Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/cy/ukpga/1985/48
Timestamp: 2019-10-20 10:19:14
Document Index: 29294534

Matched Legal Cases: ['art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 8', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 8', 'art. 2', 'art. 8', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 2', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 2', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 2', 'art. 4', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 2', 'art. 3', 'art. 2', 'art. 4', 'art 4', 'art. 2', 'art. 8', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 4', 'art. 2', 'art. 4', 'art. 4', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art 9', 'art. 3', 'art 10', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 8', 'art. 2', 'art. 8', 'art. 2', 'art. 4', 'art. 7', 'art. 5', 'art. 2', 'art. 8', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 8', 'art. 2', 'art. 3', 'art.2', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 1', 'art. 1', 'art. 1', 'art. 2', 'art. 1', 'art. 21', 'art. 2', 'art. 1', 'art. 6', 'art. 3', 'art. 4', 'art. 3', 'art. 1', 'art. 2', 'art. 3', 'art. 4', 'art. 4', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 51', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 8', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 2', 'art. 8', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 1', 'art. 6', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 1', 'art. 21', 'art. 3', 'art. 1', 'art. 51', 'art. 2', 'art. 3', 'art. 2', 'art. 8', 'art. 2', 'art. 8', 'art. 4', 'art. 2', 'art. 1', 'art. 2', 'art. 5', 'art. 4', 'art. 90', 'art. 4', 'art. 7', 'art. 4', 'art. 6', 'art. 4', 'art. 6', 'art. 1']

Newidiadau dros amser i: Food and Environment Protection Act 1985
21/05/1991- Amendment
30/06/1996- Amendment
Ar hyn o bryd nid oes unrhyw effeithiau heb eu gweithredu yn hysbys ar gyfer y Food and Environment Protection Act 1985.
PART IU.K. CONTAMINATION OF FOOD
Emergency orders etc.U.K.
C2S. 1(1) amended (1.4.2000) by 1999 c. 28, s. 17(1)(a), (with s. 38); S.I. 2000/1066, art. 2
C3S. 1(1) functions made exercisable concurrently or jointly with the Welsh Ministers by 2006 c. 32, Sch. 3A para. 1 (as inserted (1.4.2018) by Wales Act 2017 (c. 4), s. 71(4), Sch. 4 para. 1 (with Sch. 7 paras. 1, 6); S.I. 2017/1179, reg. 3(p))
2 Powers of Ministers when emergency order has been made.U.K.
(1)[F13A designating authority][F14or the Food Standards Agency] may consent, either unconditionally or subject to any condition that [F15the authority giving the consent] considers appropriate, to the doing in a particular case of anything prohibited by an emergency order.
(3)[F13A designating authority][F16or the Food Standards Agency]—
(a)may give any person such directions as appear to [F17the authority giving the directions] to be necessary or expedient for the purpose of preventing human consumption of food which [F17the authority giving the directions] believes, on reasonable grounds, is, or may be, or may become, unsuitable for human consumption in consequence of [F18designated circumstances]; and
(b)may do anything which appears to [F13 the designating authority][F19or the Agency (as the case may be)]to be necessary or expedient for that purpose ;
(5)If [F13a designating authority][F20or the Food Standards Agency]does anything by virtue of this section in consequence of a failure on the part of any person to comply with such a direction, [F21the authority taking that action] may recover from that person any expenses reasonably incurred by [F22that authority] under this section.
(6)If [F13a designating authority][or the Food Standards Agency]does anything by virtue of this section in consequence of any person causing or permitting another person to fail to comply with such a direction, [F21the authority taking that action] may recover from the person who caused or permitted the failure to comply any expenses reasonably incurred by [F22that authority] under this section.
[F23(7)In the application of this section to Scotland, the references to the Food Standards Agency are to be ignored.]
F13Words in s. 2 substituted (30.6.1999) by S.I. 1999/1756, art. 2, Sch. para. 10(5) (with art. 8); S.I. 1998/3178
F14Words in s. 2(1) inserted (1.4.2000) by 1999 c. 28, s. 40(1)(2), Sch. 5 para. 6(4)(a)(i) (with ss. 38, 40(2)); S.I. 2000/1066, art. 2
F15Words in s. 2(1) substituted (1.4.2000) by 1999 c. 28, s. 40(1)(2), Sch. 5 para. 6(4)(a)(ii) (with ss. 38, 40(2)); S.I. 2000/1066, art. 2
F16Words in s. 2(3) inserted (1.4.2000) by 1999 c. 28, s. 40(1)(2), Sch. 5 para. 6(4)(b)(i) (with ss. 38, 40(2)); S.I. 2000/1066, art. 2
F17Words in s. 2(3) substituted (1.4.2000) by 1999 c. 28, s. 40(1)(2), Sch. 5 para. 6(4)(b)(ii) (with ss. 38, 40(2)); S.I. 2000/1066, art. 2
F18Words substituted (retrosp.) by Food Safety Act 1990 (c. 16, SIF 53:1, 2), ss. 51(1)(2)(d), 54
F19Words in s. 2 inserted (1.4.2000) by 1999 c. 28, s. 40(1)(2), Sch. 5 para. 6(4)(b)(iii) (with ss. 38, 40(2)); S.I. 2000/1066, art. 2
F20Words in s. 2(5)(6) inserted (1.4.2000) by 1999 c. 28, s. 40(1)(2), Sch. 5 para. 6(4)(c)(i) (with ss. 38, 40(2)); S.I. 2000/1066, art. 2
F21Words in s. 2(5)(6) substituted (1.4.2000) by 1999 c. 28, s. 40(1)(2), Sch. 5 para. 6(4)(c)(ii) (with ss. 38, 40(2)); S.I. 2000/1066, art. 2
F22Words in s. 2(5)(6) substituted (1.4.2000) by 1999 c. 28, ss. 40(1)(2), Sch. 5 para. 6(4)(c)(iii) (with ss. 38, 40(2)); S.I. 2000/1066, art. 2
F23S. 2(7) inserted (S.) (1.4.2015) by Food (Scotland) Act 2015 (asp 1), s. 63(2), Sch. para. 2(3) (with s. 62); S.S.I. 2015/99, art. 2
C4S. 2 amended (1.4.2000) by 1999 c. 28, s. 18, Sch. 3 Pt. III para. 16(2) (with s. 38); S.I. 2000/1066, art. 2
Investigation and enforcementU.K.
3 Authorisation of investigating officers and enforcement officers.U.K.
(1)[F24A designating authority] may authorise—
(2)[F24A designating authority] may authorise an investigating officer or an enforcement officer who is not an officer of his department to perform any [F25the designating authority’s] functions under this Part of this Act which he could perform if it were an officer of the department ; and an officer performing such functions in pursuance of such an authorisation is to be treated in relation to their performance as if he were an officer of the department.
F24Words in s. 3 substituted (30.6.1999) by S.I. 1999/1756, art. 2, Sch. para. 10(6) (with art. 8); S.I. 1998/3178
F25Words in s. 3 substituted (30.6.1999) by S.I. 1999/1756, art. 2, Sch. para. 10(6) (with art. 8); S.I. 1998/3178
C5S. 3(1)(2) functions made exercisable concurrently or jointly with the Welsh Ministers by 2006 c. 32, Sch. 3A para. 1 (as inserted (1.4.2018) by Wales Act 2017 (c. 4), s. 71(4), Sch. 4 para. 1 (with Sch. 7 paras. 1, 6); S.I. 2017/1179, reg. 3(p))
4 Powers of officers.U.K.
(1)An investigating officer may enter land, vehicle, vessel, aircraft, hovercraft or marine structure—
is, or may be, or may become, unsuitable for human consumption in consequence of [F26such circumstances as are mentioned in section 1(1) above]; or
(ii)which is, or may be, or may become, do affected by [F27designated circumstances] as to be unsuitable for human consumption; or
(ii)which is, or may be, or may become, so affected by [F27designated circumstances] as to cause any food derived from it to be unsuitable for human consumption.
F26Words substituted(retrosp.) by Food Safety Act 1990 (c. 16, SIF 53:1, 2), ss. 51(1)(2)(e), 54
F27Words substituted (retrosp.) by Food Safety Act 1990 (c. 16, SIF 53:1, 2), ss. 51(1)(2)(f), 54
PART IIU.K. DEPOSITS IN THE SEA
C6Pt. II modified (1.3.1995) by S.R. 1995/12, reg. 9
LicensingU.K.
