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TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 24th March 1999

Laid before Parliament 31st March 1999

Coming into force 20th April 1999

The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, being designated^f1 Ministers for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972^f2 in relation to the prevention and limitation of the effects of accidents involving dangerous substances, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by that section and by sections 5, 7(1), 11(2), 11(7), 17(2), and 40(1) of the Planning (Hazardous Substances) Act 1990^f3, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:–

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f1: S.I. 1998/1750.
f2: 1972 c. 68.
f3: 1990 c. 10; sections 7(1) and 11 were amended by the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43), sections 144, 162(2) and Schedule 13, Part I and Schedule 16, Part VII, paragraphs 1, 3 and 4; See section 39(2) and section 336(1) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c. 8) for the definition of “prescribed”; there are other amendments not relevant to these Regulations.