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The Financial Assistance for Environmental Purposes (Scotland) Order 2013

S.S.I. 2013/74 · Made 25 February 2013

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Environmental Protection

Made 25th February 2013

Laid before the Scottish Parliament 28th February 2013

Coming into force 1st April 2013

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 153(4) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990f1 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1990 c.43. The functions of the Secretary of State, in or as regards Scotland, were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46).

Contents

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

1Citation, commencement and extent

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Financial Assistance for Environmental Purposes (Scotland) Order 2013 and comes into force on 1st April 2013.

(2)

This Order extends to Scotland only.

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

In subsection (1) of section 153 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990f1—

(a)

omit paragraph (ff)f2;

(b)

for paragraph (mm)f3, substitute—

“(mm)

Zero Waste Scotland;”;

(c)

in paragraph (nn)f4, after “scheme” insert “or programme”; and

(d)

for paragraph (rr)f5, substitute—

“(rr)

any scheme or programme for the purpose of preventing or reducing waste, or of promoting resource efficiency, including (without prejudice to those generalities) the Zero Waste programme;”.

Signature

PAUL WHEELHOUSE

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

25th February 2013

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order varies section 153(1) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c.43) (“the 1990 Act”) so as to—

(a)

add descriptions relating to the Zero Waste programme and waste prevention and resource efficiency schemes and programmes, and

(b)

delete redundant descriptions of the Strategic Waste Fund, the Tidy Britain Group, and the Waste Minimisation and Recycling Programme.

Section 153 of the 1990 Act enables the Scottish Minsters to give financial assistance to or for the purposes of an organisation, scheme, programme, or international programme described in that section whose purposes relate to the protection, improvement or better understanding of the environment.

The requirement to obtain Treasury consent for the giving of financial assistance under section 153 of the 1990 Act was removed by section 55 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46).