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Regulation 6 Modification of section 30C of the Control of Pollution Act 1974

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Section 30C of the Control of Pollution Act 1974f1 (water quality objectives) shall have effect–

(a)

as if it imposed a duty on the Secretary of State to exercise the powers conferred on him under that section to classify under these Regulations such waters as are appropriate for the purpose of giving effect to Directive 79/923/EEC in relation to waters in or adjacent to Scotland; and

(b)

in relation to the performance of that duty, as if subsections (4) and (5) of that section were omitted.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

1974 c. 40; section 30C was inserted by section 69 and paragraph 14 of Schedule 23 to the Water Act 1989 (c. 15) and was amended by section 120 and paragraph 29(2) and (4) of Schedule 22 to the Environment Act 1995 (c. 25).