Statutory Instrument 1989 No. 1157
The Control of Pollution (Discharges by the National Rivers Authority) Regulations 1989
(The document as of February, 2008)
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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
1989 No. 1157
WATER, ENGLAND AND WALES
The Control of Pollution (Discharges by the National Rivers Authority) Regulations 1989
| Laid before Parliament | 7th July 1989 |
| Coming into force | 1st September 1989 |
The Secretary of State for the Environment, as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 113(2) and (3) of, the Water Act 1989[1] and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Control of Pollution (Discharges by the National Rivers Authority) Regulations 1989 and shall come into force on 1st September 1989.
Consents for discharges by the National Rivers Authority
2. Consents required by the National Rivers Authority for the purposes of section 108(1)(a) of the Act (authority for discharges and other defences for the purposes of section 107) shall be given by the Secretary of State (instead of by the Authority) and, accordingly, the provisions of Schedule 12 to the Act shall apply in relation to cases in which consents are so required with the modifications specified in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.
Modifications
Schedule 2 to these Regulations reproduces Schedule 12 to the Act with the modifications set out in Schedule 1 hereto.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Michael Howard
Minister for Water and Planning, Department of the Environment
6th July 1989
Peter Walker
Secretary of State for Wales
6th July 1989
Notes:[1] 1989 c. 15; and see the definition of "prescribed" in section 189(1).
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