Environmental Protection Act 1990 : chapter 43.

  • Great Britain.
Date:
[1990], ©1990
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Credit: Environmental Protection Act 1990 : chapter 43. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Preliminary. Environment Protection Act 1985 as regards the dumping of connection with the identification and control of dogs; to confer powers to control the burning of crop residues; to make provision in relation to financial or other assistance for purposes connected with the environment; to make provision as respects superannuation of employees of the Groundwork Foundation and for remunerating the chairman of the Inland Waterways Amenity Advisory Council; and for purposes connected with those purposes. [1st November 1990] with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:— B E IT ENACTED by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and PaRT I INTEGRATED POLLUTION CONTROL AND AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES Preliminary 1.—(1) The following provisions have effect for the interpretation of this Part. (2) The “environment” consists of all, or any, of the following media, namely, the air, water and land; and the medium of air includes the air within buildings and the air within other natural or man-made structures above or below ground. (3) “Pollution of the environment’ means pollution of the environment due to the release (into any environmental medium) from any process of substances which are capable of causing harm to man or any other living organisms supported by the environment. (4) “Harm” means harm to the health of living organisms or other interference with the ecological systems of which they form part and, in the case of man, includes offence caused to any of his senses or harm to his property; and “‘harmless” has a corresponding meaning. (5) “Process” means any activities carried on in Great Britain, whether on premises or by means of mobile plant, which are capable of causing pollution of the environment and “‘prescribed process’? means a process prescribed under section 2(1) below.