Section 11A Certain provisions not to apply where a discharge or escape is authorised under Part I of the Environmental Protection Act 1990.C1F1
England, Wales and Scotland
The provisions of sections 2(1) and F2 3(1) of this Act shall not apply to any discharge which is made under, and the provisions of section 11(1) of this Act shall not apply to any escape which is authorised by, F3...F4 a permit granted under regulations under section 2 of the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999F5 or section 18 of the Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 .
This section does not extend to Northern Ireland.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
S. 11A inserted (12.10.1995) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120(1), Sch. 22 para. 15(2) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1995/2649, art. 2
- F2
Words in s. 11A(1) substituted (21.3.2000 (E.W) and 29.9.2000 (S.)) by 1999 c. 24, s. 6(1), Sch. 2 para. 1(a); S.I. 2000/800, art. 2; S.S.I. 2000/322, art. 2
- F3
Words in s. 11A(1) repealed (1.4.2015 for S.) by Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999 (c. 24), s. 7(3), Sch. 3; S.S.I. 2015/74, art. 2(2)(a)
- F4
Words in s. 11A(1) inserted (21.3.2000 (E.W.) and 29.9.2000 (S.)) by 1999 c. 24, s. 6(1), Sch. 2 para. 1(b); S.I. 2000/800, art. 2; S.S.I. 2000/322, art. 2
- F5
Words in s. 11A(1) inserted (S.) (30.6.2014) by Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 3), s. 61(2), Sch. 3 para. 2; S.S.I. 2014/160, art. 2(1)(2), Sch.
Modifications
- C1
S. 11A extended (with modifications) (16.10.2025) by S.I. 1989/1350, art. 3 (as amended by The Hovercraft (Application of Enactments) (Amendment) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/1094), arts. 1(2), 2(3)(a)(ii)(f))