Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1974/40/section/39
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Consents for dischargesSection 39Table of ContentsContentMore ResourcesPrevious: ProvisionNext: ProvisionPlain ViewPrint OptionsWhat VersionLatest available (Revised)Original (As enacted)Advanced FeaturesShow Geographical Extent(e.g. England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland)Show Timeline of ChangesOpening OptionsOpen whole ActOpen Act without schedulesOpen Schedules onlyMore ResourcesOriginal Print PDFView moreChanges to legislation:There are outstanding changes not yet made by the legislation.gov.uk editorial team to Control of Pollution Act 1974. Any changes that have already been made by the team appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.Changes to LegislationRevised legislation carried on this site may not be fully up to date. Changes and effects are recorded by our editorial team in lists which can be found in the ‘Changes to Legislation’ area. Where those effects have yet to be applied to the text of the legislation by the editorial team they are also listed alongside the legislation in the affected provisions. Use the ‘more’ link to open the changes and effects relevant to the provision you are viewing.Changes and effects yet to be applied to :Changes and effectsThis section lists the changes and effects yet to be applied to the specific provision you are viewing.s. 33-40 repealed by S.S.I. 2006/181 Sch. Pt. 1Changes and effects yet to be applied to the whole Act associated Parts and Chapters:Changes and effectsThis section lists the changes and effects yet to be applied to the whole Act, associated Parts and Chapters where applicable. This includes any insertions of whole new Parts, Chapters or provisions yet to be inserted into this Act. These effects are included in this view as they may be (but won’t necessarily be) relevant to the specific provision that you are viewing.Act modified by S.I. 2007/1554 art. 17Act modified by S.I. 2010/626 art. 10Blanket amendment words substituted by S.I. 2011/1043 art. 3 6Whole provisions yet to be inserted into this Act (including any effects on those provisions):s. 30(1)(a) words omitted by S.I. 2013/755 Sch. 2 para.115(a)s. 30(1)(aa) inserted by S.I. 2013/755 Sch. 2 para.115(b)s. 30Y(1)(b)(iii) and word inserted by 2014 asp 3 sch. 3 para. 16(3)(b)s. 68(2A) inserted by 2015 c. 20 Sch. 22 para. 4s. 73(3A) inserted by 2014 asp 3 sch. 3 para. 39(2)s. 85(4) added by 2014 asp 3 sch. 3 para. 39(3)Commencement Orders yet to be applied to the Control of Pollution Act 1974Commencement OrdersThis section lists the commencement orders yet to be applied to the whole Act. These effects are included in this view as they may be (but won’t necessarily be) relevant to the specific provision that you are viewing. Where applicable the commencement orders are listed under two headings, firstly those that bring some part of the Act you are viewing into force and secondly, those that bring into force legislation that affects some part of the legislation you are viewing. If you are viewing a prospective version or there is a prospective version available there may be commencement orders listed here that are relevant to the provision you are viewing.Commencement Orders bringing legislation that affects this Act into force:S.I. 2004/2304 art. 2 commences (2004 c. 21)S.I. 2004/2917 art. 2 commences (2004 c. 21)S.I. 2006/934 art. 2 commences (1995 c. 25)S.I. 2011/2329 art. 2 3 commences (2011 c. 5)S.S.I. 2003/206 art. 2 commences (1995 c. 25)S.S.I. 2004/404 art. 2-4 Sch. 1-3 commences (2003 asp 8)S.S.I. 2004/420 art. 2 3 commences (2004 asp 8)S.S.I. 2004/541 art. 2 commences (1995 c. 25)S.S.I. 2005/174 art. 2 commences (2004 asp 15)S.S.I. 2005/392 art. 2 commences (2005 asp 5)S.S.I. 2009/319 art. 2 Sch. 1 commences (2008 asp 5)S.S.I. 2011/38 art. 2 Sch. commences (2011 asp 2)[F139 Appeals to the Secretary of State. S(1)Any questions as to whether—
(a)[F2SEPA]] has unreasonably withheld its consent in pursuance of [F3section 30J(4)] or 34 of this Act or regulations made by virtue of section 31(4) of this Act or has given its consent in pursuance of the said section 34 or such regulations subject to conditions which are unreasonable; or
(b)a notice served in pursuance of section 37(1) of this Act contains terms (other than a term required by subsection (2) of [F4section 38 of this Act]) which are unreasonable; or
(c)the period specified in any instrument or notice in pursuance of subsection (1) or (2) of [F4section 38 of this Act] is unreasonable,
(a)a question as to whether [F2SEPA] has unreasonably withheld its consent in pursuance of section 34 of this Act, or has given its consent in pursuance of that section subject to conditions which are unreasonable, is referred to the Secretary of State in pursuance of this section; and
(b)representations relating to the application for the consent in question were made to [F5SEPA] in pursuance of section 36(1)(c) of this Act,
it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State, before he determines the question, to secure that [F5SEPA] has served notice of the reference on the persons who made the representations and to take account of any further written representations relating to the application which are received by him from those persons within a prescribed period.
