Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1974/40/section/6
Timestamp: 2020-01-26 01:48:45
Document Index: 530783855

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

[F16 Provisions supplementary to s. 5.E+W+S
(1)Provision may be made by regulations . . . F2 as to the conditions specified in a disposal licence which shall be disregarded for the purposes of sections 3(1) and 31(2)(a) of this Act.
(2) . . . F2, a disposal licence may include such conditions as [F3the appropriate Agency] sees fit to specify in the licence; and without prejudice to the generality of the preceding provisions of this subsection, any such conditions may relate to—
and it is hereby declared that a condition may require the carrying out of works or the doing of any other thing which [F3that Agency] considers appropriate in connection with the licence notwithstanding that the licence holder is not entitled as of right to carry out the works or do the thing.
(3)The holder of a disposal licence who without reasonable excuse contravenes a condition of the licence which in pursuance of regulations made by virtue of subsection (1) of this section is to be disregarded for the purposes mentioned in that subsection shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding [F4level 5 on the standard scale]; but no proceedings for such an offence shall be brought in England and Wales except by or with the consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions or by [F5the Environment Agency].
(4)It shall be the duty of [F6the Environment Agency and of SEPA]—
F7[(a)to maintain a register containing copies of all disposal licences which are for the time being in force in respect of land in England and Wales or, as the case may be, Scotland;]
(b)to secure that the register is open to inspection . . . F8 by members of the public free of charge at all reasonable hours; and
(c)to afford members of the public reasonable facilities for obtaining from [F6that Agency], on payment of reasonable charges, copies of entries in the register.
(5)If within the period of two months beginning with the date on which [F9a duly made application for a disposal licence was received], or within such longer period as [F9the appropriate Agency] and the applicant may at any time agree in writing, [F9the appropriate Agency] has neither issued a licence in consequence of the application nor given notice to the applicant that [F9that Agency] has rejected the application, [F9that Agency] shall be deemed to have rejected the application.
F1S. 6 repealed (1.5.1994 save in respect of specified activities, as to which in force as provided by S.I. 1994/1096, art. 3, 1.4.2015 for S. in so far as not already in force) by Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43), s. 162, Sch. 16 Pt. II; S.I. 1994/1096, arts. 2, 3 (as amended by S.I. 1994/2487, art. 2 and S.I. 1994/3234, art. 2), S.S.I. 2015/72, art. 2(2)(a)
F3Words in s. 6(2) substituted (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120(1), Sch. 22 para. 20(2)(a)(b) (Sch. 22 para. 20 isprospectively repealed by Sch. 24 of the same 1995 Act) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3
F4Words “level 5 on the standard scale”substituted (11.4.1983) for words “£400”by virtue of (E.W.) Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48), ss. 38, 46 and (S.) Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21), ss. 289F, 289G (as inserted by Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48), s. 54)
F5Words in s. 6(3) substituted (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120(1), Sch. 22 para. 20(3) (Sch. 22 para. 20 isprospectively repealed by Sch. 24 of the same 1995 Act) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3
F6Words in s. 6(4) and (4)(c) substituted (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120(1), Sch. 22 para. 20(4)(a) and (c) (Sch. 22 para. 20 isprospectively repealed by Sch. 24 of the same 1995 Act) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3
F7S. 6(4)(a) substituted (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120(1), Sch. 22 para. 20(4)(b) (Sch. 22 para. 20 isprospectively repealed by Sch. 24 of the same 1995 Act) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3
F8Words in s. 6(4)(b) omitted (1.4.1996) by S.I. 1996/593, art. 3, Sch. 2 para. 2
F9Words in s. 6(5) substituted (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120(1), Sch. 22 para. 20(5)(a)(b)(c) (Sch. 22 para. 20 isprospectively repealed by Sch. 24 of the same 1995 Act) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3