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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    (iii) for any other London borough, the council of the borough; (c) in the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester, the following— (1) for the metropolitan district of Wigan, the district council; (ii) for all other areas in the county, the authority constituted as the Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority; (d) for the metropolitan county of Merseyside, the authority constituted as the Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority; (e) for any district in any other metropolitan county in England, the council of the district; (f) for any district in Wales, the council of the district; (g) in Scotland, an islands or district council. (3) For the purposes of this Part the following authorities are waste collection authorities— (a) for any district in England and Wales not within Greater London, the council of the district; (b) in Greater London, the following— (i) for any London borough, the council of the borough; (ii) for the City of London, the Common Council; (iii) for the Temples, the Sub-Treasurer of the Inner Temple and the Under Treasurer of the Middle Temple respectively; (c) in Scotland, an islands or district council. (4) In this section references to particular authorities having been constituted as waste disposal or regulation authorities are references to their having been so constituted by the Waste Regulation and Disposal (Authorities) Order 1985 made by the Secretary of State under section 10 of the Local Government Act 1985 and the reference to London waste disposal authorities is a reference to the authorities named in Parts I, II, III, IV and V of Schedule 1 to that Order and this section has effect subject to any order made under the said section 10 establishing authorities to discharge any functions to which that section applies. (5) In this Part “‘waste disposal contractor” means a person who in the course of a business collects, keeps, treats or disposes of waste, being either— (a) a company formed for all or any of those purposes by a waste disposal authority whether in pursuance of section 32 below or otherwise; or (b) either a company formed for all or any of those purposes by other persons or a partnership or an individual; and “‘company” has the same meaning as in the Companies Act 1985 and “formed”’, in relation to a company formed by other persons, includes the alteration of the objects of the company. (6) In this Part, in its application to Scotland, “river purification authority” means a river purification authority within the meaning of the Rivers (Prevention of Pollution) (Scotland) Act 1951. Part II S.1. 1985/1884. 198Sicno 1985.0: 6: 1951 c. 64.