(4)Where a question is referred to the Secretary of State in pursuance of subsection (1) of this section and he determines that the consent in question was unreasonably withheld or that the conditions or terms or period in question are or is unreasonable, he shall give to [F5SEPA] such a direction as he thinks fit with regard to the consent, conditions, terms or period and it shall be the duty of [F5SEPA] to comply with the direction.
(5)The withholding by [F2SEPA] of such a consent as is mentioned in subsection (1) of this section, the conditions subject to which such a consent is given and such [F6period as is] so mentioned shall be treated as reasonable for the purposes of this Part of this Act until the contrary is determined in pursuance of subsection (1) of this section except that where a question as to the reasonableness of the conditions of a consent given in pursuance of regulations made by virtue of section 31(4) of this Act is referred to the Secretary of State in pursuance of this section the consent shall be treated for those purposes as unconditional while the reference is pending.
[F7(5A)Subject to subsection (5B) below, where a question is referred to the Secretary of State in pursuance of subsection (1)(b) above, the revocation of the consent or, as the case may be, the modification of the conditions of the consent or the provision that the consent (having been unconditional) shall be subject to conditions, shall not take effect while the reference is pending.
(5B)Subsection (5A) above shall not apply to a reference where the notice effecting the revocation, modification or provision in question includes a statement that in the opinion of SEPA it is necessary for the purpose of preventing or, where that is not practicable, minimising—
(a)the entry into controlled waters of any poisonous, noxious or polluting matter or any solid waste matter, or
that that subsection should not apply.
(5C)Where the reference falls within subsection (5B) above, if, on the application of the holder or former holder of the consent, the Secretary of State (or other person determining the question referred) determines that SEPA acted unreasonably in excluding the application of subsection (5A) above, then—
(a)if the reference is still pending at the end of the day on which that determination is made, subsection (5A) above shall apply to the reference from the end of that day; and
(b)the holder or former holder of the consent shall be entitled to recover compensation from SEPA in respect of any loss suffered by him in consequence of the exclusion of the application of that subsection;
and any dispute as to a person’s entitlement to such compensation or as to the amount of it shall be determined by a single arbiter appointed, in default of agreement between the parties concerned, by the Secretary of State on the application of any of the parties.]
[F8(7)This section is subject to section 114 of the Environment Act 1995 (delegation or reference of appeals).
(8)In this section “the holder”, in relation to a consent, is the person who has the consent.]
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I and for ss. 31-32 and ss. 34-42 there is substituted (S.) ss. 30A-32 and 34-42 by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 168, 189(4)--(10), 190, 193(1), 194(4), Sch. 23 para. 4, Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 41(1), 57(6), 58F2Words in s. 39(1)(3)(5) substituted (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120(1), Sch. 22 para. 29(2) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3F3Words in s. 39(1)(a) substituted (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 106, Sch. 16 para. 7 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3F4Words in s. 39(1)(b)(c) substituted (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120(1), Sch. 22 para. 29(15)(a) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3F5Words in s. 39(3)(4) substituted (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120(1), Sch. 22 para. 29(10) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3F6Words in s. 39(5) substituted (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120(1), Sch. 22 para. 29(15)(b) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3F7S. 39(5A)-(5C) inserted (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120(1), Sch. 22 para. 29(15)(c) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3F8S. 39(7)(8) added (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120(1), Sch. 22 para. 29(15)(d) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3Modifications etc. (not altering text)C1Ss. 37–40 extended by S.I. 1984/863, reg. 3, Sch. 1C2S. 39 extended (2.12.1991) by S.I. 1991/2539, reg. 3, Sch.S. 39 amended (27.8.1993) by 1993 c. 12, ss. 40, 51(3), Sch. 3 Pt. 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