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The Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999 (Commencement No. 2) (Scotland) Order 2000

S.S.I. 2000/322 · Made 14 September 2000

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Made 14th September 2000

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by section 7(3) of the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999f1 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1999 c. 24. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46), as read with section 5(3) of the said Act of 1999.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, extent and interpretation
  2. 2Provisions of the Act coming into force on 29th September 2000
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation, extent and interpretation

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999 (Commencement No. 2) (Scotland) Order 2000 and extends to Scotland only.

(2)

In this Order, “the Act” means the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999.

2Provisions of the Act coming into force on 29th September 2000

The following provisions of the Act shall come into force on 29th September 2000:–

(a)

section 6(1), so far as relating to the paragraphs of Schedule 2 to the Act referred to in paragraph (b) below; and

(b)

paragraphs 1, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 17 and 18 of Schedule 2 to the Act.

Signature

SARAH BOYACK

A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrews House,

Edinburgh

14th September 2000

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Article 2 of this Order brings into force, on 29th September 2000, section 6(1) of and paragraphs 1, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 17 and 18 of Schedule 2 to the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999 in so far as they extend to Scotland.

Section 6(1) introduces Schedule 2 to the 1999 Act, which contains a list of consequential and minor amendments. The consequential amendments commenced by this Order are consequential on section 2 of the 1999 Act (regulation of polluting activities).

There is one minor amendment commenced by this Order (at paragraph 5 of Schedule 2) which is an amendment to section 77(2) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (waste disposal licences– transition from Part I of the Control of Pollution Act 1974).