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2006 No. 934 (C. 27)

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Environment Act 1995 (Commencement No. 23) (England and Wales) Order 2006

Made

27th March 2006

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on her by section 125(3) of the Environment Act 1995(1), hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and extent

1.  This Order may be cited as the Environment Act 1995 (Commencement No. 23) (England and Wales) Order 2006 and extends to England and Wales only.

Provisions coming into force on 15th May 2006

2.  The following provisions of the Environment Act 1995 shall come into force on 15th May 2006 —

(a)section 120(1), insofar as it relates to paragraphs 27(b) and (c), 88 and 95 of Schedule 22; and

(b)section 120(3), insofar as it relates to the repeal of—

(i)the words from “and for the purposes” to the end of section 30(1) of the Control of Pollution Act 1974(2); and

(ii)section 75(3) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990(3).

Ben Bradshaw

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

27th March 2006

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Insofar as the provisions are not already in force in Great Britain, this Order brings into force on [date of commencement of the 2006 Regulations]—

(a)section 120(1) of the Environment Act 1995 (“the 1995 Act”), insofar as it relates to paragraphs 27(b) and (c), 88 and 95 of Schedule 22 to that Act(4); and

(b)section 120(3) of the 1995 Act, insofar as it relates to the repeal of words in section 30(1) of the Control of Pollution Act 1974 (“the 1974 Act”) and the repeal of section 75(3) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (“the 1990 Act”)(5).

Paragraph 27(b) and (c) makes amendments to section 30(1) of the 1974 Act concerning the definition of “waste”. “Waste” in the 1974 Act is given the same meaning as in Part II of the 1990 Act, and the words which provide a presumption that anything discarded is waste unless the contrary is proved, cease to have effect.

Paragraph 88 amends section 75 of the 1990 Act (meaning of “waste” etc.) so that the definition of “waste” in Part II of the 1990 Act is the same as that in Council Directive 75/442/EEC on waste (6). Paragraph 95 inserts a new Schedule 2B (categories of waste) to the 1990 Act in relation to section 75 of that Act. That Schedule transposes Annex I of Council Directive 75/442/EEC.

The words and the provision which are repealed by section 120(3) provide for a presumption, in the 1974 and 1990 Acts respectively, that anything discarded is waste unless the contrary is proved.

Note as to Earlier Commencement Orders

(This note is not part of the Order)

The following provisions of the Environment Act 1995 have been brought into force by commencement order made before the date of this Order.

ProvisionDate of CommencementS.I. No.
Section 128.7.19951995/1983
Section 21.4.19961996/186
Section 3(1)1.4.19961996/186
Section 3(2) to (8)28.7.19951995/1983
Section 428.7.19951995/1983
Section 5

1.2.1996 and

1.4.1996

1996/186
Section 61.4.19961996/186
Section 728.7.19951995/1983
Section 81.4.19961996/186
Section 928.7.19951995/1983
Sections 10 and 111.4.19961996/186
Section 1228.7.19951995/1983
Sections 13 to 191.4.19961996/186
Sections 20 to 2312.10.19951995/2649
Sections 25 to 291.4.19961996/186
Sections 30 to 3212.10.19951995/2649
Sections 33 to 351.4.19961996/186
Section 3612.10.19951995/2649
Section 3728.7.1995 and 1.4.19961995/1983 and 1996/186
Sections 38 to 4028.7.19951995/1983
Section 41

21.9.1995

1.2.1996 and

1.4.1996

1995/1983 and 1996/186
Section 4221.9.19951995/1983
Sections 43 to 5228.7.19951995/1983
Sections 53 and 541.4.19961996/186
Section 55

1.2.1996 and

1.4.1996

1996/186
Section 5628.7.19951995/1983
Section 57 (partially)21.9.19951995/1983
(partially) as to England1.4.20002000/340
(partially) as to Scotland14.7.2000S.S.I. 2000/180
(partially) as to Scotland14.7.20002000/1986
(partially) as to Wales15.9.20012001/3211
Section 58

21.9.1995 and

1.7.1998

1995/1983 and 1998/604
Section 59

12.10.1995 and

1.1.1999

1995/2649 and 1998/3272
Section 60

1.7.1997 and

1.7.1998

1997/1626 and 1998/604
Section 78 and Schedule 10 (partially), with savings

23.11.1995

1.4.1996 and

1.4.1997

1995/2950 and 1996/2560
Section 801.2.19961996/186
Section 811.4.19961996/186
Sections 82 to 8623.12.19971997/3044
Sections 87 to 891.2.19961996/186
Section 90 and Schedule 11

