Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999

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JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1999 c. 24
Year1999
Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control) ;regulating F17, otherwise than in pursuance of that Directive, activities which are capable of causing any environmental pollution;otherwise preventing or controlling emissions capable of causing any such pollution.(2) In this Act—
  • “activities” means activities of any nature, whether—
    • (a) industrial or commercial or other activities, or
    • (b) carried on on particular premises or otherwise,
    and includes (with or without other activities) the depositing, keeping or disposal of any substance;
  • “environmental pollution” means pollution of the air, water or land which may give rise to any harm; and for the purposes of this definition (but without prejudice to its generality) —
    • (a) “pollution” includes pollution caused by noise, heat or vibrations or any other kind of release of energy, and
    • (b) “air” includes air within buildings and air within other natural or man-made structures above or below ground.
harm to the health of human beings or other living organisms;harm to the quality of the environment taken as a whole,harm to the quality of the air, water or land, andother impairment of, or interference with, the ecological systems of which any living organisms form part;offence to the senses of human beings;damage to property; orimpairment of, or interference with, amenities or other legitimate uses of the environment (expressions used in this paragraph having the same meaning as in F22Directive 2010/75/EU) .(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision for any of the purposes listed in Part I of Schedule 1; and Part II of that Schedule has effect for supplementing Part I.(2) In accordance with subsection (1) of section 1, the provision which may be made by regulations under this section is provision for or in connection with any of the matters mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (c) of that subsection.contain such consequential, incidental, supplementary, transitional or saving provisions (including provisions amending, repealing or revoking enactments) as the Secretary of State considers appropriate; andmake different provision for different cases, including different provision in relation to different persons, circumstances, areas or localities.the Environment Agency if the regulations are to apply in relation to England the Natural Resources Body for Wales if the regulations are to apply in relation to Wales;the Scottish Environment Protection Agency if the regulations are to apply in relation to Scotland;such bodies or persons appearing to him to be representative of the interests of local government, industry, agriculture and small businesses respectively as he may consider appropriate; andsuch other bodies or persons as he may consider appropriate.(5) Consultation undertaken before the passing of this Act shall constitute as effective compliance with subsection (4) as if undertaken after that passing.(6) The power to make regulations under this section shall be exercised by statutory instrument.(7) A statutory instrument containing regulations under this section, if made without a draft having been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament, shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House.(8) No regulations to which this subsection applies shall be made (whether alone or with other regulations) unless a draft of the statutory instrument containing the regulations has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.the first regulations to be made under this section which apply in relation to England;the first regulations to be made under this section which apply in relation to Wales;the first regulations to be made under this section which apply in relation to Scotland;regulations under this section which create an offence or increase a penalty for an existing offence;regulations under this section which amend or repeal any provision of an Act.(10) See section 62 of the Water Act 2014 for further provision about the procedure applying to statutory instruments containing both regulations made under this section and regulations made under section 61 of that Act.

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