Statutory Instruments
1996 No. 3056 (C.94)
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
The Environmental Protection Act 1990 (Commencement No. 18) Order 1996
Made
28th November 1996
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. 18) Order 1996.
Provisions coming into force on 16th December 1996
2. Section 162(2) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 shall come into force on 16th December 1996 in so far as it relates to the following repeals in Part I of Schedule 16 to that Act and the repeals extend to England and Wales:
the repeal of the whole of the Alkali, &c. Works Regulation Act 1906(2) so far as unrepealed;
the repeal of section 1(1)(d) and the word “and” preceding it and section 5 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974(3);
the repeal, in section 79(10) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, of the words following “Part I”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Ferrers
Minister of State,
Department of the Environment
28th November 1996
Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into force on 16th December 1996 the repeal of the Alkali, &c. Works Regulation Act 1906, in so far as that Act has not already been repealed, and the repeal of sections 1(1)(d) and 5 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. The repealed provisions concern the control of releases of noxious and offensive emissions into the air from certain premises. In so far as these releases arise from processes which are prescribed under Part I of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 they are regulated by the pollution control provisions contained in that Part of that Act. The reference to these repealed provisions in section 79(10) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (statutory nuisances) is also repealed on the same date. These repeals are only brought into force in so far as they extend to England and Wales.
Note as to Earlier Commencement Orders
(This note is nor 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 (N.B. for convenience the provisions brought into force by section 164(2) of the Act are also shown):
Provision
Date of Commencement
S.I. No
ss. 1 & 2
1.1.1991
90/2635
s. 3
19.12.1990
90/2635
ss. 4 to 28
1.1.1991
90/2635
ss. 29 to 32
31.5.1991
91/1319
s. 33(1)(a) & (b) (partially)
1.5.1994
94/1096
s. 33(1)(a) & (b) (partially)
1.4.1995
94/1096, 94/2487 & 94/3234
s. 33(1)(a) & (b) (insofar as not already in force)
Various
94/1096, 94/2487 & 94/3234
s. 33(1)(c)
1.4.1992
91/2829
s. 33(2) (partially)
1.4.1992
91/2829
s. 33(2) (partially)
1.5.1994
94/1096
s. 33(2) (partially)
1.4.1995
