Regulation 2 Enactments prescribed for the purpose of section 57(6) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990

(1)

The following enactments are prescribed for the purposes of section 57(6) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990—

(a)

sections 33, 34 and 47 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990^f1;

(b)

sections 171G, 179, 187, 187A, 216 and 331 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990^f2;

(c)

section 23 of the Planning (Hazardous Substances) Act 1990^f3;

(d)

regulation 65 of the Hazardous Waste (Wales) Regulations 2005^f4;

(e)

regulation 56 of the Waste Batteries and Accumulators Regulations 2009^f5;

(f)

parts 5, 8, and 9 of the Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011^f6; and

(g)

regulation 38 of the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016^f7.

(2)

A person shall not be guilty of an offence under any of these enactments by reason of anything necessarily done or omitted in order to comply with a direction under section 57 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Section 33 is amended by the Environment Act 1995, the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005, S.I. 2007/3538, S.I. 2006/937, S.I. 2009/1799, S.I. 2015/664, S.I. 2016/1154 and S.I. 2019/620. Section 34 is amended by S.I. 2000/1973, S.I. 2005/2900, S.I. 2006/123 (W. 16), S.I. 2007/3538, S.I. 2009/1799, S.I. 2010/675 and S.I. 2011/988.
f2: 1990 c. 8. Section 171G was added by the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 and amended by S.I. 2015/664. Section 179 was substituted by the Planning and Compensation Act 1991, and amended by S.I. 2015/664. Section 187 was amended by the Planning and Compensation Act 1991, and S.I. 2015/664. Section 187A was added by the Planning and Compensation Act 1991 and amended by the Localism Act 2011. Section 216 was amended by the Planning and Compensation Act 1991.
f3: 1990 c. 10 as amended by the Planning and Compensation Act 1991 and S.I. 2015/664.
f4: S.I. 2005/1806 (W. 138) as amended by S.I. 2011/971 (W. 141).
f5: S.I. 2009/890 as amended by S.I. 2019/188.
f6: S.I. 2011/988, to which there are various amendments.
f7: S.I. 2016/1154 as amended by S.I. 2018/1227.