Statutory Instruments
2021 No. 984
Environmental Protection, England And Wales
Environmental Protection, Northern Ireland
The Financial Assistance for Environmental Purposes Order 2021
Made
3rd September 2021
Laid before Parliament
6th September 2021
Coming into force
27th September 2021
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 153(4) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990( 1 ), makes the following Order:
Citation, extent and commencement
1. This Order—
(a) may be cited as the Financial Assistance for Environmental Purposes Order 2021;
(b) extends to England and Wales and Northern Ireland; and
(c) comes into force on 27th September 2021.
Variation of section 153(1) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990
2. In section 153(1)( 2 ) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (purposes for which financial assistance may be given), before paragraph (a) insert—
“ (za) Cenex (Centre of Excellence for Low Carbon and Fuel Cell Technologies) in relation to its activities as respects England and Wales and Northern Ireland; ” .
Anne-Marie Trevelyan
Minister of State
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
3rd September 2021
1990 c. 43 . The relevant functions of the Secretary of State insofar as they are exercisable within the devolved competence were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46) . In relation to Wales, the Secretary of State has concurrent powers with the Welsh Ministers (see article 2 of, and the entry relating to the Environmental Protection Act 1990 in Schedule 1 to, the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 ( S.I. 1999/672 ) and paragraphs 30 to 32 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32) ).
Section 153(1) is varied by S.I. 1991/682 , 1992/654 , 1993/1062 and 1518 , 1995/150 , 554 , 1085 and 3099 , 1996/505 and 1431 , 1997/651 , 1998/538 , 1001 and 3234 , 2000/207 and 2211 , 2002/1686 and 2021 , 2003/714 and 2119 , 2005/1805 , 2006/1735 , 2007/1671 , 2008/3243 and 2009/1506 and by Part 8 of Schedule 5 to the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 (c. 16) . These statutory instruments were repealed by S.I. 2015/479 in relation to England and Wales only. That instrument also substituted section 153(1)(a) to (nn) for section 153(1)(a) to (aaa) in relation to England and Wales only. S.I. 2020/207 inserted section 153(1)(oo) and (pp) in relation to England and Wales only.