Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/43/part/VIII/crossheading/other-controls-on-substances-articles-or-waste
Timestamp: 2020-08-13 01:09:31
Document Index: 9242763

Matched Legal Cases: ['art. 1', 'art. 1', 'art. 1', 'art. 2', 'art. 3', 'art. 83', 'art. 2', 'arts 3', 'art. 1', 'art. 2', 'art. 3', 'art. 2', 'art. 3', 'art. 2', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 2']

Changes over time for: Cross Heading: Other controls on substances, articles or waste
14/02/1992- Amendment
15/09/2001- Amendment
Other controls on substances, articles or wasteU.K.
140 Power to prohibit or restrict the importation, use, supply or storage of injurious substances or articles.U.K.
(1)The Secretary of State may by regulations prohibit or restrict—
(a)the importation into and the landing and unloading in the United Kingdom,
(b)the use for any purpose,
(c)the supply for any purpose, and
(d)the storage,
of any specified substance or article if he considers it appropriate to do so for the purpose of preventing the substance or article from causing pollution of the environment or harm to human health or to the health of animals or plants.
(2)Any such prohibition or restriction may apply—
(a)in all, or only in specified, areas;
(b)in all, or only in specified, circumstances or if conditions imposed by the regulations are not complied with; and
(c)to all, or only to specified descriptions of, persons.
(a)confer on the Secretary of State power to direct that any substance or article whose use, supply or storage is prohibited or restricted is to be treated as waste or controlled waste of any description and in relation to any such substance or article—
(i)to apply, with or without modification, specified provisions of Part II; or
(b)confer on the Secretary of State power, where a substance or article has been imported, landed or unloaded in contravention of a prohibition or restriction imposed under subsection (1)(a) above, to require that the substance or article be disposed of or treated in or removed from the United Kingdom;
(c)confer powers corresponding to those conferred by [F1section 108 of the Environment Act 1995] on persons authorised for any purpose of the regulations by the Secretary of State or any local or other authority; and
(d)include such other incidental and supplemental, and such transitional provisions, as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.
(4)The Secretary of State may, by regulations under this section, direct that, for the purposes of any power conferred on him under subsection (3)(b) above, any prohibition or restriction on the importation into or the landing and unloading in the United Kingdom imposed—
(a)by or under any [F2EU] instrument, or
(b)by or under any enactment,
shall be treated as imposed under subsection (1)(a) above and any power conferred on him under subsection (3)(b) above shall be exercisable accordingly.
(6)Subject to subsection (7) below, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State before he makes any regulations under this section other than regulations under subsection (4) above—
(b)F5... to publish in the London Gazette and, if the regulations apply in Scotland or Northern Ireland, the Edinburgh Gazette or, as the case may be, Belfast Gazette and in any other publication which he considers appropriate, a notice indicating the effect of the proposed regulations and specifying—
(i)the date on which it is proposed that the regulations will come into force;
(iii)a period of not less than fourteen days, beginning with the date on which the notice is first published, during which representations in writing may be made to the Secretary of State about the proposed regulations; and
(c)to consider any representations which are made to him in accordance with the notice.
(7)The Secretary of State may make regulations under this section in relation to any substance or article without observing the requirements of subsection (6) above where it appears to him that there is an imminent risk, if those requirements are observed, that serious pollution of the environment will be caused.
(8)The Secretary of State may, after performing the duty imposed on him by subsection (6) above with respect to any proposed regulations, make the regulations either—
(a)in the form of the draft mentioned in subsection (6)(b) above, or
(b)in that form with such modifications as he considers appropriate;
but the Secretary of State shall not make any regulations incorporating modifications unless he is of opinion that it is appropriate for the requirements of subsection (6) above to be disregarded.
(9)Regulations under this section may provide that a person who contravenes or fails to comply with a specified provision of the regulations or causes or permits another person to contravene or fail to comply with a specified provision of the regulations commits an offence and may prescribe the maximum penalty for the offence.
