the costs and benefits of such options as are identified by SEPA pursuant to sub-paragraph (i) above.
F6SEPA shall follow developments in technology and techniques for preventing or minimising, or remedying or mitigating the effects of, pollution of the environment.
F7In this section, “pollution control powers” and “pollution control functions” in relation to SEPA, mean respectively its powers or its functions under or by virtue of—
the M1Alkali, &c. Works Regulation Act 1906;
Part I of the M3Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974;
the M4Control of Pollution (Amendment) Act 1989;
Parts I, II and IIA of the 1990 Act;
section 19 of the M5Clean Air Act 1993;
the M6Radioactive Substances Act 1993;
the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 3) and any regulations made under that Act.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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S. 33(1) repealed (S.) (30.6.2014) by Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 3), s. 61(2), sch. 3 para. 14(5)(a); S.S.I. 2014/160, art. 2(1)(2)
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Word in s. 33(2) substituted (S.) (30.6.2014) by Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 3), s. 61(2), sch. 3 para. 14(5)(b)(i); S.S.I. 2014/160, art. 2(1)(2)
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Words in s. 33(2)(a) repealed (S.) (30.6.2014) by Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 3), s. 61(2), sch. 3 para. 14(5)(b)(ii); S.S.I. 2014/160, art. 2(1)(2)
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Words in s. 33(2)(b) repealed (S.) (30.6.2014) by Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 3), s. 61(2), sch. 3 para. 14(5)(b)(iii); S.S.I. 2014/160, art. 2(1)(2)
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Words in s. 33(2) substituted (S.) (30.6.2014) by Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 3), s. 61(2), sch. 3 para. 14(5)(b)(iv); S.S.I. 2014/160, art. 2(1)(2)
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S. 33(4) repealed (S.) (30.6.2014) by Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 3), s. 61(2), sch. 3 para. 14(5)(a); S.S.I. 2014/160, art. 2(1)(2)
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S. 33(5) repealed (S.) (30.6.2014) by Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 3), s. 61(2), sch. 3 para. 14(5)(a); S.S.I. 2014/160, art. 2(1)(2)
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Words in s. 33(5)(b) omitted (S.) (1.4.2006) by virtue of The Water Environment (Consequential and Savings Provisions) (Scotland) Order 2006 (S.S.I. 2006/181), sch. Pt. 4 para. 8(2)(a)
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S. 33(5)(ga) inserted (21.3.2000 (E.W.) and 29.9.2000 (S.)) by 1999 c. 24, s. 6(1), Sch. 2 para. 16; S.I. 2000/800, art. 2; S.S.I. 2000/322, art. 2
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Word in s. 33(5) omitted (S.) (1.4.2006) by virtue of The Water Environment (Consequential and Savings Provisions) (Scotland) Order 2006 (S.S.I. 2006/181), sch. Pt. 4 para. 8(2)(b)
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S. 33(5)(i) and word inserted (S.) (1.4.2006) by The Water Environment (Consequential and Savings Provisions) (Scotland) Order 2006 (S.S.I. 2006/181), sch. Pt. 4 para. 8(2)(c)
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S. 33 title substituted (S.) (30.6.2014) by virtue of Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 3), s. 61(2), sch. 3 para. 14(6); S.S.I. 2014/160, art. 2(1)(2)
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