5 Requirement of licences for deposit of substances and articles in the sea etc.U.K.
Subject to the following provisions of this Part of this Act, a licence under this Part of this Act is needed—
(a)for the deposit of substances or articles within [F28 the Scottish inshore region ], either in the sea or under the seabed—
(c)(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F30
(i)in [F31 the Scottish inshore region ]; F32...
F32(ii). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(iii). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F33
(f)for the loading of a vessel, aircraft, hovercraft, marine structure or floating container in [F34 Scotland or the Scottish inshore region ] with substances or articles for deposit anywhere in the sea or under the sea-bed ;
(g)for the loading of a vehicle in [F35 Scotland ] with substances or articles for deposit from that vehicle as mentioned in paragraph (a) F36. . . above ; and
(h)for the towing or propelling from [F37 Scotland or the Scottish inshore region ] of a vessel for scuttling anywhere at sea.
F28Words in s. 5(a) substituted (6.4.2011) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), s. 324(3), Sch. 8 para. 2(2)(a) (with ss. 111, 323(6), Sch. 9 Pts. 3); S.I. 2011/556, art. 3(2)(a)
F29S. 5(b) repealed (6.4.2011) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), s. 324(3), Sch. 8 para. 2(2)(b), Sch. 22 Pt. 2 (with ss. 111, 323(6), Sch. 9 Pts. 3); S.I. 2011/556, art. 3(2)(a)(d)
F30S. 5(c)(d) repealed (1.4.2015 for S.) by Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43, SIF 46:4), ss. 146(2)(b), 162, Sch. 16 Pt. VIII; S.S.I. 2015/72, art. 2(3)
F31Words in s. 5(e)(i) substituted (6.4.2011) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), s. 324(3), Sch. 8 para. 2(2)(c) (with ss. 111, 323(6), Sch. 9 Pts. 3); S.I. 2011/556, art. 3(2)(a)
F32S. 5(e)(ii) and word repealed (6.4.2011) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), s. 324(3), Sch. 8 para. 2(2)(d), Sch. 22 Pt. 2 (with ss. 111, 323(6), Sch. 9 Pts. 3); S.I. 2011/556, art. 3(2)(a)(d)
F33S. 5(e)(iii) repealed (1.4.2015 for S.) by Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43, SIF 46:4), ss. 146(2)(c)(ii), 162, Sch. 16 Pt. VIII; S.S.I. 2015/72, art. 2(3)
F34Words in s. 5(f) substituted (6.4.2011) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), s. 324(3), Sch. 8 para. 2(2)(e) (with ss. 111, 323(6), Sch. 9 Pts. 3); S.I. 2011/556, art. 3(2)(a)
F35Word in s. 5(g) substituted (6.4.2011) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), s. 324(3), Sch. 8 para. 2(2)(f) (with ss. 111, 323(6), Sch. 9 Pts. 3); S.I. 2011/556, art. 3(2)(a)
F36Words in s. 5(g) repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt.II
F37Words in s. 5(h) substituted (6.4.2011) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), s. 324(3), Sch. 8 para. 2(2)(g) (with ss. 111, 323(6), Sch. 9 Pts. 3); S.I. 2011/556, art. 3(2)(a)
C7S. 5 power to transfer functions conferred (1.12.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 22(1)(c)(5), Sch. 3 Pt. I, para. 4(1)(a) (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2789, art. 2
S.5 amended (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/1750, art. 4, Sch. 3 (with s. 7); S.I. 1998/3178
C8S. 5 excluded (22.7.2008) by Crossrail Act 2008 (c. 18), Sch. 14 para. 9
6 Requirement for licences for incineration at sea etc.U.K.
(1)Subject to the following provisions of this Part of this Act, a licence is needed—
(i)in [F38 the Scottish inshore region ]; F39...
F39(ii). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(iii). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F40
(b)for the loading of a vessel or marine structure in [F41 Scotland or the Scottish inshore region ] with substances or articles for incineration anywhere at sea.
F38Words in s. 6(1)(a)(i) substituted (6.4.2011) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), s. 324(3), Sch. 8 para. 2(3)(a) (with ss. 111, 323(6), Sch. 9 Pts. 3); S.I. 2011/556, art. 3(2)(a)
F39S. 6(1)(a)(ii) and word repealed (6.4.2011) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), s. 324(3), Sch. 8 para. 2(3)(b), Sch. 22 Pt. 2 (with ss. 111, 323(6), Sch. 9 Pts. 3); S.I. 2011/556, art. 3(2)(a)(d)
F40S. 6(1)(a)(iii) repealed (1.4.2015 for S.) by Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43, SIF 46:4), ss. 146(3)(b), 162, Sch. 16 Pt. VIII; S.S.I. 2015/72, art. 2(3)
F41Words in s. 6(1)(b) substituted (6.4.2011) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), s. 324(3), Sch. 8 para. 2(3)(c) (with ss. 111, 323(6), Sch. 9 Pts. 3); S.I. 2011/556, art. 3(2)(a)
C9S. 6 power to transfer functions conferred (1.12.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 22(1)(c)(5), Sch. 3 Pt. I, para. 4(1)(a) (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2789, art. 2
S. 6 amended (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/1750, art. 4, Sch. 3 (with s. 7); S.I. 1998/3178
[F426A.A licence under this Part of this Act is needed for an operation only if it is an operation to which, by virtue of section 34 of the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010, Part 4 of that Act does not apply.]
F42S. 6A inserted (S.) (6.4.2011) by The Marine (Scotland) Act 2010 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Order 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/202), arts. 1, 10
7 Exemptions.U.K.
(1)[F43A licensing authority may]by order made by statutory instrument specify operations—
[F44(3A)A licensing authority—
F43Words in s. 7(1) substituted (30.6.1999) by S.I. 1999/1756, art. 2, Sch. 10(7) (with art. 8)
F44S. 7(3A) inserted (1.4.2000) by 1999 c. 28, s. 18, Sch. 3 Pt. III para. 16(3) (with s. 38); S.I. 2000/1066, art. 2
C10S. 7 power to transfer functions conferred (1.12.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 22(1)(c)(5), Sch. 3 Pt. I, para. 4(1)(a) (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2789, art. 2
S. 7 amended (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/1750, art. 4, Sch. 3 (with s. 7); S.I. 1998/3178
[F457A Application of Part II: further provisions.U.K.
[F46(1)]Nothing in this Part of this Act shall apply to anything done—
[F47(2)Nothing in this Part of this Act applies to anything done in the course of carrying on an activity for which a licence under section 4 or 18 of the Energy Act 2008 is required (gas unloading, storage and recovery, and carbon dioxide storage).
(4)Subsection (2) does not apply in relation to anything done in the course of carrying out an activity for which a licence under section 4 of the Energy Act 2008 is required in, under or over [F48 the Scottish inshore region. ]
F49( 5 ). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]
F45S. 7A inserted (15.2.1999) by 1998 c. 17, s. 50, Sch. 4 para. 20 (with Sch. 3 para. 5(1)); S.I. 1999/161, art. 2(1)
F46S. 7A(1): s. 7A renumbered as s. 7A(1) (6.4.2009) by Energy Act 2008 (c. 32), s. 110(2), Sch. 1 para. 2(a); S.I. 2009/45, art. 4(a)(iii)
F47S. 7A(2)-(5) inserted (6.4.2009) by Energy Act 2008 (c. 32), s. 110(2), Sch. 1 para. 2(b); S.I. 2009/45, art. 4(a)(iii)
F48Words in s. 7A(4) substituted for s. 7A(4)(a)(b) (6.4.2011) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), s. 324(3), Sch. 8 para. 2(4)(a) (with ss. 111, 323(6), Sch. 9 Pts. 3); S.I. 2011/556, art. 3(2)(a)
F49S. 7A(5) repealed (6.4.2011) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), s. 324(3), Sch. 8 para. 2(4)(b), Sch. 22 Pt. 2 (with ss. 111, 323(6), Sch. 9 Pts. 3); S.I. 2011/556, art. 3(2)(a)(d)
8 Licences.U.K.
(1)In determining whether to issue a licence a licensing authority—
(b)may include in a licence which only authorises operations such as are mentioned in section 5(f) or (h) above or section 6(1)(b) above provisions requiring that any operation of deposit, scuttling or incineration which is mentioned in it shall take place at a specified site, whether in [F50 the Scottish inshore region ] or not.
