{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-hazardous-substances-act-1990/section-24A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-hazardous-substances-act-1990/section-24A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1990/10",
  "legislation_title": "Planning (Hazardous Substances) Act 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-hazardous-substances-act-1990",
  "path": "section/24A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "24A",
  "heading": "Variation of hazardous substances contravention notices.",
  "text": "(1) A hazardous substances authority may waive or relax any requirement of a hazardous substances contravention notice issued by them and, in particular, may extend any period specified in accordance with section 24(5)(b) in the notice.\n(2) The powers conferred by subsection (1) may be exercised before or after the notice takes effect.\n(3) The hazardous substances authority shall, immediately after exercising those powers, give notice of the exercise to every person who has been served with a copy of the hazardous substances contravention notice or would, if the notice were re-issued, be served with a copy of it.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 24A inserted (2.1.1992) by Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34, SIF 123:1), s. 25, Sch. 3 Pt. I para.12 (with s. 84(5)); S.I. 1991/2905, art. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 24A: power to apply conferred (10.11.1993) by 1993 c. 28, ss. 171(4)(c); S.I. 1993/2762, art. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 24A wholly in force at 1.6.1992 see S.I. 1992/725, art. 3; s. 24A in force for certain purposes at 11.3.1992 see S.I. 1992/725, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/10/section/24A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:43:19.451060+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}