94/1096, 94/2487 & 94/3234
s. 33(2) (insofar as not already in force)
Various
94/1096, 94/2487 & 94/3234
s. 33(3) & (4)
13.12.1991
91/2829
s. 33(6) to (9) (partially)
1.4.1992
91/2829
s. 33(6) to (9) (partially)
1.4.1992
91/2829
s. 33(6) to (9) (partially)
1.5.1994
94/1096
s. 33(6) to (9) (insofar as not already in force)
Various
94/1096, 94/2487 & 94/3234
s. 34(1) to (4)
1.4.1992
91/2829
s. 34(5)
13.12.1991
91/2829
s. 34(6)
1.4.1992
91/2829
s. 34(7) to (9)
13.12.1991
91/2829
s. 34(10)
1.4.1992
91/2829
s. 34(11)
13.12.1991
91/2829
s. 35(1) to (5) (partially)
94/1096
1.5.1994
s. 35(1) to (5) (partially)
1.4.1995
94/1096,94/2487 & 94/3234
s. 35(1) to (5) (insofar as not already
Various
94/1096,94/2487 & 94/3234
s. 35(6)
18.2.1993
93/274
s. 35(7) to (12) (partially)
1.5.1994
94/1096
s. 35(7) to (12) (partially)
1.4.1995
94/1096, 94/2487 & 94/3234
s. 35(7) to (12) (insofar as not already in force)
Various
94/1096, 94/2487 & 94/3234
s. 36(1)
18.2.1993
93/274
ss. 36(2) to (10) & 37(1) & (2) (partially)
1.5.1994
94/1096
ss. 36(2) to (10) & 37(1) & (2) (partially)
1.4.1995
94/1096, 94/2487 & 94/3234
ss. 36(2) to (10) & 37(1) & (2) (insofar as not already in force)
Various
94/1096, 94/2487 & 94/3234
s. 37(3) (partially)
18.2.1993
93/274
ss. 37(3) to (6) & 38(1) to (6) (partially)
1.5.1994
94/1096
ss. 37(3) to (6) & 38(1) to (6) (partially)
1.4.1995
94/1096,94/2487 & 94/3234
ss. 37(3) to (6) & 38(1) to (6) (insofar as not already in force)
Various
94/1096, 94/2487 & 94/3234
s. 38(7) (partially)
18.2.1993
93/274
ss. 38(7) to (12) & 39(1) & (2) (partially)
1.5.1994
94/1096
ss. 38(7) to (12) & 39(1) & (2) (partially)
1.4.1995
94/1096, 94/2487 & 94/3234
ss. 38(7) to (12) & 39(1) & (2) (insofar as not already in force)
Various
94/1096, 94/2487 & 94/3234
s. 39(3)
18.2.1993
93/274
ss. 39(4) to (11) & 40(1) & (2) (partially)
1.5.1994
94/1096
ss. 39(4) to (11) & 40(1) & (2) (partially)
1.4.1995
94/1096, 94/2487 & 94/3234
ss. 39(4) to (11) & 40(1) & (2) (insofar as not already in force)
Various
94/1096, 94/2487 & 94/3234
s. 40(3)
18.2.1993
93/274
s. 40(4) to (6) (partially)
1.5.1994
94/1096
s. 40(4) to (6) (partially)
1.4.1995
94/1096, 94/2487 & 94/3234
s. 4,0(4) to (6) (insofar as not already in force)
Various
94/1096 94/1096,94/2487 & 94/3234
s. 41(1)
16.3.1994
94/780
s. 41(2)
18.2.1993
93/274
s. 41(3)
16.3.1994
94/780
s. 41(4) & (5)
18.2.1993
93/274
s. 41(6) to (8)
16.3.1994
94/780
s. 42(1) to (7) (partially)
1.5.1994
94/1096
s. 42(1) to (7) (partially)
1.1.1995
94/1096, 94/2487 & 94/3234
s. 42(1) to (7) (insofar as not already in force)
Various
94/1096, 94/2487 & 94/3234
s. 42(8) (partially)
18.2.1993
93/274
