Control of Pollution (Exemption of Certain Discharges from Control) Order 1983

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 1983/1182
Year1983

1983 No. 1182

PUBLIC HEALTH, ENGLAND AND WALES

PUBLIC HEALTH, SCOTLAND

The Control of Pollution (Exemption of Certain Discharges from Control) Order 1983

1stAugust 1983

10thAugust 1983

31stAugust 1983

Whereas section 32(1) of the Control of Pollution Act 1974 (a) has not yet come into force:

And whereas discharges of the kinds or in the areas mentioned in article 3 of this order are discharges for which consent would not have been required by the Rivers (Prevention of Pollution) Acts 1951 to 1961 or the Rivers (Prevention of Pollution) (Scotland) Acts 1951 to 1965 or section 72 of the Water Resources Act 1963(b) if the said Act of 1974 had not been passed:

Now therefore the Secretary of State for the Environment as respects England, the Secretary of State for Wales as respects Wales and the Secretary of State for Scotland as respects Scotland, in exercise of their powers under section 32(3)(a) of the said Act of 1974 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby order as follows:—

Citation and commencement

1. This order may be cited as the Control of Pollution (Exemption of Certain Discharges from Control) Order 1983, and shall come into operation on 31st August 1983.

Interpretation

2. In this order, unless the context otherwise requires—

"the Act" means the Control of Pollution Act 1974;

"aldrin" means the chemical compound 1,2,3,4,10,10 – hexachloro – 1,4,4a,5,8,8a – hexahydro – 1,4 – endo – 5,8 – exo – dimethanonaphthalene;

"dieldrin" means the chemical compound 1,2,3,4,10,10 – hexachloro –6,7 – epoxy – 1,4,4a,5,6,7,8,8a – octahydro – 1,4 – endo – 5,8 – exo – dimethanonaphthalene;

"endrin" means the chemical compound 1,2,3,4,10,10 – hexachloro – 6,7 – epoxy – 1,4,4a,5,6,7,8,8a – octahydro – 1,4 – endo – 5,8 – endo – dimethanonaphthalene; and

"underground stream" means a stream which is below ground.

(a) 1974 c.40.

(b) 1963 c.38.

Certain discharges to be exempt from control

3. Subsection (1) of section 32 of the Act (which provides for the control of discharges of trade and sewage effluent, etc., into rivers and coastal waters, etc.) shall not apply to discharges specified in column (1) of the Schedule to this order except in the case of the discharges specified in column (2) thereof:

Provided that paragraphs 7 and 9 of the Schedule, and paragraph 8 so far as it operates by reference to paragraph 7, shall not extend to Scotland.

4.—(1) Each water authority shall publish a notice stating the general effect of this order, and specifying a place or places in the water authority area where a copy of the order may be inspected by any person free of charge at all reasonable times.

(2) A notice under the last preceding paragraph shall be published either—

(a) at least once in each of two successive weeks in one or more newspapers circulating in the water authority area, or

(b) in any other manner which, in any particular case, may be certified by the Secretary of State to be expedient in...

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