(6)Where automatic recording equipment is used in accordance with a provision included in a licence by virtue of subsection (4)(a) above, any record produced by means of the equipment shall, in any proceedings under this Part of this Act, be F51... sufficient evidence, of the matters appearing from the record.
[F52(11A)The matters to which a licensing authority is to have regard in exercising powers under this section include any advice or information given to that authority by the Food Standards Agency (whether of a general nature or in relation to the exercise of a power in a particular case).
F50Words in s. 8(4)(b) substituted (6.4.2011) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), s. 324(3), Sch. 8 para. 2(5)(a) (with ss. 111, 323(6), Sch. 9 Pts. 3); S.I. 2011/556, art. 3(2)(a)
F51Words in s. 8(6) repealed (6.4.2011) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), s. 324(3), Sch. 8 para. 2(5)(b), Sch. 22 Pt. 2 (with ss. 111, 323(6), Sch. 9 Pts. 3); S.I. 2011/556, art. 3(2)(a)(d)
F52S. 8(11A)(11B) inserted (1.4.2000) by 1999 c. 28, s. 18, Sch. 3 Pt. III para. 16(4) (with s. 38); S.I. 2000/1066, art. 2
C11S. 8 power to transfer functions conferred (1.12.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 22(1)(c)(5), Sch. 3 Pt.I, para. 4(1)(a) (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2789, art. 2
C12S. 8(9) applied (with modifications) (24.6.2007) by The Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1518), regs. 1, 3(4)
[F538AElectronic communications apparatus: operations in tidal waters etcU.K.
(1)The Scottish Ministers must not issue a licence to carry out any operation which amounts to, or involves the exercise of, a right conferred by [F54Part 9 of Schedule 3A of the Communications Act 2003 (the electronic communications code)] unless they are satisfied that adequate compensation arrangements have been made.
(2)For the purposes of subsection (1) “adequate compensation arrangements” are adequate arrangements for compensating any persons—
(a)who appear to the Scottish Ministers to be owners of interests in the tidal water or lands on, under or over which the right is to be exercised,
(b)for any loss or damage sustained by those persons in consequence of the operation being carried out.]
F53S. 8A inserted (6.4.2011) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), s. 324(3), Sch. 8 para. 5 (with ss. 111, 323(6)); S.I. 2011/556, art. 3(2)(a)
F54Words in s. 8A(1) substituted (28.12.2017) by Digital Economy Act 2017 (c. 30), s. 118(6), Sch. 3 para. 22; S.I. 2017/1286, reg. 2(d)
Offences relating to licensing system etc.U.K.
9 Offences relating to licensing system.U.K.
(1)Subject to subsections (3) [F55 , (4) ] [F56 and (8) ]below, a person who—
F57(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F57(7). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[F58(8)It shall be a defence for a person charged with an offence under subsection (1) in relation to any operation to prove that—
(a)for the purposes of [F59Part 10 of Schedule 3A of the Communications Act 2003 (the electronic communications code)] (undertaker's works), the person is the operator or a relevant undertaker, and
F60...]
F55Word in s. 9(1) substituted (6.4.2011) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), s. 324(3), Sch. 8 para. 2(6)(a) (with ss. 111, 323(6), Sch. 9 Pts. 3); S.I. 2011/556, art. 3(2)(a)
F56Words in s. 9(1) inserted (6.4.2011) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), s. 324(3), Sch. 8 para. 6(2) (with ss. 111, 323(6)); S.I. 2011/556, art. 3(2)(a)
F57S. 9(5)-(7) repealed (6.4.2011) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), s. 324(3), Sch. 8 para. 2(6)(b), Sch. 22 Pt. 2 (with ss. 111, 323(6), Sch. 9 Pts. 3); S.I. 2011/556, art. 3(2)(a)(d)
F58S. 9(8) inserted (6.4.2011) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), s. 324(3), Sch. 8 para. 6(3) (with ss. 111, 323(6)); S.I. 2011/556, art. 3(2)(a)
F59Words in s. 9(8)(a) substituted (28.12.2017) by Digital Economy Act 2017 (c. 30), s. 118(6), Sch. 3 para. 23(a); S.I. 2017/1286, reg. 2(d)
F60Words in s. 9(8) omitted (28.12.2017) by virtue of Digital Economy Act 2017 (c. 30), s. 118(6), Sch. 3 para. 23(b); S.I. 2017/1286, reg. 2(d)
C13S. 9 power to transfer functions conferred (1.12.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 22(1)(c)(5), Sch. 3 Pt. I, para. 4(1)(a) (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2789, art. 2
10 Power to take remedial action.U.K.
(1)[F61A licensing authority] may carry out any operation which appears to him to be necessary or expedient for the purpose of protecting the marine environment, the living resources which it supports and human health, or of preventing interference with legitimate use of the sea, in any case where anything for which a licence is needed appears to have been done otherwise than in pursuance of a licence and in accordance with its provisions.
(2)If [F62a licensing authority]carries out an operation under subsection (1) above, he may recover any expenses reasonably incurred by him in carrying it out from any person who has been convicted of an offence in consequence of the act or omission which made it appear to [the licensing authority] to be necessary or expedient to carry out the operation.
F61Words in s. 10(1) substituted (30.6.1999) by S.I. 1999/1756, art. 2, Sch. para. 10(8)(a) (with art. 8); S.I. 1998/3178
F62Words in s. 10(2) substituted (30.6.1999) by S.I. 1999/1756, art. 2, Sch. para. 10(8)(b) (with art. 8); S.I. 1998/3178
C14S. 10 power to transfer functions conferred (1.12.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 22(1)(c)(5), Sch. 3 Pt. I, para. 4(1)(a) (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2789, art. 2
S. 10 amended (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/1750, art. 4, Sch 3 ( with art. 7); S.I. 1998/3178
C15S. 10 continued (S.) (6.4.2011) by The Marine (Scotland) Act 2010 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Order 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/202), arts. 1, 7
C16S. 10(1) modified (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/672, art. 5, Sch. 2
11 Powers of officers.U.K.
(1)[F63Alicensing authority] may authorise any person, subject to such limitations as may be specified in the instrument authorising him, to enforce this Part of this Act; and the following provisions of this Act shall be construed, in reference to a person so authorised, as subject to any such limitations.
(a)land and vehicles in [F64 Scotland ];
[F65(b)vessels, aircraft, hovercraft and marine structures in Scotland or within the Scottish inshore region,]
(3)A person so authorised may board [F66 any vessel within the Scottish inshore region ]
F63Words in s. 11(1) substituted (30.6.1999) by S.I. 1999/1756, art. 2, Sch. para. 10(9) (with art. 8); S.I. 1998/3178
F64Word in s. 11(2)(a) substituted (6.4.2011) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), s. 324(3), Sch. 8 para. 2(7)(a)(i) (with ss. 111, 323(6), Sch. 9 Pts. 3); S.I. 2011/556, art. 3(2)(a)
F65S. 11(2)(b) substituted for s. 11(2)(b)(c) (6.4.2011) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), s. 324(3), Sch. 8 para. 2(7)(a)(ii) (with ss. 111, 323(6), Sch. 9 Pts. 3); S.I. 2011/556, art. 3(2)(a)
F66Words in s. 11(3) substituted for s. 11(2)(a)(b) (6.4.2011) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), s. 324(3), Sch. 8 para. 2(7)(b) (with ss. 111, 323(6), Sch. 9 Pts. 3); S.I. 2011/556, art. 3(2)(a)
C17S. 11 power to transfer functions conferred (1.12.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 22(1)(c)(5), Sch. 3 Pt. I, para. 4(1)(a) (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2789, art. 2
12 Enforcement of Conventions.U.K.
(1)[F67Alicensing authority] by order made by statutory instrument—
F67Words in s. 12(1) substituted (30.6.1999) by S.I. 1999/1756, art. 2, Sch. para. 10(10) (with art. 8); S.I. 1998/3178
C18S. 12 power to transfer functions conferred (1.12.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 22(1)(c)(5), Sch. 3 Pt. I, para. 4(1)(a) (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2789, art. 2
13 Powers of Ministers to test and to charge for testing.U.K.
(1)At the request of any person either of the Ministers may conduct tests for the purpose of ascertaining the probable effect on the marine environment and the living resources which it supports of using for the purpose of treating oil on the surface of the sea any substance produced for that purpose.