ss. 42(8) & 43(1) to (7) (partially)
1.5.1994
94/1096
ss. 42(8) & 43(1) to (7) (partially)
1.4.1995
94/1096, 94/2487 & 94/3234
ss. 42(8) & 43(1) to (7) (insofar as not already in force)
Various
94/1096, 94/2487 & 94/3234
s. 43(8)
18.2.1993
93/274
s. 44 (partially)
1.5.1994
94/1096
s. 44 (partially)
1.4.1995
94/1096, 94/2487 & 94/3234
s. 44 (insofar as not already in force)
Various
94/1096, 94/2487 & 94/3234
s. 45(1)
1.4.1992
92/266
s. 45(2) (Scotland)
1.4.1992
92/266
s. 45(3) (partially)
14.2.1992
92/266
s. 45(3) to (12) (insofar as not already in force)
1.4.1992
92.266
ss. 46,47 & 48(1) to (6)
1.4.1992
92/266
s. 48(8) & (9)
1.4.1992
92/266
s. 49
1.8.1991
91/1577
ss. 50 & 51
31.5.1991
91/1319
s. 52(1)
1.4.1992
92/266
s. 52(3) to (7)
1.4.1992
92/266
s. 52(8) (partially)
13.12.1991
91/2829
ss. 52(9) to (11) & 53
1.4.1992
92/266
s. 54(1) to (13)
1.5.1994
94/1096
s. 54(14)
18.2.1993
93/274
s. 54(15) to (17)
1.5.1994
94/1096
ss. 55 & 56
1.4.1992
92/266
s. 57 (partially)
1.5.1994
94/1096
s. 57 (partially)
1.4.1995
94/1096, 94/2487 & 94/3234
s. 57 (insofar as not already in force)
Various
94/1096, 94/2487 & 94/3234
ss. 58 & 59
1.5.1994
94/1096
s. 60 (partially)
31.5.1991
91/1319
s. 60 (insofar as not already in force)
1.5.1994
94/1096
s. 62
11.8.1995
95/2152
s. 63(1)
18.2.1993
93/274
s. 64(1)
18.2.1993
93/274
s. 64(2) & (3)
1.5.1994
94/1096
s. 64(4)
18.2.1993
93/274
s. 64(5) to (7)
1.5.1994
94/1096
s. 64(8)
18.2.1993
93/274
s. 65(1)
1.5.1994
94/1096
s. 65(2) (partially)
18.2.1993
93/274
s. 65(2) (insofar as not already in force)
1.5.1994
94/1096
ss. 65(3) & (4) & 66(1) to (6)
1.5.1994
94/1096
s. 66(7) (partially)
18.2.1993
93/274
s. 66(7) (insofar as not already in force)
1.5.1994
94/1096
ss. 66(8) to (11) & 67
1.5.1994
94/1096
s. 68
31.5.1991
91/1319
ss. 69 & 70
1.4.1992
91/2829
ss. 71 & 72
31.5.1991
91/1319
s. 73(1) to (5)
1.4.1992
92/266
ss. 73(6) to (9) & 74(1) to (5)
1.5.1994
94/1096
s. 74(6)
18.2.1993
93/274
s. 74(7)
1.5.1994
94/1096
s. 75
31.5.1991
91/1319
s. 77
31.5.1991
91/1319
s. 78
13.12.1991
91/2829
ss. 79 to 85
1.1.1991
s. 164(2)
s. 86(1) (England & Wales)
13.2.1991
91/96
s. 86(1) (Scotland)
1.4.1991
91/1042
s. 86(2)
14.1.1991
91/96
s. 86(3)
1.4.1991
91/1042
s. 86(4) & (5) (England & Wales)
13.2.1991
91/96
s. 86(4) & (5) (Scotland)
1.4.1991
91/1042
s. 86(6) to (8)
14.1.1991
91/96
s. 86(9) (England & Wales)
13.2.1991
91/96
s. 86(10)
1.4.1991
91/1042
s. 86(11)
14.1.1991
91/96
s. 86(12)
1.6.1991
91/1042
s. 86(13) (England & Wales)
13.2.1991
91/96
s. 86(13) (Scotland)
1.4.1991
91/1042
s. 86(14) & (15)
14.1.1991
91/96
s. 87(1), (2) & (3)(a) to (e) (England & Wales)
13.2.1991
91/96
