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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-act-1990-commencement-no-7-order-1991/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1991/1042",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Protection Act 1990 (Commencement No. 7) Order 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-act-1990-commencement-no-7-order-1991",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Provisions coming into force on 1st April 1991",
  "text": "(1) The following provisions of the Environmental Protection Act 1990shall come into force on 1st April 1991—\nsection 86(3) and (10);\nsection 87(7);\nsection 89(1)(a) to (f), (2), (3), (5), (6), (10) and (14);\nsection 91(1)(a) to (f), (2) to (13);\nsection 92(1)(a) to (c), (2) to (10);\nsection 93;\nsection 94(3) to (9);\nsection 95;\nsection 96(1);\nsection 98(3) and (4);\nsection 106(4) and (5);\nsection 107(8);\nsection 108(1)(b), (3)(b), (5), (7) and (9);\nsection 111(1), (2), (4), (5), (7) and (11);\nsection 113;\nsection 114(1) to (3);\nsection 115(4);\nsection 122(1) (in so far as it empowers the Secretary of State tomake regulations) and (4);\nsection 123(7) and (9);\nsections 124 to 126;\nsection 156;\nsection 158;\nsection 162(1) in so far as it relates to paragraphs 1, 2, 6, 11 to14, 15(6) to (9), 16(1), (2) (in so far as it inserts a new paragraph(v) in section 31(2)(b) of the Control of\nPollution Act 1974) and (3), 20, 22 (in so far as it is not already inforce), 23, 28 (except in so far as it relates to the interpretation ofsection 74(2) of the Water Act 1989), 29 and 30 of Schedule 15;\nsection 162(2) in so far as it relates to Part IV of Schedule 16.\n(2) The following provisions of the Environmental Protection Act 1990(which are in force in England and Wales) shall come into force inScotland on 1st April 1991—\nsection 86(1), (4), (5) and (13);\nsection 87(1), (2), (3)(a) to (e) and (4) to (6);\nsection 88(1) to (4), (6), (8), (9)(a), (c) and (d) and (10);\nsection 98(1), (5) and (6).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1974 c. 40."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1989 c. 15."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1042/article/2",
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  },
  "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."
}