C19S. 13 power to transfer functions conferred (1.12.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 22(1)(c)(5), Sch. 3 Pt. I, para. 4(1)(a) (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2789, art. 3
C20S. 13 functions made exercisable concurrently or jointly with the Welsh Ministers by 2006 c. 32, Sch. 3A para. 1 (as inserted (1.4.2018) by Wales Act 2017 (c. 4), s. 71(4), Sch. 4 para. 1 (with Sch. 7 paras. 1, 6); S.I. 2017/1179, reg. 3(p))
[F6814 Duty of licensing authority to keep public registers of information.U.K.
(1)It shall be the duty of each licensing authority, as respects licences for which it is the licensing authority, to maintain, in accordance with regulations, a register containing prescribed particulars of or relating to—
(7) In this section “ prescribed ” means prescribed in regulations.
F68S. 14 substituted (31.5.1991) by Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43, SIF 46:4), s. 147, S.I. 1991/1319, art.2
C21S. 14 extended (with modifications) (22.8.1997) by S.I. 1997/1770, art. 3
C22S. 14 extended (with modifications) (22.8.1997) by S.I. 1997/1771, art. 3
C23S. 14 power to transfer functions conferred (1.12.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 22(1)(c)(5), Sch. 3 Pt. I, para. 4(1)(a) (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2789, art. 2
15 Repeal of Dumping at Sea Act 1974, consequential amendments and transitional provisions.U.K.
(1)The M1Dumping at Sea Act 1974 is hereby repealed.
(4)The enactments to which subsection (3) above applies are—
[F69(a) sections 31(2)( b )(iii) and 32(4)( b ) of the Control of Pollution Act M2 1974; ]
F70(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F69S. 15(4)(a) repealed (E.W.) by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), s. 190(3), Sch. 27 Pt. I, (with ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 163, 189(4)–(10), 190, 193(1), Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 41(1), 57(6), 58)
F70S. 15 (4)(b) repealed (15.2.1999) by 1998 c. 17, s. 51, Sch. 5 Pt. I (with Sch. 3 para. 5(1)); S.I. 1999/161, art. 2(1)
C24S. 15 power to transfer functions conferred (1.12.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 22(1)(c)(5), Sch. 3 Pt. I, para. 4(1)(a) (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2789, art. 2
M11974 c. 20.
M21974 c. 40
M31981 c. 53.
M41975 c. 8.
M51976 c. 57.
Part IIIU.K. Pesticides Etc.
16 Control of pesticides etc.U.K.
(1)The provisions of this Part of this Act shall have effect—
either of the Ministers [F71and any local authority]shall have power—
(v)to direct some other person to take such remedial action as appears to the Minister [F72or local authority]to be necessary as a result of the contravention;
[F73(j)provide for information to be made available to the public, subject to—
[F74(2A)In subsection (2)—
(a) in paragraph (g), “ local authority ” has the same meaning as in section 19; and
(b) in paragraph (j), “ information ” means any information which has been supplied to a government department or other authority at any time for the purposes of, or otherwise in connection with—
F76(8). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F77(9). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[F78(9A)The Ministers—
(10)If it appears to the Ministers that regulations which they contemplate making are likely to affect the health or safety of persons at work, it shall be their duty to consult [F79the Health and Safety Executive] concerning them.
[F80(13A)If either of the Ministers does anything by virtue of this Part of this Act in consequence of a failure on the part of any person to comply with regulations, he may recover from that person expenses reasonably incurred by him in doing it.]
(c)[F81 under section 22(2)(b) of the M9 Welfare of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 1972, ]
F71Words in s. 16(2)(g) inserted (9.9.1998) by 1998 c. 26, ss. 1(1)(2)(a), 3(b)
F72Words in s. 16(2)(g) inserted (9.9.1998) by 1998 c. 26, ss. 1(1)(2)(b), 3(b)
F73S. 16(2)(j) substituted (9.9.1998) by 1998 c. 26, ss. 1(1)(3), 3(b)
F74S. 16(2A) inserted (9.9.1998) by 1998 c. 26, ss. 1(1)(4), 3(b)
F75S. 16(7) repealed (27.3.2015) by The Public Bodies (Abolition of the Advisory Committees on Pesticides) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/978), art. 1(2), Sch. Pt. 1
F76S. 16(8) repealed (27.3.2015) by The Public Bodies (Abolition of the Advisory Committees on Pesticides) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/978), art. 1(2), Sch. Pt. 1
F77S. 16(9) repealed (27.3.2015) by The Public Bodies (Abolition of the Advisory Committees on Pesticides) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/978), art. 1(2), Sch. Pt. 1
F78S.19(9A) inserted (1.4.2000) by 1999 c. 28, s. 18, Sch. 3 Pt. III para. 16(5) (with s. 38); S.I. 2000/1066, art. 2
F79Words in s. 16(10) substituted (1.4.2008) by Legislative Reform (Health and Safety Executive) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/960), art. 1, Sch. 3 (with art. 21, Sch. 2)
F80S. 16(13A) inserted by Pesticides (Fees and Enforcement) Act 1989 (c. 27, SIF 46:4), s. 1(2)
F81S. 16(14)(c) repealed (N.I.) (2.4.2012) by Welfare of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 16), s. 59, Sch. 5 (with ss. 1(2), 52(1), 53, 54); S.R. 2012/154, art. 2(b), Sch. 2
C25S. 16 transfer of functions (23.3.2005) by Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers etc.) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/849), art. 1, Sch. (with art. 6)
C26S. 16 functions transferred (W.) (24.5.2018) by The Welsh Ministers (Transfer of Functions) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/644), arts. 1(1), 21(1)
C27S. 16(2)(j)(ii) functions modified (W.) (24.5.2018) by The Welsh Ministers (Transfer of Functions) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/644), arts. 1(1), 21(2)
C28S. 16(7) modified (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/1747, art. 3, Sch. 2 Pt. II para. 3; S.I. 1998/3178
M91972 c. 7. (N.I.).
[F82(8)In relation to the exercise by the Scottish Ministers of functions under this section–
F82S. 17(8) inserted (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/1820, art. 4, Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 81; S.I. 1998/3178 art. 3
C29S. 17 functions made exercisable concurrently or jointly with the Welsh Ministers by 2006 c. 32, Sch. 3A para. 1 (as inserted (1.4.2018) by Wales Act 2017 (c. 4), s. 71(4), Sch. 4 para. 1 (with Sch. 7 paras. 1, 6); S.I. 2017/1179, reg. 3(p))
[F8318 Payments for general purposes of Part III.U.K.
(1)Either of the Ministers may require an applicant for the approval of a pesticide under this Part of this Act, on making his application, to pay a fee as a contribution to the cost of handling and evaluating it.
F83S. 18 substituted by Pesticides (Fees and Enforcement) Act 1989 (c. 27, SIF 46:4), s. 1(1)
C30S. 18 functions transferred (W.) (24.5.2018) by The Welsh Ministers (Transfer of Functions) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/644), arts. 1(1), 21(1)
C31S. 18 modified (1.1.2002) by S.I. 2001/3898, reg. 2
C32S. 18(3) functions modified (W.) (24.5.2018) by The Welsh Ministers (Transfer of Functions) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/644), arts. 1(1), 21(2)
[F84(1)Subject to the following provisions of this section, the powers conferred by this section (including Schedule 2 to this Act) (“the enforcement powers”) may be exercised—
[F85(6A)A notice under subsection (5) or (6) above may at any time be withdrawn by a person so authorised.
[F86(8) In this section “ local authority ” means—
F84S. 19(1)(1A)-(1D) substituted for s.19(1) by Pesticides (Fees and Enforcement) Act 1989 (c. 27, SIF 46:4), s. 2(1)(3)
F85S. 19 (6A)(6B) inserted (9.9.1998) by 1998 c. 26, ss. 2(1), 3(b)
F86S. 19(8) added by Pesticides (Fees and Enforcement) Act 1989 (c. 27, SIF 46:4), s. 2(2)(3)
C33S. 19 applied (with modifications) (E.W.S.) (17.4.1995) by S.I. 1995/887, reg. 24(1)
C34S. 19 applied (with modifications) (E.W.) (31.12.2003) by Plant Protection Products Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/3241), regs. 1, 24(1)
C35S. 19 applied (with modifications) (S.) (31.12.2003) by Plant Protection Products (Scotland) Regulations 2003 (S.S.I. 2003/579), regs. 1(1), 24
C36S. 19 applied (with modifications) (S.) (1.7.2005) by Plant Protection Products (Scotland) Regulations 2005 (S.S.I. 2005/331), regs. 1(1), 24 (with Sch. 4)
C37S. 19 applied (with modifications) (E.W.) (1.7.2005) by Plant Protection Products Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/1435), art. 1reg. 24
C38S. 19 applied (with modifications) (S.) (22.12.2005) by Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (Scotland) Regulations 2005 (S.S.I. 2005/599), regs. 1(1), 3(6)
C39S. 19 applied (with modifications) (E.W.) (22.12.2005) by Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (England and Wales) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3286), regs. 1(1), 3(6)
C40S. 19 applied (N.I.) (30.6.2006) by Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006/220), regs. 1, 3(6)
C41S. 19(5)(6) applied (17.6.1994) by S.I. 1993/3159, art. 2(2)(4), Sch. 1
M101972 c. 70(81:1).