(10)No offence under the regulations shall be made punishable with imprisonment for more than two years or punishable on summary conviction with a fine exceeding level 5 on the standard scale (if not calculated on a daily basis) or, in the case of a continuing offence, [F6exceeding one-tenth of the level on the standard scale specified as the maximum penalty for the original offence.] [F6—
(a)exceeding one-tenth of the level on the standard scale specified as the maximum penalty for the original offence, or
(b)if there is no maximum penalty for the original offence, exceeding one-tenth of the greater of £5,000 or level 4 on the standard scale.]
[F7“enactment” includes an enactment comprised in, or in an instrument made under, an Act of the Scottish Parliament;]
“the environment” means the air, water and land, or any of those media, and the medium of air includes the air within buildings and the air within other natural or man-made structures above or below ground;
“specified” means specified in the regulations; and
F1Words in s. 140(3)(c) substituted (E.W.S.) (6.5.1999) by S.I. 1999/1108, reg. 2
F3S. 140(5) repealed (22.7.2012) by The Advisory Committee on Hazardous Substances (Abolition) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1923), art. 1(2), Sch.
F4S. 140(6)(a) repealed (22.7.2012) by The Advisory Committee on Hazardous Substances (Abolition) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1923), art. 1(2), Sch.
F5Words in s. 140(6)(b) repealed (22.7.2012) by The Advisory Committee on Hazardous Substances (Abolition) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1923), art. 1(2), Sch.
F6Words in s. 140(10) 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. 3 para. 16(2) (with reg. 5(1))
F7Words in s. 140(11) inserted (S.) (30.6.2014) by Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 3), s. 61(2), sch. 3 para. 40(9); S.S.I. 2014/160, art. 2(1)(2), sch.
C1S. 140 extended (with modifications) (19.2.1999) by S.I. 1999/396, reg. 2
141 Power to prohibit or restrict the importation or exportation of waste.U.K.
(1)The Secretary of State may, for the purpose of preventing any risk of pollution of the environment or of harm to human health arising from waste being imported or exported or of conserving the facilities or resources for dealing with waste, make regulations prohibiting or restricting, or providing for the prohibition or restriction of—
(g)create offences, subject to the limitation that no offence shall be punishable with imprisonment for more than two years or punishable on summary conviction with imprisonment for more than six months or a fine exceeding level 5 on the standard scale (if not calculated on a daily basis) or, in the case of a continuing offence, [F8exceeding one-tenth of the level on the standard scale specified as the maximum penalty for the original offence.] [F8—
(i)exceeding one-tenth of the level on the standard scale specified as the maximum penalty for the original offence, or
(ii)if there is no maximum penalty for the original offence, exceeding one-tenth of the greater of £5,000 or level 4 on the standard scale.]
(7)In the application of this section to Northern Ireland and the territorial sea of the United Kingdom adjacent to Northern Ireland “waste regulation authority” means [F9the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland].
F8Words in s. 141(5)(g) 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. 3 para. 16(3) (with reg. 5(1))
F9Words in s. 141(7) substituted (N.I.) (27.11.2003 save for specified purposes and otherwise in accordance with art. 3 of the commencing S.R.) by S.I. 1997/2778 (N.I. 19), art. 83(1), Sch. 5 para. 5; S.R. 2003/489, art. 2, Sch.
142 Powers to obtain information about potentially hazardous substances.E+W
(1)The Secretary of State may, for the purpose of assessing their potential for causing pollution of the environment or harm to human health, by regulations make provision for and in connection with the obtaining of relevant information relating to substances which may be specified by him by order for the purposes of this section.
