{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-act-1990/section-78YB",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-act-1990/section-78YB.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1990/43",
  "legislation_title": "Environmental Protection Act 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-act-1990",
  "path": "section/78YB",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "78YB",
  "heading": "Interaction of this Part with other enactments.",
  "text": "(1) This Part shall not apply if and to the extent that—\n(a) any significant harm, or pollution of controlled waters, by reason of which land would otherwise fall to be regarded as contaminated, is attributable to the operation of a regulated facility; and\n(b) enforcement action may be taken in relation to that harm or significant pollution.\n(3) If, in a case falling within subsection (1) or (7) of section 59 , section 59ZA(1), 59ZB(1) or (8) or 59ZC(1) above, the land in question is contaminated land, or becomes such land by reason of the deposit , keeping or disposal of the controlled waste in question, a remediation notice shall not be served in respect of that land by reason of that waste or any consequences of its deposit , keeping or disposal, if and to the extent that it appears to the enforcing authority that the powers of a waste regulation authority or waste collection authority under section 59, 59ZA, 59ZB or 59ZC (as the case may be) may be exercised in relation to that waste or the consequences of its deposit , keeping or disposal.\n(4) No remediation notice shall require a person to do anything the effect of which would be to impede or prevent the making of a discharge in pursuance of an environmental permit or, in relation to Scotland, in pursuance of a consent given under Part II of the Control of Pollution Act 1974.\n(5) In this section—\n“enforcement action” means action under regulation 36, 37 or 42 of the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/1154) ;\n“regulated facility” has the meaning given in regulation 8 of those Regulations.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 2A (ss. 78A-78YC) inserted (in force at 21.9.1995 for certain purposes only, at 1.4.2000 for E. in so far as not already in force, at 14.7.2000 for S. for certain purposes and otherwise 14.7.2000) by 1995 c. 25, s. 57, (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1995/1983, art. 3; S.I. 2000/340, art. 2(a); S.S.I. 2000/180, art. 2(1)(a)(2); S.I. 2000/1986, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 78YB(1) substituted (E.W.) (6.4.2008) for s. 78YB(1)-(2C) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3538), reg. 73, Sch. 21 para. 18(a) (with reg. 72, Sch. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in s. 78YB(1)(b) inserted (E.W.) (6.4.2012) by Water Act 2003 (c. 37), ss. 86(7), 105(3); S.I. 2012/264, art. 2; S.I. 2012/284, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 78YB(3) inserted (E.W.) (9.5.2018) by The Waste Enforcement (England and Wales) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/369), reg. 1(3), Sch. 1 para. 5(a) (with reg. 4(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 78YB(3) inserted (E.W.) (9.5.2018) by The Waste Enforcement (England and Wales) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/369), reg. 1(3), Sch. 1 para. 5(b) (with reg. 4(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 78YB(3) substituted (E.W.) (9.5.2018) by The Waste Enforcement (England and Wales) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/369), reg. 1(3), Sch. 1 para. 5(c) (with reg. 4(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in s. 78YB(4) substituted (E.W.) (6.4.2010) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/675), regs. 1(1)(b), 107, Sch. 26 para. 5(10)(a) (with Sch. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "S. 78YB(5) inserted (E.W.) (6.4. 2008) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3538), reg. 73, Sch. 21 para. 18(b) (with reg. 72, Sch. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in s. 78YB(5) substituted (E.W.) (1.1.2017) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/1154), reg. 1(1), Sch. 29 para. 6(5) (with regs. 1(3), 77-79, Sch. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1974 c. 40."
    },
    {
      "type": "E",
      "label": "E1",
      "text": "This version of this provision extends to England and Wales only; a separate version has been created for Scotland only"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/43/section/78YB",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T07:28:13.995767+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."
}