M111973 c. 65(81:2).
Part IVU.K. General and Supplementary
20 Application to Crown etc.U.K.
(1)An emergency order operates in relation to land in the designated area in which there is a Crown interest or a Duchy interest.
21 Offences—penalties etc.U.K.
(1)A person guilty of an offence to which this subsection applies shall be liable—
(2)The offences to which subsection (1) above applies are offences under sections 1(6), [F87and 2(4)] above.
[F88(2A)A person guilty of an offence under section 9(1) shall be liable—
(a)on summary conviction, to [F89a fine of an amount not exceeding £50,000][F89a fine]; and
F90(8). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F87Words substituted by Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43, SIF 46:4), s. 146(6)(a)
F88S. 21(2A) inserted by Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43, SIF 46:4), s. 146(6)(b)
F89Words in s. 21(2A)(a) substituted (E.W.) (12.3.2015) by The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Fines on Summary Conviction) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/664), reg. 1(1), Sch. 4 para. 16 (with reg. 5(1))
F90S. 21(8) repealed (6.4.2011) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), s. 324(3), Sch. 8 para. 2(8), Sch. 22 Pt. 2 (with ss. 111, 323(6), Sch. 9 Pts. 3); S.I. 2011/556, art. 3(2)(a)(d)
C42S. 21 extended (with modifications) (22.8.1997) by S.I. 1997/1770, art. 4
C43S. 21(5) applied (with modifications) (E.W.) (22.12.2005) by Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (England and Wales) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3286), regs. 1(1), 3(6)
C44S. 21(5) applied (with modifications) (S.) (22.12.2005) by Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (Scotland) Regulations 2005 (S.S.I. 2005/599), regs. 1(1), 3(6)
C45S. 21(5) applied (N.I.) (30.6.2006) by Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006/220), regs. 1, 3(6)
22 General defence of due diligence.U.K.
(1)In any proceedings for an offence under this Act it is a defence for the person charged to prove that he took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid the commission of the offence.
C46S. 22 applied (with modifications) (1.2.2000) by S.I. 1999/3483, reg. 4(6)
S. 22 applied (1.2.2000) by S.S.I. 2000/22, art. 4(5)
C47S. 22 applied (with modifications) (E.W.) (22.12.2005) by Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (England and Wales) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3286), regs. 1(1), 3(6)
C48S. 22 applied (with modifications) (S.) (22.12.2005) by Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (Scotland) Regulations 2005 (S.S.I. 2005/599), regs. 1(1), 3(6)
C49S. 22 applied (N.I.) (30.6.2006) by Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006/220), regs. 1, 3(6)
23 Financial provisions.U.K.
(1)There shall be paid out of money provided by Parliament all sums required for the purpose of making payments on behalf of Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom to the international organisations.
“ agricultural ” is to be construed in accordance with section 109(3) of the Agriculture Act 1947, section 86(3) of the M12 Agriculture (Scotland) Act M13 1948 or section 43(1) of the M14 Agriculture Act (Northern Ireland) 1949;
“ British aircraft ” means an aircraft registered in the United Kingdom;
“ British fishery limits ” has the meaning assigned to it by the M15 Fishery Limits Act 1976;
“ British hovercraft ” means a hovercraft registered in the United Kingdom;
“ British marine structure ” means a marine structure owned by or leased to an individual residing in or a body corporate incorporated under the law of any part of the United Kingdom;
“ British sea-fishery officer ” means any person who by virtue of section 7 of the Sea Fisheries Act 1968 is a British sea-fishery officer for the purposes of the Sea Fisheries Acts;
“ British vessel ” means a vessel registered in the United Kingdom, or a vessel exempted from such registration under the [F92 Merchant Shipping Act 1995 ] ;
“ captain ”, in relation to a hovercraft, means the person who is designated by the operator to be in charge of it during any journey, or, failing such designation, the person who is for the time being lawfully in charge of it;
“ commander ”, in relation to an aircraft, means the member of the flight crew designated as commander of that aircraft by the operator, or, failing such designation, the person who is for the time being the pilot in command of the aircraft;
“ Convention State ” means a state which is a party to the London Convention or the Oslo Convention;
“ creature ” means any living organism other than a human being or a plant;
“ crops ” includes any form of vegetable produce;
“ designated area ” and “ designating authority ” have the meanings assigned to them by section 1(2) above;
[F94 “ designated circumstances ” ] has the meaning assigned to it by section 1(5) above;
“ emergency order ” and “ emergency prohibitions ” have the meanings assigned to them by section 1(2) above;
“ enforcement officer ” has the meaning assigned to it by section 3 above;
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F95
“ fish ” includes—
and “ fishing ” includes fishing for shellfish;
“ fishing boat ” means any vessel for the time being employed in fishing operations or any operations ancillary thereto;
[F96 “ food ” has the same meaning as in the Food Safety Act 1990. ]
“ human consumption ” includes use in the preparation of food for human consumption;
“ importation ” has the same meaning as in the Customs and Excise Acts 1979;
“ incineration ” has the meaning assigned to it by section 6 above;
“ international organisation ” means any organisation established in pursuance of Article XIV of the London Convention or Article 16 of the Oslo Convention;
“ investigating officer ” has the meaning assigned to it by section 3 above;
“ licence ” means a licence under Part II of this Act;
[F97“licensing authority” means,
F98( a ). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(i) as regards operations, so far as relating to oil and gas exploration and exploitation, to which a licence would relate and which would be, or have been, carried out in [F99 waters within the Scottish inshore region ] but lying outside controlled waters within the meaning of section 3OA(1) of the Control of Pollution Act 1974 F100 or which commence in Scotland, the Secretary of State;
(ii) as regards operations falling within the subject matter of Part VI of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 F101 , to which a licence would relate and which would be, or have been, carried out in [F102 the Scottish inshore region ] , the Secretary of State;
(iii) as regards any other operations to which a licence would relate and which would be, or have been, carried out in [F102 the Scottish inshore region ] or which commence in Scotland, the Secretary of State F103 ...; ]
“ the London Convention ” means the Convention on the Prevention of Maritime Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter concluded at London in December 1972;
“ marine structure ” means a platform or other man-made structure at sea, other than a pipe-line;
“ master ”, in relation to any vessel, includes the person for the time being in charge of the vessel;
“ the Ministers ” means the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State;
“ the Oslo Convention ” means the Convention for the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping from Ships and Aircraft concluded at Oslo in February 1972;
“ pest ”, “ pesticide ” and “ pesticide residue ” are to be construed in accordance with section 16 above;
“ plants ” means any form of vegetable matter, while it is growing and after it has been harvested, gathered, felled or picked, and in particular, but without prejudice to the generality of this definition, includes—
[F104 “ Scottish inshore region ” has the same meaning as in the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (see section 322 of that Act); ]
[F105“Scottish zone” has the meaning assigned to it by section 126(1) of the Scotland Act 1998;]
“ sea ” includes any area submerged at mean high water springs and also includes, so far as the tide flows at mean high water springs, an estuary or arm of the sea and the waters of any channel, creek, bay or river;
“ shellfish ” includes crustaceans and molluscs of any kind;
F106 . . .
F107 ...
“ vessel ” has the meaning assigned to [F92 “ship” by the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 ] .
