Environment Act 1995 : Chapter 25.

  • Great Britain.
Date:
[1995], ©1995
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Credit: Environment Act 1995 : Chapter 25. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Part I CHAPTER I (h) the functions of the Secretary of State specified in subsection (2) below. (2) The functions of the Secretary of State mentioned in subsection (1)(h) above are the following, that is to say— (a) so far as exercisable in relation to England and Wales, his 1993 c. 12. functions under section 30(1) of the Radioactive Substances Act 1993 (power to dispose of radioactive waste); 1991 c. 56. (b) his functions under Chapter III of Part IV of the Water Industry Act 1991 in relation to special category effluent, within the meaning of that Chapter, other than any function of making regulations or of making orders under section 139 of that Act; (c) so far as exercisable in relation to England and Wales, the functions conferred or imposed on him by virtue of his being, for the purposes of Part I of the 1974 Act, the authority which is by any of the relevant statutory provisions made responsible for the enforcement of the 1906 Act and section 5 of the 1974 Act; (d) so far as exercisable in relation to England and Wales, his functions under, or under regulations made by virtue of, section 9 of the 1906 Act (registration of works), other than any functions of his as an appellate authority or any function of making regulations; (e) so far as exercisable in relation to England and Wales, his functions under regulations 7(1) and 8(2) of, and paragraph S.1. 1989/1263. 2(2)(c) of Schedule 2 to, the Sludge (Use in Agriculture) Regulations 1989 (which relate to the provision of information and the testing of soil). (3) The National Rivers Authority and the London Waste Regulation Authority are hereby abolished. Transfer of 3.—(1) On the transfer date— Dees S (a) the property, rights and liabilities— the Agency. (i) of the National Rivers Authority, and (ii) of the London Waste Regulation Authority, shall, by virtue of this paragraph, be transferred to and vested in the Agency; (b) any property, rights or liabilities which are the subject of— (i) a scheme made under the following provisions of this section by the Secretary of State, or (ii) ascheme made under those provisions by a body which is a waste regulation authority and approved (with or without modifications) under those provisions by the Secretary of State, ) shall be transferred to and vested in the Agency by and in accordance with the scheme. (2) The Secretary of State may, before the transfer date, make a scheme for the transfer to the Agency of such of-— (a) his property, rights and liabilities, or f