s. 87(1), (2) & (3)(a) to (e) (Scotland)
1.4.1991
91/1042
s. 87(3)(f)
1.6.1991
91/1042
s. 87(4) to (6) (England & Wales)
13.2.1991
91/96
s. 87(4) to (6) (Scotland)
1.4.1991
91/1042
s. 87(7)
1.4.1991
91/1042
s. 88(1) to (4) (England & Wales)
13.2.1991
91/96
s. 88(1) to (4) (Scotland)
1.4.1991
91/1042
s. 88(5)
14.1.1991
91/96
s. 88(6) (England & Wales)
13.2.1991
91/96
s. 88(6) (Scotland)
1.4.1991
91/1042
s. 88(7)
14.1.1991
91/96
s. 88(8) & (9)(a) (England & Wales)
13.2.1991
91/96
s. 88(8) & (9)(a) (Scotland)
1.4.1991
91/1042
s. 88(9)(b)
14.1.1991
91/96
s. 88(9)(c) & (d) (Scotland)
1.4.1991
91/1042
s. 88(9)(c) to (e) & (10) (England & Wales)
13.2.1991
91/96
s. 88(10) (Scotland)
1.4.1991
91/1042
s. 89(1)(a) to (f)
1.4.1991
91/1042
s. 89(1)(g)
1.6.1991
91/1042
s. 89(2) & (3)
1.4.1991
91/1042
s. 89(4)
14.1.1991
91/96
s. 89(5) & (6)
1.4.1991
91/1042
s. 89(7) to (9)
13.11.1990
90/2243
s. 89(10)
1.4.1991
91/1042
s. 89(11) to (13)
13.11.1990
90/2243
s. 89(14)
1.4.1991
91/1042
s. 90(1) & (2)
14.1.1991
91/96
s. 90(3) to (6)
1.6.1991
91/1042
s. 90(7)
14.1.1991
91/96
s. 91(1)(a) to (f)
1.4.1991
91/1042
91(1)(g)
1.6.1991
91/1042
s. 91(2) to (13)
1.4.1991
91/1042
s. 92(1)(a) to (c)
1.4.1991
91/1042
s. 92(1)(d)
1.6.1991
91/1042
ss. 92(2) to (10) & 93
1.4.1991
91/1042
s. 94(1) & (2)
14.1.1991
91/96
ss. 94(3) to (9), 95 & 96(1)
1.4.1991
91/1042
s. 96(2) & (3)
14.1.1991
91/96
s. 97
1.1.1991
s. 164(2)
s. 98(1) (Scotland)
1.4.1991
91/1042
s. 98(1) & (2) (England & Wales)
13.2.1991
91/96
s. 98(3) & (4)
1.4.1991
91/1042
s. 98(5) & (6) (England & Wales)
13.2.1991
91/96
s. 98(5) & (6) (Scotland)
1.4.1991
91/1042
s. 99
1.1.1991
s. 164(2)
ss. 100 to 104
1.1.1991
90/2565 & 90/2635
s. 105 (partially)
7.12.1990
90/2565
s. 105 (partially)
1.1.1991
s. 164(2)
s. 105 (insofar as not already in force)
1.1.1991
90/2565 & 90/2635
s. 106(1) to (3)
1.2.1993
92/3253
s. 106(4) & (5)
1.4.1991
91/1042
ss. 106(6) & (7) & 107(1) to (7)
1.2.1993
92/3253
s. 107(8)
1.4.1991
91/1042
s. 107(9) to (11)
1.2.1993
92/3253
s. 108(1)(a) (partially)
1.2.1993
92/3253
s. 108(1)(b)
1.4.1991
91/1042
s. 108(3)(b)
1.4.1991
91/1042
s. 108(5)
1.4.1991
91/1042
s. 108(7)
1.4.1991
91/1042
s. 108(9)
1.4.1991
91/1042
s. 108(10)
1.1.1993
92/3253
s. 110 (partially)
1.2.1993
92/3253
s. 111(1) & (2)
1.4.1991
91/1042
s. 111(4) & (5)
1.4.1991
91/1042
s. 111(6) & (6A)
1.2.1993
92/3253
s. 111(7)
1.4.1991
91/1042
s. 111(8) to (10)
1.2.1993
92/3253
s. 111(11)
1.4.1991
91/1042
s. 112(1) & (2)
1.2.1993
92/3253
s. 112(5) to (7)
1.2.1993
92/3253
ss. 113, 114(1) to (3)
1.4.1991
91/1042
ss. 114(4) & (5) & 115(1) to (3)
1.2.1993
92/3253
s. 115(4)
1.4.1991
91/1042
s. 115(5) to (10)
1.2.1993