F108( 2A ). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
( 3 )Any power conferred by this Act to make orders or regulations may be exercised—
F91 Words in s. 24(1) repealed (6.4.2011) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23) , s. 324(3) , Sch. 8 para. 2(9)(a) , Sch. 22 Pt. 2 (with ss. 111 , 323(6) , Sch. 9 Pts. 3 ); S.I. 2011/556 , art. 3(2)(a) (d)
F92 Words in s. 24(1) substituted (1.1.1996) by 1995 c. 21 , ss. 314(2) , 316(2) , Sch. 13 para. 75 (with s. 312(1))
F93 Words in s. 24(1) repealed (6.4.2011) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23) , s. 324(3) , Sch. 8 para. 2(9)(b) , Sch. 22 Pt. 2 (with ss. 111 , 323(6) , Sch. 9 Pts. 3 ); S.I. 2011/556 , art. 3(2)(a) (d)
F94 Words substituted by Food Safety Act 1990 (c. 16, SIF 53:1, 2) , s. 59(1) , Sch. 3 para. 29(a)
F95 Definition repealed by Food Safety Act 1990 (c. 16, SIF 53:1, 2) , s. 59(1)(4) , Sch. 3 para. 29(b) , Sch. 5 ; and expressed to be repealed (N.I.) (21.5.1991) by S.I. 1991/762 (N.I. 7) , art. 51(4) , Sch. 4 ; S.R. 1991/175 , art. 2(1) .
F96 Definition substituted by Food Safety Act 1990 (c. 16, SIF 53:1, 2) , ss. 54 , 59(1) , Sch. 3 para. 29(c)
F97 S. 24: definition of “licensing authority”substituted (30.6.1999) by S.I. 1999/1756 , art. 2 Sch. para. 10(11)(b) (with art. 8 ); S.I. 1998/3178
F98 Words in s. 24(1) repealed (6.4.2011) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23) , s. 324(3) , Sch. 8 para. 2(9)(c)(i) , Sch. 22 Pt. 2 (with ss. 111 , 323(6) , Sch. 9 Pts. 3 ); S.I. 2011/556 , art. 3(2)(a) (d)
F99 Words in s. 24(1) substituted (6.4.2011) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23) , s. 324(3) , Sch. 8 para. 2(9)(c)(ii) (with ss. 111 , 323(6) , Sch. 9 Pts. 3 ); S.I. 2011/556 , art. 3(2)(a)
F100 1974 c.40 . Section 3OA(1) was inserted by the Water Act 1989, (c. 15), Schedule 23.
F101 1995 c.21 .
F102 Words in s. 24(1) substituted (6.4.2011) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23) , s. 324(3) , Sch. 8 para. 2(9)(c)(iii) (with ss. 111 , 323(6) , Sch. 9 Pts. 3 ); S.I. 2011/556 , art. 3(2)(a)
F103 Words in s. 24(1) repealed (6.4.2011) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23) , s. 324(3) , Sch. 8 para. 2(9)(c)(iv) , Sch. 22 Pt. 2 (with ss. 111 , 323(6) , Sch. 9 Pts. 3 ); S.I. 2011/556 , art. 3(2)(a) (d)
F104 Words in s. 24(1) inserted (6.4.2011) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23) , s. 324(3) , Sch. 8 para. 2(9)(d) (with ss. 111 , 323(6) , Sch. 9 Pts. 3 ); S.I. 2011/556 , art. 3(2)(a)
F105 S. 24: definition of “Scottish Zone”inserted (30.6.1999) by S.I. 1999/1756 , art. 2 Sch. para. 10(11)(c) (with art. 8 ); S.I. 1998/3178
F106 Definitions of "the standard scale" and "the statutory maximum" repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50 , s. 1(1) , Sch. 1 Pt. XIV Group 2
F107 Words in s. 24(1) repealed (6.4.2011) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23) , s. 324(3) , Sch. 8 para. 2(9)(e) , Sch. 22 Pt. 2 (with ss. 111 , 323(6) , Sch. 9 Pts. 3 ); S.I. 2011/556 , art. 3(2)(a) (d)
F108 S. 24(2A) repealed (6.4.2011) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23) , s. 324(3) , Sch. 22 Pt. 2 ; S.I. 2011/556 , art. 3(2)(d)
C50 S. 24(3) transfer of functions (23.3.2005) by Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers etc.) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/849) , art. 1 , Sch. (with art. 6 )
M12 1948 c. 45 .
M13 1949 c. 2 . (N.I.).
M14 1949 c. 2 . (N.I.).
M15 1976 c. 86 .
25 Northern Ireland.U.K.
(1)It is hereby declared that this Act extends to Northern Ireland.
[F109(za)in section 1(2), in the definition of “designating authority”, for the words from “in relation” (in the first place they appear) to the end there is substituted “means the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland;”]
(a)subject to [F110paragraphs (ab) and] (b) below, for any reference [F111in Part III]to the Ministers or either of them there is substituted a reference to the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland;
[F112(ab)subject to paragraph (b) below, in section 16 for any reference to the Ministers or either of them there is substituted a reference to the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland and the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland acting jointly;]
(b)for any reference to the Ministers or either of them in section 16(2)(g) and (l) [F113, 16(13A)], 17, . . . F114 and 19(1) above there is substituted a reference to any Northern Ireland Department;
(e)in section 16(10), for the reference to the [F115the Health and Safety Executive] there is substituted a reference to the Health and Safety Agency for Northern Ireland; and
[F116(2A)In the application of section 16 as respects transferred matters in Northern Ireland, for subsection (6) of section 16 substitute—
(a) if contained in a statutory rule which includes any regulations made under section 2(2) of the M16 European Communities Act 1972, shall be subject to negative resolution within the meaning of section 41(6) of the M17 Interpretation Act Northern Ireland) 1954;
F117(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4)In section 20 above F118...—
[F119(4A)Section 24(1) above shall have effect in relation to Northern Ireland as if for the definition of “food” there were substituted the following definition—
F120 [ “food” has the same meaning as in the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 ]]
(5)An order or regulations made under this Act by a Northern Ireland department shall be a statutory rule for the purposes of the M18Statutory Rules (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 and references to a statutory instrument shall be construed accordingly.
(6)In this section “transferred matters” has the meaning assigned to it by section 43(2) of the M19Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973.
F109S. 25(2)(za) substituted (1.4.2000) by 1999 c. 28, s. 40(1), Sch. 5 para. 6(6)(a) (with ss. 38, 40(2)); S.I. 2000/1066, art. 2
F110Words in s. 25(2)(a) substituted (1.4.2000) by 1999 c. 28, s. 40(1), Sch. 5 para. 6(6)(b) (with ss. 38, 40(2)); S.I. 2000/1066, art. 2
F111Words in s. 25(2)(a) inserted (11.11.1999) by 1999 c. 28, ss. 40(1), 43(3), Sch. 5 para. 6(5)(a) (with ss. 38, 40(2))
F112S. 25(2)(ab) inserted (1.4.2000) by 1999 c. 28, s. 40(1), Sch. 5 para. 6(6)(c) (with ss. 38, 40(2)); S.I. 2000/1066, art. 2
F113 “, 16(13A)” inserted by Pesticides (Fees and Enforcement) Act 1989 (c. 27, SIF 46:4), s. 1(3)(a)
F114 “18(3)” repealed by Pesticides (Fees and Enforcement) Act 1989 (c. 27, SIF 46:4), s. 1(3)(b)
F115Words in s. 25(2)(e) substituted (1.4.2008) by Legislative Reform (Health and Safety Executive) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/960), art. 1, Sch. 3 (with art. 21, Sch. 2)
F116S. 25(2A) inserted (9.9.1998) by 1998 c. 26, ss. 1(1)(5), 3(b)
F117S. 25(3) repealed (6.4.2011) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), s. 324(3), Sch. 22 Pt. 2; S.I. 2011/556, art. 3(2)(d)
F118Words in s. 25(4) repealed (27.3.2015) by The Public Bodies (Abolition of the Advisory Committees on Pesticides) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/978), art. 1(2), Sch. Pt. 1
F119S. 25(4A) inserted by Food Safety Act 1990 (c. 16, SIF 53:1, 2), ss. 54, 59(1), Sch. 3 para. 30
F120Definition in s. 25(4A) substituted (N.I.) (21. 5.1991) by S.I. 1991/762, art. 51(1), Sch. 2 para. 15; S.R. 1991/175, art. 2(1).
M161972 c. 68.
M18S.I. 1979/1513 (N.I. 12).
M191973 c. 36.
F12126 Channel Islands etc.U.K.
F121S. 26 repealed (6.4.2011) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), s. 324(3), Sch. 22 Pt. 2; S.I. 2011/556, art. 3(2)(d)
F12227 Commencement.U.K.
F122S. 27 repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 2 Group 1
28 Short title.U.K.
This Act may be cited as the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985.
