# The Trade Effluents (Prescribed Processes and Substances) Regulations 1992

S.I. 1992/339 · made 20 February 1992 · revised to 27 March 2020

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.

Made under: Water Industry Act 1991 (Section 138)

## Introductory text

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 1991 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:

## 1 Citation and commencement

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

## 2 Trade effluent derived from prescribed processes

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

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