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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 —


Ben Bradshaw
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

27th March 2006


EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)


Insofar as the provisions are not already in force in Great Britain, this Order brings into force on [date of commencement of the 2006 Regulations]—

Paragraph 27(b) and (c) makes amendments to section 30(1) of the 1974 Act concerning the definition of "waste". "Waste" in the 1974 Act is given the same meaning as in Part II of the 1990 Act, and the words which provide a presumption that anything discarded is waste unless the contrary is proved, cease to have effect.

Paragraph 88 amends section 75 of the 1990 Act (meaning of "waste" etc.) so that the definition of "waste" in Part II of the 1990 Act is the same as that in Council Directive 75/442/EEC on waste [6]. Paragraph 95 inserts a new Schedule 2B (categories of waste) to the 1990 Act in relation to section 75 of that Act. That Schedule transposes Annex I of Council Directive 75/442/EEC.

The words and the provision which are repealed by section 120(3) provide for a presumption, in the 1974 and 1990 Acts respectively, that anything discarded is waste unless the contrary is proved.


NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS

(This note is not part of the Order)


The following provisions of the Environment Act 1995 have been brought into force by commencement order made before the date of this Order.

Provision Date of Commencement S.I. No.
Section 1 28.7.1995 1995/1983
Section 2 1.4.1996 1996/186
Section 3(1) 1.4.1996 1996/186
Section 3(2) to (8) 28.7.1995 1995/1983
Section 4 28.7.1995 1995/1983
Section 5 1.2.1996 and

1.4.1996

 1996/186
Section 6 1.4.1996 1996/186
Section 7 28.7.1995 1995/1983
Section 8 1.4.1996 1996/186
Section 9 28.7.1995 1995/1983
Sections 10 and 11 1.4.1996 1996/186
Section 12 28.7.1995 1995/1983
Sections 13 to 19 1.4.1996 1996/186
Sections 20 to 23 12.10.1995 1995/2649
Sections 25 to 29 1.4.1996 1996/186
Sections 30 to 32 12.10.1995 1995/2649
Sections 33 to 35 1.4.1996 1996/186
Section 36 12.10.1995 1995/2649
Section 37 28.7.1995 and 1.4.1996 1995/1983 and 1996/186
Sections 38 to 40 28.7.1995 1995/1983
Section 41 21.9.1995

1.2.1996 and

1.4.1996

 1995/1983 and 1996/186
Section 42 21.9.1995 1995/1983
Sections 43 to 52 28.7.1995 1995/1983
Sections 53 and 54 1.4.1996 1996/186
Section 55 1.2.1996 and

1.4.1996

 1996/186
Section 56 28.7.1995 1995/1983
Section 57 (partially) 21.9.1995 1995/1983
(partially) as to England 1.4.2000 2000/340
(partially) as to Scotland 14.7.2000 S.S.I. 2000/180
(partially) as to Scotland 14.7.2000 2000/1986
(partially) as to Wales 15.9.2001 2001/3211
Section 58 21.9.1995 and

1.7.1998

 1995/1983 and 1998/604
Section 59 12.10.1995 and

1.1.1999

 1995/2649 and 1998/3272
Section 60 1.7.1997 and

1.7.1998

 1997/1626 and 1998/604
Section 78 and Schedule 10 (partially), with savings 23.11.1995

1.4.1996 and

1.4.1997

 1995/2950 and 1996/2560
Section 80 1.2.1996 1996/186
Section 81 1.4.1996 1996/186
Sections 82 to 86 23.12.1997 1997/3044
Sections 87 to 89 1.2.1996 1996/186
Section 90 and Schedule 11 1.2.1996 and

23.12.1996

 1996/186 and 1997/3044
Section 91 1.2.1996 1996/186
Section 92 1.4.1996 1996/186
Sections 93 to 95 21.9.1995 1995/1983
Section 96(1), (5) and (6) and Schedules 13 and 14 (as to England and Wales) 1.11.1995 1995/2765
Section 96(1), (5) and (6) and Schedules 13 and 14 (as to Scotland) 1.1.1997 1996/2857
Section 96(2) 1.11.1995 1995/2765
Section 96(3) 1.1.1997 1996/2857
Section 96(4) (partially) 1.11.1995 1995/2765
Section 96(4) (partially) (as to Scotland) 1.1.1997 1996/2857
Sections 97 to 103 21.9.1995 1995/1983
Section 104 1.4.1996 1996/186
Section 105 and Schedule 15 21.9.1995

1.2.1996

1.4.1996 and

1.1.1999

 1995/1983 and 1996/186
Sections 106 to 114 1.4.1996 1996/186
Section 115 1.4.1996 1995/2950 and

1996/186
Section 116 and Schedule 21 (partially) 21.9.1995

1.7.1997 and

8.4.1998

 1995/1983 1997/1626 and 1998/781
Section 117 1.2.1996 1996/186
Section 118(1) to(3), (4) and (5) (partially) and (6) 1.2.1996 1996/186
Section 119 1.2.1996 1996/186
Section 120(1) and Schedule 22 (partially) 28.7.1995 1995/1983
           21.9.1995 1995/2649
           12.10.1995 1996/186
           1.2.1996 1996/2909
           1.4.1996 1997/3044
           21.11.1996 1998/604
           31.12.1996 1999/803
           23.12.1997 1999/1301
           1.4.1998 1999/1301
           16.3.1999           
           1.4.1999           
           29.4.1999           
(partially) as to England 1.4.2000 2000/340
(partially) as to Scotland 14.7.2000

1.1.2001

 S.S.I. 2000/180

S.S.I. 2000/433
(partially) as to Wales 15.9.2001 2001/3211
(partially) as to Scotland 1.4.2003 S.S.I. 2003/206
           1.1.2005 S.S.I. 2004/541
Section 120(2) and Schedule 23 (partially) 1.4.1996 and

1.1.1999

 1995/1983 and 1996/186
Section 120(3) and Schedule 24 (partially) 21.9.1995 1995/1983
           1.11.1995 1995/2765
           1.2.1996 1996/186
           1.4.1996 1996/2560
           31.12.1996 1996/2857
           1.1.1997 1996/2909
           1.4.1997           
           1.1.1999           
(partially) as to England 1.4.2000 2000/340
(partially) as to Scotland 14.7.2000 S.S.I. 2000/180
(partially) as to Wales 15.9.2001 2001/3211
(partially) as to Scotland 1.1.2005 S.S.I. 2004/541
Section 120(4) to (6) 28.7.1995 1995/1983
Sections 121 to 124 28.7.1995 1995/1983
Paragraph 7(2) of Schedule 7 1.4.1997 1996/2560

Notes:

[1] 1995 c.25.back

[2] 1974 c.40.back

[3] 1990 c.43.back

[4] 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).back

[5] 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).back

[6] 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)).back


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