SCHEDULE 1U.K. Emergency Prohibitions
Part IU.K. Activities that may be Prohibited in a Designated Area
1An emergency order may prohibit any of the following in the designated area—
(a)agricultural activities;
(b)the gathering or picking of wild plants;
(c)the slaughter of creatures;
(d)fishing for and taking fish; and
(e)the preparation and processing for supply to purchasers or others of food and anything from which food could be derived.
Part IIU.K. Movements of Food Etc. that may be Prohibited
2An emergency order may prohibit the movement of food or anything from which food could be derived—
(a)into or out of the designated area; or
(b)from one place to another within that area.
Part IIIU.K. Activities that may be Prohibited Throughout the United Kingdom
3An emergency order may prohibit any of the following F123. . .—
(a)the use of anything taken from the designated area after a time specified in the order in the preparation or processing for supply to purchasers or others of food or anything from which food could be derived;
(b)the landing of fish or other forms of aquatic produce which were taken from waters in the designated area after a time so specified;
(c)the slaughter of creatures that were in the designated area after a time so specified;
(d)the supply, or the possessing for supply, to purchasers or others of any food, or anything from which food could be derived, which was in the designated area after a time so specified;
(e)the feeding to creatures of any feeding stuff—
(i)that was prepared or processed in contravention of a prohibition under paragraph 1(e) above;
(ii)that was taken from the designated area after a time specified in the order; or
(iii)in the preparation or processing of which anything was used in contravention of a prohibition under sub-paragraph (a) above;
(f)the supply, or the possessing for supply, to purchasers or others of any food or anything from which food could be derived—
(i)that was prepared or processed in contravention of a prohibition under paragraph 1(e) above; or
(ii)in the preparation or processing of which anything was used in contravention of a prohibition under sub-paragraph (a) above.
F123Words in Sch. 1 para. 3 repealed (30.6.1999) by S.I. 1999/1756, art. 2 Sch. para. 10(12) (with art. 8); S.I. 1998/3178
[F1244A prohibition of a kind specified in paragraph 3 above shall apply in every part of the United Kingdom and United Kingdom waters.]
F124S. 4 inserted (30.6.1999) by 1999/1756, art. 2, Sch. 10(13) (with art. 8); S.I. 1998/3178
Sections 4, 11 and 19.
SCHEDULE 2U.K. Officers and their Powers
C51Sch. 2 applied (E.W.) (with modifications) (1.2.2000) by S.I. 1999/3483, reg. 4(6) Sch. 2 applied (1.2.2000) by S.S.I. 2000/22, art. 4(5)
C52Sch. 2 applied (with modifications) (S.) (22.12.2005) by Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (Scotland) Regulations 2005 (S.S.I. 2005/599), regs. 1(1), 3(6)
C53Sch. 2 applied (with modifications) (E.W.) (22.12.2005) by Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (England and Wales) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3286), regs. 1(1), 3(6)
C54Sch. 2 applied (30.6.2006) by Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006/220), regs. 1, 3(6)
C55Sch. 2 applied (E.W.) (1.10.2006) by Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c. 16), ss. 44(4), 107(3)(b); S.I. 2006/2541, art. 2 (with Sch.)
C56Sch. 2 para. 1(c) applied (with modifications) (E.W.S.) (17.4.1995) by S.I. 1995/887, reg. 24(1)
C57Sch. 2 para. 1(c) applied (with modifications) (E.W.) (31.12.2003) by Plant Protection Products Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/3241), regs. 1, 24(1)
C58Sch. 2 para. 1(c) applied (with modifications) (S.) (31.12.2003) by Plant Protection Products (Scotland) Regulations 2003 (S.S.I. 2003/579), regs. 1(1), 24
C59Sch. 2 para. 1(c) applied (with modifications) (S.) (1.7.2005) by Plant Protection Products (Scotland) Regulations 2005 (S.S.I. 2005/331), regs. 1(1), 24 (with Sch. 4)
C60Sch. 2 para. 1(c) applied (with modifications) (E.W.) (1.7.2005) by Plant Protection Products Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/1435), art. 1reg. 24
C61Sch. 2 para. 2 applied (with modifications) (E.W.S.) (17.4.1995) by S.I. 1995/887, reg. 24(1)
C62Sch. 2 para. 2 applied (with modifications) (S.) (31.12.2003) by Plant Protection Products (Scotland) Regulations 2003 (S.S.I. 2003/579), regs. 1(1), 24
C63Sch. 2 para. 2 applied (with modifications) (E.W.) (31.12.2003) by Plant Protection Products Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/3241), regs. 1, 24(1)
C64Sch. 2 para. 2 applied (with modifications) (E.W.) (1.7.2005) by Plant Protection Products Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/1435), regs. 1, 24
C65Sch. 2 para. 2 applied (with modifications) (S.) (1.7.2005) by Plant Protection Products (Scotland) Regulations 2005 (S.S.I. 2005/331), regs. 1(1), 24 (with Sch. 4)
[F125 Power to questionU.K.
F125Sch. 2 para. 2A inserted (9.9.1998) by 1998 c. 26, ss. 2(2), 3(b)
2A(1)If an officer is carrying out functions conferred by Part III of this Act, he may require a person whom he has reasonable cause to believe is able to give information which will assist him in carrying out those functions—U.K.
(4)A person is not to be excused from complying with a requirement under sub-paragraph (1) on the ground that to do so might incriminate him or his spouse[F126 or civil partner ] of an offence; but a statement or admission made in complying is not admissible in evidence against either of them in proceedings for any offence.]
F126Words in Sch. 2 para. 2A(4) inserted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), s. 263(10)(b), Sch. 27 para. 109; S.I. 2005/3175, art. 2(2)
Powers in relation to vessels, aircraft etc.U.K.
3(1)In order to perform functions under Part I or II or this Act an officer may require any person—U.K.
(a)to give details of any substances or articles on board a vessel, aircraft, hovercraft or marine structure; and
(b)to give information concerning any substances or articles lost from a vessel, aircraft, hovercraft or marine structure.
(2)In order to perform any such functions an officer—
(a)may require any vessel, aircraft, hovercraft or marine structure to stop; and
(b)may require the attendance—
(i)of the master, captain or commander of a vessel, aircraft or hovercraft;
(ii)of the person in charge of a marine structure; and
(iii)of any other person who is on board a vessel, aircraft, hovercraft or marine structure,
and may require any person on board to assist him in the performance of his functions.
(3)In order to perform functions under Part I [F127or II] of this Act an officer—
(i)the master, captain or commander of a vessel, aircraft or hovercraft; and
(ii)the person in charge of a marine structure,
to take it and its crew to the port which appears to the officer to be the nearest convenient port; or
(b)may take it there himself.
(4)In order to perform any such functions an officer may detain a vessel, aircraft, hovercraft or marine structure.
(5)If an officer detains a vessel, aircraft, hovercraft or marine structure, he shall serve on the master, captain, commander or person in charge a notice in writing stating that it is to be detained until the notice is withdrawn by the service on him of a further notice in writing signed by an officer.
F127Words inserted by Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43, SIF 46:4), s. 146(8)
C66Sch. 2 para. 3 extended (with modifications) (22.8.1997) by S.I. 1997/1770, art. 5
C67Sch. 2 para. 3 extended (with modifications) (22.8.1997) by S.I. 1997/1771, art. 4
Containers etc.U.K.
4[F128(1)]Without prejudice to his powers under any other provision of this Act, in order to perform his functions an officer—
(a)may open any container;
(b)may carry out searches, inspections, measurements and tests;
(c)may take samples;
(d)may require the production of documents, books and records; and
(e)may photograph or copy anything whose production he has power to require under paragraph (d) above.
[F129(2)An officer exercising any power of entry conferred by Part III of this Act may photograph anything which he has reasonable cause to believe may be relevant in connection with the exercise of his functions under that Part.
(3)Nothing in sub-paragraph (2) affects the powers conferred by sub-paragraph (1).]
F128S. 4 renumbered as s. 4(1) (9.9.1998) by 1998 c. 26, ss. 2(3), 3(b)
F129S. 4(2)(3) inserted (9.9.1998) by 1998 c. 26, ss. 2(3), 3(b)
C68Sch. 2 para. 4 applied (with modifications) (E.W.S.) (17.4.1995) by S.I. 1995/887, reg. 24(1)
C69Sch. 2 paras. 4-9 applied (with modifications) (E.W.) (31.12.2003) by Plant Protection Products Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/3241), regs. 1, 24(1)
C70Sch. 2 paras. 4-9 applied (with modifications) (S.) (31.12.2003) by Plant Protection Products (Scotland) Regulations 2003 (S.S.I. 2003/579), regs. 1(1), 24
C71Sch. 2 paras. 4-9 applied (with modifications) (E.W.) (1.7.2005) by Plant Protection Products Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/1435), regs. 1, 24
C72Sch. 2 paras. 4-9 applied (with modifications) (S.) (1.7.2005) by Plant Protection Products (Scotland) Regulations 2005 (S.S.I. 2005/331), regs. 1(1), 24 (with Sch. 4)
Evidence of officers’ authorityU.K.
