Statutory Instruments
1991 No. 1319 (C. 36)
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
The Environmental Protection Act 1990 (Commencement No. 8) Order 1991
Made
28th May 1991
The Secretary of State, in exercise of his powers under section 164(3) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990(1), hereby makes the following Order:
Citation
1. This Order may be cited as the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (Commencement No. 8) Order 1991.
Provisions coming into force on 31st May 1991
2. The following provisions of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 shall come into force on 31st May 1991—
sections 29 to 32;
section 50;
section 51;
section 60 in so far as it relates to anything deposited at a place for the deposit of waste, or in a receptacle for waste, provided by a waste disposal contractor under arrangements made with a waste disposal authority;
section 68;
section 71;
section 72;
section 75;
section 77;
section 147;
section 162(1) in so far as it relates to paragraph 31(1) to (3), (4)(a) and (c) and (5)(b) and (c) of Schedule 15;
section 162(2) in so far as it relates to the repeal in Part II of Schedule 16 of section 2 of the Control of Pollution Act 1974(2) and the repeals made in that Part in relation to sections 7(2) and 9(1) of the Control of Pollution (Amendment) Act 1989(3).
Michael Heseltine
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
28th May 1991
Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Order)
Article 2 of this Order brings into force on 31st May 1991 provisions of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 relating to—
(a)the separation of waste regulation from waste disposal functions where the same authority has both functions;
(b)waste disposal plans of waste regulation authorities;
(c)functions of waste disposal authorities, including transitional arrangements;
(d)supervision and enforcement;
(e)registers relating to deposits in the sea etc;
(f)certain amendments of the Control of Pollution (Amendment) Act 1989 and related repeals.
Note as to Earlier Commencement Orders
(This note is not part of the Order)
The following provisions of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 have been brought into force by commencement orders made before the date of this Order:
| Provisions | Date of commencement | S.I. No. |
|---|---|---|
| ss. 128 to 139 (save for the amendments made by ss. 128, 130 and 132) | 5.11.1990 | 1990/2226 |
| s. 89(7) to (9) and (11) to (13) | 13.11.1990 | 1990/2243 |
| s. 105 (partially) | 7.12.1990 | 1990/2565 |
| s. 3 | 19.12.1990 | 1990/2635 |
| ss. 1, 2, 4 to 28, 100 to 104, 105 (partially), 159 and 162(2) (partially) | 1.1.1991 | 1990/2635 |
| ss. 86(2), (6) to (8), (11), (14) and (15), 88(5), (7) and (9)(b), 89(4), 90(1), (2) and (7), 94(1) and (2) and 96(2) and (3) and 162(1) (partially) | 14.1.1991 | 1991/96 |
| ss. 86(1), (4), (5), (9) and (13), 87(1), (2), (3a) to (e) and (4) to (6), 88(1) to (4), (6), (8), (9)(a) and (c) to (e) and (10), 98(1), (2), (5) and (6) | (England and Wales only) 13.2.1991 | 1991/96 |
| the amendments made by ss. 128, 130 and 132 s. 162(2) (partially) | 1.4.1991 | 1991/685 |
| ss. 86(3) and (10), 87(7), 89(1)(a) to (f), (2), (3), (5), (6), (10) and (14), 91(1)(a) to (f), (2) to (13), 92(1)(a) to (c), (2) to (10), 93, 94(3) to (9), 95, 96(1), 98(3) and (4), 106(4) and (5), 107(8), 108(1)(b), (3)(b), (5), (7) and (9), 111(1), (2), (4), (5), (7) and (11), 113, 114(1) to (3), 115(4), 122(1) (partially) and (4), 123(7) and (9), 124 to 126, 156, 158, 162(1) and (2) (partially) | 1.4.1991 | 1991/1042 |
| ss. 86(1), (4), (5) and (13), 87(1), (2), (3)(a) to (e) and (4) to (6), 88(1) to (4), (6), (8), (9)(a), (c) and (d) and (10) and 98(1), (5) and (6) | (Scotland only) 1.4.1991 | 1991/1042 |
| ss. 86(12), 87(3)(f), 89(1)(g), 90(3) to (6), 91(1)(g) and 92(1)(d) | 1.6.1991 | 1991/1042 |