92/3253
s. 116 (partially)
1.2.1993
92/3253
s. 117
1.2.1993
92/3253
s. 118(1)(a)
1.2.1993
92/3253
s. 118(1)(c)
1.2.1993
92/3253
s. 118(1)(e) to (1)
1.2.1993
92/3253
s. 118(1)(m)(partially)
1.2.1993
92/3253
s. 118(1)(n) & (0) & (2) to (10)
1.2.1993
92/3253
ss. 119 to 121
1.2.1993
92/3253
s. 122(1) (partially)
1.4.1991
91/1042
s. 122(1)(c) to (h) (insofar as not already in force)
1.2.1993
92/3253
s. 122(2) & (3)
1.2.1993
92/3253
s. 122(4)
1.4.1991
91/1042
s. 123(1) to (6)
1.2.1993
92/3253
s. 123(7)
1.4.1991
91/1042
s. 123(8)
1.2.1993
92/3253
ss. 123(g), 124 to 126
1.4.1991
91/1042
s. 127
1.2.1993
93/3253
s. 128 (partially)
5.11.1990
90/2226
s. 128 (insofar as not already in force)
1.4.1991
91/685
s. 129
5.11.1990
90/2226
s. 130 (partially)
5.11.1990
90/2226
s. 130 (insofar as not already in force)
1.4.1991
91/685
s. 131
5.11.1990
90/2226
s. 132 (partially)
5.11.1990
90/2226
s. 132 (insofar as not already in force)
1.4.1991
91/685
ss. 133 to 139
5.11.1990
90/2226
ss. 140 to 142
1.1.1991
s. 164(2)
s. 143(1) (England & Wales)
14.2.1992
92/266
s. 143(5) & (6) (England & Wales)
14.2.1992
92/266
s. 144 (partially)
1.1.1992
91/2829
s. 144 (partially)
18.2.1993
93/274
s. 144 (insofar as not already in force)
1.5.1993
93/274
ss. 145 & 146
1.1.1991
s. 164(2)
s. 147
31.5.1991
91/1319
s. 148
1.1.1991
s. 164(2)
ss. 149 to 151 (partially)
14.2.1992
92/266
ss. 149 to 151 (insofar as not already in force)
1.4.1992
92/266
s. 152
10.7.1991
91/1577
ss. 153 to 155
1.1.1991
s. 164(2)
s. 156
1.4.1991
91/1042
s. 157
1.1.1991
s. 164(2)
s. 158
1.4.1991
91/1042
s. 159
1.1.1991
90/2635
ss. 160 & 161
1.1.1991
s. 164(2)
s. 162(1) (partially)
14.1.1991
91/96
s. 162(1) (partially)
1.4.1991
91/1042
s. 162(1) (partially)
31.5.1991
91/1319
s. 162(1) (partially)
1.4.1992
91/2829
s. 162(1) (partially)
1.4.1992
92/266
s. 162(1) (partially)
18.2.1993
93/274
s. 162(1) (partially)
1.5.1994
94/1096
s. 162(1) (partially)
1.10.1994
94/1096
s. 162(1) (partially)
Various
94/1096, 94/2487 & 94/3234
s. 162(2) (partially)
1.1.1991
90/2565 & 90/2635
s. 162(2) (partially)
1.4.1991
91/685
s. 162(2) (partially)
1.4.1991
91/1042
s. 162(2) (partially)
31.5.1991
91/1319
s. 162(2) (partially)
1.1.1992
91/2829
s. 162(2) (partially)
1.4.1992
91/2829
s. 162(2) (partially)
1.4.1992
92/266
s. 162(2) (partially)
18.2.1993
93/274
s. 162(2) (partially)
1.5.1993
93/274
s. 162(2) (partially)
1.5.1994
94/1096
s. 162(2) (partially)
1.4.1995
94/1096, 94/2487 & 94/3232
s. 162(2) (partially)
Various
94/1096, 94/2487, 94/2854 & 94/3234
s. 162(3)
1.4.1992
92/266
ss. 162(5) & 163
1.1.1991
s. 164(2)
s. 164
1.11.1990
(1)
1990 c. 43.
(2)
1906 c. 14.
(3)
1974 c. 37.
