Section 23 Power of Secretary of State to grant exemptions.F1C1
United Kingdom
The Secretary of State may exempt any discharge of, or of a mixture containing, oil from any of the provisions of this Act or of any regulations made thereunder, either absolutely or subject to such conditions as he thinks fit.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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S. 23 substituted (15.2.1999) by 1998 c. 17, s. 50, Sch. 4, para. 4: S.I. 1999/161, art. 2(1)
Modifications
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S. 23 excluded (20.8.2005) by Offshore Petroleum Activities (Oil Pollution Prevention and Control) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/2055), regs. 1, 18(1)