1.2.1996 and

23.12.1996

1996/186 and 1997/3044
Section 911.2.19961996/186
Section 921.4.19961996/186
Sections 93 to 9521.9.19951995/1983
Section 96(1), (5) and (6) and Schedules 13 and 14 (as to England and Wales)1.11.19951995/2765
Section 96(1), (5) and (6) and Schedules 13 and 14 (as to Scotland)1.1.19971996/2857
Section 96(2)1.11.19951995/2765
Section 96(3)1.1.19971996/2857
Section 96(4) (partially)1.11.19951995/2765
Section 96(4) (partially) (as to Scotland)1.1.19971996/2857
Sections 97 to 10321.9.19951995/1983
Section 1041.4.19961996/186
Section 105 and Schedule 15

21.9.1995

1.2.1996

1.4.1996 and

1.1.1999

1995/1983 and 1996/186
Sections 106 to 1141.4.19961996/186
Section 1151.4.1996

1995/2950 and

1996/186

Section 116 and Schedule 21 (partially)

21.9.1995

1.7.1997 and

8.4.1998

1995/1983 1997/1626 and 1998/781
Section 1171.2.19961996/186
Section 118(1) to(3), (4) and (5) (partially) and (6)1.2.19961996/186
Section 1191.2.19961996/186
Section 120(1) and Schedule 22 (partially)28.7.19951995/1983
21.9.19951995/2649
12.10.19951996/186
1.2.19961996/2909
1.4.19961997/3044
21.11.19961998/604
31.12.19961999/803
23.12.19971999/1301
1.4.19981999/1301
16.3.1999
1.4.1999
29.4.1999
(partially) as to England1.4.20002000/340
(partially) as to Scotland

14.7.2000

1.1.2001

S.S.I. 2000/180

S.S.I. 2000/433

(partially) as to Wales15.9.20012001/3211
(partially) as to Scotland1.4.2003S.S.I. 2003/206
1.1.2005S.S.I. 2004/541
Section 120(2) and Schedule 23 (partially)

1.4.1996 and

1.1.1999

1995/1983 and 1996/186
Section 120(3) and Schedule 24 (partially)21.9.19951995/1983
1.11.19951995/2765
1.2.19961996/186
1.4.19961996/2560
31.12.19961996/2857
1.1.19971996/2909
1.4.1997
1.1.1999
(partially) as to England1.4.20002000/340
(partially) as to Scotland14.7.2000S.S.I. 2000/180
(partially) as to Wales15.9.20012001/3211
(partially) as to Scotland1.1.2005S.S.I. 2004/541
Section 120(4) to (6)28.7.19951995/1983
Sections 121 to 12428.7.19951995/1983
Paragraph 7(2) of Schedule 71.4.19971996/2560
(4)

Paragraph 88 of Schedule 22 to the 1995 Act was commenced in Scotland for the purposes only of the Landfill (Scotland) Regulations 2003 (S.S.I. 2003/235) by virtue of article 2(b) of the Environment Act 1995 (Commencement No 21) (Scotland) Order 2003 (S.S.I. 2003/206). Paragraphs 27(b), (c), 88 (insofar as that provision was not already in force) and 95 were commenced in Scotland by virtue of article 2(a) of the Environment Act 1995 (Commencement No 22) (Scotland) Order 2004 (S.S.I. 2004/541).

(5)

Section 120(3) of the 1995 Act in so far as it relates to the repeal of the words in section 30(1) of the 1974 Act and section 75(3) of the 1990 Act was commenced in Scotland by virtue of article 2(b) of the Environment Act 1995 (Commencement No 22) (Scotland) Order 2004 (S.S.I. 2004/541).

(6)

O.J. No. L194, 25.7.1975, p. 39 (as amended by Council Directives 91/156/EEC (O.J. No. L78, 26.3.1991, p. 32), 91/692/EEC (O.J. No. L377, 31.12.1991, p. 48 (as corrected by Corrigendum, O.J. No. L146, 13.6.2003, p. 52)), Commission Decision 96/350/EC (O.J. No. L135, 6.6.1996, p. 32) and Regulation (EC) No. 1882/2003 (O.J. No. L284, 31.10.2003, p. 1)).

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