Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order varies section 153(1) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 so as to enable the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Treasury, to give financial assistance to, or for the purposes of, the following—
(a)
the Pollution Emergency Response Services programme;
(b)
the Waste and Resources Action Programme; and
(c)
the Protocol on Energy Efficiency and Related Environmental Aspects to the Energy Charter Treaty.