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The Financial Assistance for Environmental Purposes (No. 4) Order 1998

S.I. 1998/3234 · Made 22 December 1998

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Made 22nd December 1998

Laid before Parliament 6th January 1999

Coming into force 27th January 1999

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 153(4) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990f1 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1990 c. 43.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Variation of section 153(1) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Financial Assistance for Environmental Purposes (No. 4) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 27th January 1999.

2Variation of section 153(1) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990

In section 153(1) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (purposes for which financial assistance may be given), the following paragraph shall be inserted after paragraph (hh)f1:–

“(ii)

the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North East Atlantic.”.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Michael Meacher

Minister of State,

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

22nd December 1998

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, an international agreement, namely the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North East Atlantic (Cmnd 2265).