PART 1Introduction

CHAPTER 2The administrator and co-operation

The administrator9

1

Reference to “the administrator” in the provisions which appear in—

a

column 1 of the following table, means the Environment Agency;

b

column 2 of the following table, subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), means—

i

the Environment Agency, in respect of England and Wales;

ii

the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, in respect of Scotland;

iii

the Chief inspector, in respect of Northern Ireland.

Table of provisions

Column 1

Column 2

Part 2 except articles 18(1) and 28(1).

Articles 18(1), 28(1), 39(3), 47(3), 64, 70(3), 72 and 74.

Parts 4 to 6 except articles 39(3) and 47(3).

Parts 11 to 16.

Articles 68, 69, 71 and 84.

Part 10

2

Where the administrator is a participant, reference to “the administrator” in Parts 12 to 14 means, where the participant is—

a

the Environment Agency, the Secretary of State;

b

the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, the Scottish Ministers;

c

the Chief inspector, the Department of the Environment.

3

The administrator may exercise the powers in Parts 12 to 14 anywhere in the United Kingdom.

Co-operation and provision of information10

1

The bodies constituting the administrator must—

a

co-operate with each other; and

b

provide each other with such of the information provided to or obtained by them under any of Parts 2 to 6, 8 to 10, 12 or 13 of this Order as they may require to enable them to carry out their duties as an administrator under this Order.

2

The administrator must provide to a national authority such of the information described in paragraph (1)(b) as that authority may lawfully require in relation to compliance with and enforcement of this Order.