Article 4 Saving provisions

the application of—

in relation to any application made under paragraph 1 of that Schedule (applications for discharge consents) before 31st December 1996 or any consent given under paragraph 5 of that Schedule (discharge consents granted without applications) before that date;

the application of section 91 of the Water Resources Act 1991 as originally enacted (appeals in respect of consents under Chapter II of Part III of that Act), and regulations 2 and 7 of the Control of Pollution (Consents for Discharges etc.) (Secretary of State Functions) Regulations 1989, in relation to any appeal under that section made in relation to a decision taken before 31st December 1996;

the power to amend or revoke any of the regulations mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) or (b) above.

the application relates to discharges of a kind which the applicant, or a predecessor of his, was authorised to make by virtue of a consent to which paragraph 21 of Schedule 23 to the Environment Act 1995 (transitional provisions in relation to discharge consents) applied; and

notice in accordance with sub-paragraph (2)(b)(ii) of that paragraph was not given by him or his predecessor.