# The Financial Assistance for Environmental Purposes Order 1991

S.I. 1991/682 · made 13 March 1991

This Order varies section 153(1) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 to enable the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Treasury, to give financial assistance to, or for the purposes of, the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce so far as its activities relate to the protection, improvement or better understanding of the environment.

Made under: Environmental Protection Act 1990 (Section 153)

## Introductory text

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Made 13th March 1991
Laid before Parliament 25th March 1991
Coming into force 15th April 1991
The Secretary of State for the Environment, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 153(4) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

## 1 Citation and Commencement

This Order may be cited as the Financial Assistance for Environmental Purposes Order 1991 and shall come into force on 15th April 1991.

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

The following paragraph is hereby added to section 153(1) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990:
“(n) the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce so far as its activities relate to the protection, improvement or better understanding of the environment.”.

## Signature

Michael Heseltine
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
13th March 1991

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order varies section 153(1) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 to enable the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Treasury, to give financial assistance to, or for the purposes of, the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce so far as its activities relate to the protection, improvement or better understanding of the environment.

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