The Financial Assistance for Environmental Purposes (Scotland) Order 2005

Made: 8th June 2005

Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 9th June 2005

Coming into force: 1st July 2005

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 153(4) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990[^f00001] and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

Citation, commencement and extent

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• (1) This Order may be cited as the Financial Assistance for Environmental Purposes (Scotland) Order 2005 and shall come into force on 1st July 2005.

• (2) This Order extends to Scotland only.

Variation of section 153(1) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990

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Section 153(1) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990[^f00002] (purposes for which financial assistance may be given) is varied by adding after paragraph (tt)–

(uu) the scheme known as the Bio-energy Infrastructure Scheme for Scotland.

Signed

LEWIS MACDONALD — Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers — 8th June 2005

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order varies section 153(1) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 so as to enable the Scottish Ministers to give financial assistance to, or for the purposes of, the Bio-energy Infrastructure Scheme for Scotland.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1990 c. 43. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46).

[^f00002]: Section 153(1) was varied by S.I. 1991/146, 682 and 1179, 1992/654, 1993/1062 and 1518, 1995/150, 554, 1085 and 3099, 1996/505 and 1431, 1997/651, 1998/538, 1001 and 3234, 2000/207 and 2211, 2002/1686 and 2021, and by S.S.I. 2000/430, 2002/83 and 2003/173.