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The Trade Effluents (Prescribed Processes and Substances) Regulations 1992

S.I. 1992/339 · Made 20 February 1992 · Extends to England and Wales

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WATER INDUSTRY, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 20th February 1992

Laid before Parliament 28th February 1992

Coming into force 20th March 1992

The Secretary of State for the Environment and the Secretary of State for Wales, acting jointly in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 138(1) of the Water Industry Act 1991f1 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:C1

Annotations to the whole text

Modifications

C1

Regulations applied (Isles of Scilly) (27.3.2020) by The Isles of Scilly (Application of Water Legislation) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/214), arts. 2(1), 5(a)

Footnotes

f1

1991 c. 56. See the definition of “prescribed” in section 219(1).

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Trade effluent derived from prescribed processes
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencementI1

These Regulations may be cited as the Trade Effluents (Prescribed Processes and Substances) Regulations 1992 and shall come into force on 20th March 1992.

2Trade effluent derived from prescribed processesI1

Trade effluent which derives from any process which occasions liquid discharges containing trichloroethylene or perchloroethylene in quantities of thirty kilogrammes per year or more shall be special category effluent for the purposes of Chapter III of Part IV of the Water Industry Act 1991.

Signature

Michael Heseltine

Secretary of State for the Environment

19th February 1992

David Hunt

Secretary of State for Wales

20th February 1992

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

The discharge of special category effluent is subject to control by the Secretary of State under the provisions of Chapter III of Part IV of the Water Industry Act 1991.

These Regulations provide that trade effluent derived from any process which occasions liquid discharges of trichloroethylene or perchloroethylene in quantities of thirty kilogrammes or more per year shall be special category effluent for the purposes of that Chapter.

The Regulations are made in order to implement Council Directive 90/415/EECf1 in relation to the discharge to sewer of trichloroethylene or perchlorethylene.

Council Directive 90/415/EEC amends Annex II to Council Directive 86/280/EECf2 on limit values and quality objectives for discharges of certain dangerous substances included in List I of the Annex to Council Directive 76/464/EECf3.