1 Citation

This Order may be cited as the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999 (Commencement No 1) (England and Wales) Order 2000.

NOTES
Initial Commencement
Date Made

Date made: 20 March 2000: (no specific commencement provision).

2 Provisions coming into force on 21st March 2000

2Provisions coming into force on 21st March 2000

Section 6(1) of and Schedule 2 to the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999 shall come into force on 21st March 2000 in so far as they extend to England and Wales.

NOTES
Initial Commencement
Date Made

Date made: 20 March 2000: (no specific commencement provision).

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Keith Hill

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

20th March 2000

EXPLANATORY NOTE

EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Order)

Article 2 brings into force on 21st March 2000 section 6(1) of and Schedule 2 to the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999 in so far as they extend to England and Wales.

Section 6(1) brings into effect Schedule 2 to the 1999 Act. Schedule 2 contains a list of consequential and minor amendments. The consequential amendments are consequential on section 2 of the 1999 Act (regulation of polluting activities). There are two minor amendments, one to section 8(7) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (fees and charges to be paid to local authorities for authorisations) and the other to section 77(2) of that Act (waste disposal licences—transition from Part I of the Control of Pollution Act 1974).