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The Financial Assistance for Environmental Purposes Order 1995

S.I. 1995/150 · Made 24 January 1995

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Made 24th January 1995

Laid before Parliament 25th January 1995

Coming into force 15th February 1995

The Secretary of State for the Environment, 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 Order 1995 and shall come into force on 15th February 1995.

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) there shall be inserted after paragraph (v)f1:

“(w)

any national or international architectural award scheme or competition scheme relating to the protection, improvement or better understanding of the environment;

(x)

the National Forest Company.”

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Robert Jones

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department of the Environment

24th January 1995

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:

(a)

national or international architectural award schemes or competition schemes relating to the protection, improvement or better understanding of the environment; and

(b)

the National Forest Company, whose main objects are to promote and implement the National Forest strategy for the creation of the National Forest in the Midlands area of England and related matters.