5(1)An officer shall be furnished with a certificate of his authorisation, and when he proposes to perform any function under this Act, it shall be his duty, if so requested, to produce that certificate.U.K.
(2)It shall also be his duty, if so requested, to state—
(b)the function that he proposes to perform; and
(c)his grounds for proposing to perform it.
(3)The references to certificates of authorisation in sub-paragraph (1) above are to be construed, in relation to a British sea-fishery officer, as references to his warrant of appointment as a British sea-fishery officer.
C73Sch. 2 para. 5 applied (with modifications) (E.W.S.) (17.4.1995) by S.I. 1995/887, reg. 24(1)
Time of performance of functionsU.K.
6An officer must perform his functions under this Act at a reasonable hour unless it appears to the officer that there are grounds for suspecting that the purpose of their performance may be frustrated if he seeks to perform them at a reasonable hour.
C74Sch. 2 para. 6 applied (with modifications)(E.W.S.) (17.4 1995) by S.I. 1995/887, reg. 24(1)
Entry into dwellingsU.K.
7(1)An officer may only enter a dwelling for the purpose of performing his functions under this Act if a justice has issued a warrant authorising him to enter and search that dwelling.U.K.
(2)A justice may only issue such a warrant if on an application made by the officer he is satisfied—
(a)that the officer has reasonable grounds for believing that there is present in the dwelling anything to which those functions relate, and
(i)it is not practicable to communicate with any person entitled to grant entry to the dwelling; or
(ii)a person entitled to grant entry to the dwelling has unreasonably refused an officer entry; or
(iv)the purpose of entry may be frustrated or seriously prejudiced unless an officer arriving at the dwelling can secure immediate entry to it.
(3)In this paragraph “justice” means—
(4)In relation to England and Wales, sections 15 and 16 of the M20Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (which relate to safeguards in respect of warrants and the execution of warrants) [F130and, in relation to Northern Ireland, Articles 17 and 18 of the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (which make provision corresponding to those sections)] shall have effect in relation to warrants for officers under this paragraph as they have effect in relation to warrants for constables.
F130Words inserted by S.I. 1989/1341 (N.I. 12), art. 90(1), Sch. 6 para. 12
C75Sch. 2 para. 7 applied (with modifications)(E.W.S.) (17.4.1995) by S.I. 1995/887, reg. 24(1)
M201984 c. 44.
Power of officer to use reasonable forceU.K.
8An officer may use reasonable force, if necessary, in the performance of his functions.
C76Sch. 2 para. 8 applied (with modifications)(E.W.S.) (17.4.1995) by S.I. 1995/887, reg. 24(1)
Protection of officersU.K.
9An officer shall not be liable in any civil or criminal proceedings for anything done in the purported performance of his functions under this Act if the court is satisfied that the act was done in good faith and that there were reasonable grounds for doing it.
C77Sch. 2 para. 9 applied (with modifications)(E.W.S.) (17.4.1995) by S.I. 1995/887, reg. 24(1)
10Any person who—
(a)intentionally obstructs an officer in the performance of any of his functions under this Act;
(b)fails without reasonable excuse to comply with a requirement made or direction given by an officer in the performance of his functions under this Act; or
(c)in purporting to give information required by an officer for the performance of any of his functions under this Act—
SCHEDULE 3U.K. Licences—Right to make Representations etc.
C78Sch. 3 amended (1.7.1999) by 1999/1750, art. 4, Sch. 3 (with art. 7); S.I. 1998/3178
1If within 28 days of the issue of a licence the person to whom it is issued requests the licensing authority to give him notice in writing of the reasons for the inclusion of any provision in it, the authority shall comply with his request within 28 days of receiving it.
C79Sch. 3 para. 1 excluded (1.3.2010 for E.W.) by Planning Act 2008 (c. 29), ss. 149(5), 241(8) (with s. 226); S.I. 2010/101, art. 4(e) (with art. 6)
2On issuing a licence to a person a licensing authority shall notify him of the effect of paragraph 1 above.
C80Sch. 3 para. 2 excluded (1.3.2010 for E.W.) by Planning Act 2008 (c. 29), ss. 149(5), 241(8) (with s. 226); S.I. 2010/101, art. 4(e) (with art. 6)
3If a licensing authority refuses an application for a licence, the authority shall give the applicant notice in writing of the reasons for the refusal.
5If within 28 days of receipt of a notice under this Schedule giving a licensing authority’s reasons the person to whom it is given makes written representations to the authority concerning the matter to which the notice related, the authority shall constitute a committee to consider his representations.
C81Sch. 3 paras. 5-17 continued (S.) (6.4.2011) by The Marine (Scotland) Act 2010 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Order 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/202), arts. 1, 6
7Each licensing authority shall draw up and from time to time revise a panel of persons who are specially qualified in the authority’s opinion to be members of committees constituted under this Schedule, and any such committee constituted by an authority shall be drawn from members of the authority’s panel.
8If a licensing authority constitutes a committee, the authority shall appoint one of the members of the committee to be its chairman.
9It shall be the duty of the chairman--
(a)to serve on the person who made the representations a notice requiring him to state within 14 days of receipt of the notice whether he wishes to make oral representations to the committee; and
(b)to serve on him, not earlier than the date of the notice under paragraph (a) above, notice of the place, date and time of the meeting of the committee.
10A notice under paragraph 9(b) above shall not specify a date for the meeting of the committee earlier than 21 days from the date of the notice, unless the person who made the representations has agreed to an earlier meeting.
11If he expresses a wish to make oral representations, the committee shall afford him an opportunity of doing so, either in person or by any person authorised by him in that behalf.
12The committee shall consider--
(a)the reasons given by the authority under this Schedule; and
(b)any representations made under this Schedule,
and shall make a report to the licensing authority after the close of their consideration, giving their findings of fact and their recommendations, and the licensing authority shall reconsider the decision of the authority to which the representations relate in the light of the report.
13The licensing authority shall notify the person who made the representations of the result of the authority’s reconsideration and the reasons for it and shall send him a copy of the committee’s report.
14Subject to paragraph 15 below, a licensing authority may pay to a person who makes representations under this Schedule such sum as the authority considers appropriate in respect of costs or expenses incurred by that person in connection with the making of the representations and of any hearing relating to them by a committee.
15No payment shall be made in a case where the result of the reconsideration is that the authority confirms the original decision without modification.
16A licensing authority may make arrangements for securing that such of the authority’s officers as the authority considers are required are available to assist a committee constituted by the authority under this Schedule.
17A licensing authority may pay--
(a)such fees and allowances for members of such committees;
(b)such other expenses of such committees,
as the authority may, with the consent of the Treasury, determine.
[F131SCHEDULE 4U.K.
F131Sch. 4 repealed (prosp.) by Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43, SIF 46:4), ss. 162, 164(3), Sch. 16 Pt. VIII
Particulars to be Contained in RegistersU.K.
Part IU.K. Licences for Deposit or Incineration or Associated Operations
1The name of the holder of the licence.
2The period of the licence.
3The name, where known, of the producer of the substances or articles.
4Their description and quantity.
5Their country of origin, where known.
6The site at which it was intended to deposit or incinerate them.
7The place from which it was intended that they should be taken to that site.
8The nature of any container or packaging in which it was intended that they should be when deposited.
9The results of any toxicity tests carried out for the purpose of determining whether the licence should be issued or the provisions to be included in it.
Part IIU.K. Licences for Scuttling or Associated Operations
10The name of the holder of the licence.
11The period of the licence.
12The name of the owner of the vessel.
13A description of the vessel.
14The site at which it was intended to scuttle it.
15The place from which it was intended that it should be taken to that site.]
F132SCHEDULE 5U.K. The Advisory Committee
F132Sch. 5 repealed (27.3.2015) by The Public Bodies (Abolition of the Advisory Committees on Pesticides) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/978), art. 1(2), Sch. Pt. 1