The Environmental Protection Act 1990 (Commencement No. 4) Order 1990

Made: 18th December 1990

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 164(3) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990[^f00001], hereby makes the following Order:

Citation

1

This Order may be cited as the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (Commencement No. 4) Order 1990.

Provisions coming into force on 19th December 1990

2

Section 3 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 shall come into force on 19th December 1990.

Provisions coming into force on 1st January 1991

3

Sections 1, 2, 4 to 28, 100 to 104, 105 (in so far as it is not already in force), 159 and 162(2) (in so far as it relates to Part V of Schedule 16) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 shall come into force on 1st January 1991.

Revocation

4

Article 3 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (Commencement No. 3) Order 1990[^f00002] is hereby revoked.

Signed

Michael Heseltine — One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State — 18th December 1990

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Article 2 of this Order brings into force on 19th December 1990 section 3 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (“the 1990 Act”) which confers power on the Secretary of State to make regulations and plans in relation to emission limits and quality objectives.

Article 3 of the Order brings into force on 1st January 1991 other provisions of the 1990 Act relating to—

• (a) integrated pollution control and air pollution control by local authorities (this new system of control will not in practice come into operation until regulations are made under Part I of the 1990 Act);

• (b) the appointment of a chief inspector and other inspectors under the Radioactive Substances Act 1960 (c. 34) (“the 1960 Act”);

• (c) inspectors' enforcement powers, hearings and appeals, and fees and charges under the 1960 Act;

• (d) the withdrawal of exemptions of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority from certain requirements of the 1960 Act and other minor and consequential amendments and repeals of that Act;

• (e) the application to the Crown of the 1990 Act and of regulations and orders made under it.

Article 4 revokes article 3 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (Commencement No. 3) Order 1990. This Order provides a comprehensive list of the provisions of the 1990 Act which are brought into operation on 1st January by commencement order.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1990 c. 43.

[^f00002]: S.I. 1990/2565.