Statutory Instruments
2006 No. 934 (C. 27)
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, ENGLAND AND WALES
The Environment Act 1995 (Commencement No. 23) (England and Wales) Order 2006
Made
27th March 2006
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on her by section 125(3) of the Environment Act 1995( 1 ), hereby makes the following Order:
Citation and extent
1. This Order may be cited as the Environment Act 1995 (Commencement No. 23) (England and Wales) Order 2006 and extends to England and Wales only.
Provisions coming into force on 15th May 2006
2. The following provisions of the Environment Act 1995 shall come into force on 15th May 2006 —
(a) section 120(1), insofar as it relates to paragraphs 27(b) and (c), 88 and 95 of Schedule 22; and
(b) section 120(3), insofar as it relates to the repeal of—
(i) the words from “and for the purposes” to the end of section 30(1) of the Control of Pollution Act 1974( 2 ); and
(ii) section 75(3) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990( 3 ).
Ben Bradshaw
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
27th March 2006
Paragraph 88 of Schedule 22 to the 1995 Act was commenced in Scotland for the purposes only of the Landfill (Scotland) Regulations 2003 ( S.S.I. 2003/235 ) by virtue of article 2(b) of the Environment Act 1995 (Commencement No 21) (Scotland) Order 2003 ( S.S.I. 2003/206 ). Paragraphs 27(b), (c), 88 (insofar as that provision was not already in force) and 95 were commenced in Scotland by virtue of article 2(a) of the Environment Act 1995 (Commencement No 22) (Scotland) Order 2004 ( S.S.I. 2004/541 ).
Section 120(3) of the 1995 Act in so far as it relates to the repeal of the words in section 30(1) of the 1974 Act and section 75(3) of the 1990 Act was commenced in Scotland by virtue of article 2(b) of the Environment Act 1995 (Commencement No 22) (Scotland) Order 2004 ( S.S.I. 2004/541 ).
O.J. No. L194, 25.7.1975, p. 39 (as amended by Council Directives 91/156/EEC (O.J. No. L78, 26.3.1991, p. 32), 91/692/EEC (O.J. No. L377, 31.12.1991, p. 48 (as corrected by Corrigendum, O.J. No. L146, 13.6.2003, p. 52)), Commission Decision 96/350/EC (O.J. No. L135, 6.6.1996, p. 32) and Regulation (EC) No. 1882/2003 (O.J. No. L284, 31.10.2003, p. 1)).