F11(7)The enactments which are relevant for the purposes of subsection (2)(b) above are the following—
[F12the Explosives Regulations 2014];
[F13[F14the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/1154)] in relation to radioactive material or radioactive waste;]
[F15Parts 3 to 8 and 16 of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012];
Part IV of the M1Agriculture Act 1970;
the M2Misuse of Drugs Act 1971;
Part III of the M3Food and Environment Protection Act 1985; F16. . .
the M4Food Safety Act 1990;
[F17the Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2006;
F10S. 142(3) repealed (22.7.2012) by The Advisory Committee on Hazardous Substances (Abolition) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1923), art. 1(2), Sch.
F11By The Manufacture and Storage of Explosives Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006/425), arts. 1, 27(1), Sch. 6 para. 14(3) (with reg. 26) it is provided that for the words "Explosive Substances Act 1875" in s. 142(7) there be substituted (N.I.) (1.12.2006) the words "Manufacture and Storage of Explosives Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006"
F12Words in s. 142(7) substituted (E.W.S.) (1.10.2014) by The Explosives Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1638), reg. 1(1), Sch. 13 para. 6
F13Words in s. 142(7) substituted (E.W.) (6.4.2010) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/675), regs. 1(1)(b), 107, Sch. 26 para. 5(12) (with Sch. 4)
F14Words in s. 142(7) substituted (E.W.) (1.1.2017) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/1154), reg. 1(1), Sch. 29 para. 6(7) (with regs. 1(3), 77-79, Sch. 4)
F15Words in s. 142(7) substituted (14.8.2012) by The Human Medicines Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/1916), reg. 1(2), Sch. 34 para. 41 (with Sch. 32)
F16Word in s. 142(7) omitted (1.10.2006) by virtue of The Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2407), reg. 44(3), Sch. 9 Pt. 1 para. 8(a) (with reg. 3)
F17Words in s. 142(7) added (1.10.2006) by The Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2407), reg. 44(3), Sch. 9 Pt. 1 para. 8(b) (with reg. 3)
M31985 c. 48.
M41990 c. 16.
142 Powers to obtain information about potentially hazardous substances.S+N.I.
[F20the M5[F21Radioactive Substances Act 1993] [F21Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Regulations 2018]];
F20Words in s. 142(7) substituted (27.8.1993) by 1993 c. 12, ss. 49(1), 51(2), Sch. 4 para.8 (with ss. 42, 46)
F21Words in s. 142(7) substituted (S.) (1.9.2018) by The Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Regulations 2018 (S.S.I. 2018/219), reg. 1, sch. 6 para. 2(3) (with reg. 78, sch. 5 para. 2)
M51993 C. 12.
F18143. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E+W+S
F18S. 143 repealed (1.4.2000 for E., 14.7.2000 for S. and 15.9.2001 for W.) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120(1)(3), Sch. 22 para. 91, Sch. 24 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 2000/340, art. 2(b)(c) (with art. 3); S.S.I. 2000/180, art. 2(1)(b) (with art. 3); S.I. 2001/3211, art. 2(b) (with saving in art. 3)
144 Amendments of hazardous substances legislation.E+W+S
Schedule 13 to this Act (which contains miscellaneous amendments to the legislation relating to hazardous substances) shall have effect.
I1S. 144 partly in force; s. 144 not in force at Royal Assent see s.164(3); s. 144 in force for certain purposes at 1.1.1992 by S.I. 1991/2829 art. 3; s. 144 in force at 18.2.1993 (insofar as it relates to paras. 11 and 12 of Schedule 13, Part II) and 1.5.1993 (insofar as it relates to para. 13 of Schedule 13, Part II) by S.I. 1993/274, arts. 2(1), 3
F19145 Penalties for offences of polluting controlled waters etc.E+W+S
F19S. 145(1) repealed (1. 12. 1991) by Water Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1991 (c. 60, SIF 130), ss. 3(1), 4(2), Sch. 3 (with Sch. 2 paras. 10, 14(1), 15)S. 145 repealed (S.) (30.6.2014) by Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 3), s. 61(2), sch. 3 para. 23(d); S.S.I. 2014/160, art. 2(1)(2), sch.