Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/56/part/IV/chapter/III
Timestamp: 2019-11-14 07:53:00
Document Index: 573426222

Matched Legal Cases: ['art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 2']

Changes and effects yet to be applied to Part IV Chapter III:
C1Pt. IV Ch. III (ss. 118-141) amended (27.8.1993) by 1993 c. 12, ss. 40, 51(2), Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 8 (with ss. 42, 46).
130 Reference to [F7the Environment Agency] of agreements relating to special category effluent.E+W
(1)Where a sewerage undertaker and the owner or occupier of any trade premises are proposing to enter into an agreement under section 129 above with respect to, or to any matter connected with, the reception or disposal of any special category effluent, it shall be the duty of the undertaker to refer to [F7the Environment Agency] the questions—
(2)It shall be the duty of a sewerage undertaker where it has made a reference under this section not to give any consent or enter into any agreement with respect to any such operations as are mentioned in subsection (1)(a) above at any time before [F7the Environment Agency] serves notice on the undertaker of his determination on the reference.
[F8(7)If a sewerage undertaker fails, before giving any consent or entering into any agreement with respect to any such operations as are mentioned in paragraph (a) of subsection (1) above, to refer to the Environment Agency any question which he is required by that subsection to refer to the Agency, the undertaker shall be guilty of an offence and liable—
F7Words in s. 130(1)(2) and sidenote substituted (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120(1), Sch. 22 para. 108(1)(2) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3
F8S. 130(7)-(9) substituted (1.4.1996) for s. 130(5)(6) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120(1), Sch. 22 para. 108(1)(3) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3
(1)Where any person, as the owner or occupier of any trade premises, is (whether or not in accordance with a notice under section 132 below) for the time being a party to any agreement under section 129 above with respect to, or to any matter connected with, the reception or disposal of special category effluent, [F9the Environment Agency] may review the questions—
(2)Subject to subsection (3) below, [F9the Environment Agency] shall not review any question under this section unless—
(b)a period of more than two years has elapsed since the time, or last time, when notice of [F9the Environment Agency’s] determination on any reference or review relating to that agreement was served under section 132 below on the owner or occupier of the trade premises in question; or
F9Words in s. 131(1)(2)(b) and sidenote substituted (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120(1), Sch. 22 para. 109 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3
(a)any reference to [F10the Environment Agency] under section 120, 123 or 130 above; and
(b)any review by [F10the Environment Agency] under section 127 or 131 above.
(2)On a reference or review to which this section applies, it shall be the duty of [F10the Environment Agency], before determining the questions which are the subject-matter of the reference or review—
(a)to give an opportunity of making representations or objections to [F10the Environment Agency]—
(b)to consider any representations or objections which are duly made to [F11the Agency] with respect to those questions by a person to whom [F11the Agency] is required to give such an opportunity and which are not withdrawn.
(3)On determining any question on a reference or review to which this section applies, [F10the Environment Agency] shall serve notice on the sewerage undertaker in question and on the person specified in subsection (2)(a)(ii) above.
(c)that [F10the Environment Agency] has no objection to those discharges or operations and does not intend to impose any requirements as to the conditions on which they are made or carried out.
(6)Nothing in subsection (1) or (2) of section 121 above shall be construed as restricting the power of [F10the Environment Agency], by virtue of subsection (4)(b) above, to specify such conditions as [F12the Agency] considers appropriate in a notice under this section.
(8)[F10the Environment Agency] shall send a copy of every notice served under this section to the Director.
F10Words in s. 132(1)(a)(b)(2)(a)(3)(4)(c)(6)(8) substituted (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120(1), Sch. 22 para. 110(1)(2) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3
F11Words in s. 132(2)(b) substituted (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120(1), Sch. 22 para. 110(1)(3) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3
F12Words in s. 132(6) substituted (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120(1), Sch. 22 para. 110(1)(4) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I 1996/186, art. 3
F13S. 132(7) repealed (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120(1)(3), Sch. 22 para. 110(1)(5), Sch. 24 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3
[F14(5)A sewerage undertaker which fails to perform its duty under subsection (1) above shall be guilty of an offence and liable—
F14S. 133(5)(6) substituted (1.4.1996) for s. 133(4) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120(1), Sch. 22 para. 111 (with s. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3
(1)Subject to subsection (2) below, [F15the Environment Agency] shall be liable to pay compensation to the relevant person in respect of any loss or damage sustained by that person as a result of any notice under section 132 above containing [F15the Environment Agency’s] determination on a review which—
(2)[F15the Environment Agency] shall not be required to pay any compensation under this section if the determination in question is shown to have been given in consequence of—
(b)consideration by [F15the Environment Agency] of material information which was not reasonably available to [F16the Agency] at that time.
F15Words in s. 134(1)(2)(b) substituted (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120(1), Sch. 22 para. 112(a) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3
F16Words in s. 134(2)(b) substituted (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120(1), Sch. 22 para. 112(b) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3
[135AF17Power of the Environment Agency to acquire information for the purpose of its functions in relation to special category effluent.E+W
F17S. 135A inserted (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120(1), Sch. 22 para. 113 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3
(2)The decision of the High Court on a special case under this section shall be deemed to be a judgment of the Court within the meaning of section 16 of the [F18Senior Courts Act 1981](which relates to the jurisdiction of the Court of Appeal); but no appeal to the Court of Appeal shall be brought by virtue of this subsection except with the leave of the High Court or of the Court of Appeal.
F18Words in s. 137(2) substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 59, 148(1), Sch. 11 para. 1(2); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)
(1)Subject to [F19subsections (1A) and] (2) below, trade effluent shall be special category effluent for the purposes of this Chapter if—
[F20(1A)If trade effluent is produced, or to be produced, by operating [F21any Part A installation or Part A mobile plant or otherwise carrying on any Part A activity] , the operation or carrying on of which requires a permit, that effluent shall not be special category effluent for the purposes of this Chapter as from the determination date relating to the installation, plant or activity in question.
and in this paragraph the references to an appeal are references to an appeal under [F22the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010];
[F23(aa)the expressions “Part A activity”, “Part A installation” and “Part A mobile plant” have the same meaning as in [F24those Regulations];]
(b)“permit” means a permit [F25granted under [F26those Regulations]].]
(4)[F27In subsection (2) and (3) above]—
F19Words in s. 138(1) substituted (1.8.2000) by S.I. 2000/1973, reg. 39, Sch. 10 para. 8(a)
F20S. 138(1A)(1B) inserted (1.8.2000) by S.I. 2000/1973, reg. 39, Sch. 10 para. 8(b)
F21Words in s. 138(1A) substituted (6.4.2008) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3538), reg. 73, Sch. 21 para. 20(2)
F22Words in s. 138(1B)(a) substituted (6.4.2010) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/675), reg. 1(1)(b), Sch. 26 para. 7(a) (with reg. 1(2), Sch. 4)
F23S. 138(1B)(aa) inserted (6.4.2008) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3538), reg. 73, Sch. 21 para. 20(4)
F24Words in s. 138(1B)(aa) substituted (6.4.2010) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/675), reg. 1(1)(b), Sch. 26 para. 7(b) (with reg. 1(2), Sch. 4)
F25Words in s. 138(1B)(b) substituted (6.4.2008) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3538), reg. 73, Sch. 21 para. 20(5)
F26Words in s. 138(1B)(b) substituted (6.4.2010) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/675), reg. 1(1)(b), Sch. 26 para. 7(b) (with reg. 1(2), Sch. 4)
F27Words in s. 138(4) substituted (1.8.2000) by S.I. 2000/1973, reg. 39, Sch. 10 para. 8(c)