Title: Waste management law :
Authors: Garbutt, J. H.
Date: 1992
Publisher: Chancery Law Publishing,
Physical description: xx, 202 pages ; 21 cm
Language: English
LC class: K
Contents: Table of Statutes -- Table of Statutory Instruments -- Table of Cases -- Table of EC legislation -- 1. The Statutory Framework of Control. The early controls. Deposit of Poisonous Waste Act 1972. Control of Pollution Act 1974 and Environmental Protection Act 1990. Special waste control. Statutory nuisance. Litter. Other legislation. Environmental Protection Act 1990 Part I. Water Resources Act 1991 -- 2. The Structure of Control in England and Wales -- Central and Local Government. Central government. Local government -- 3. Town and Country Planning -- the Legislation. The 1990 legislation. The development plan system. Development control. Special controls available to local planning authorities -- 4. Other Legislation Relevant to Development Control. National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 (as amended). Caravan Sites and the Control of Development Act 1960. Countryside Act 1968. Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. Derelict Land Act 1982. 5. Environmental Legislation relating to Waste Production and Disposal. Water abstraction. Water pollution. Applications for consent to discharge to sewers and watercourses. Integrated pollution control and air pollution control by local authorities. Transfer, variation and revocation of authorizations. Enforcement and offences. Waste on land. Contaminated land. Noise. Statutory nuisances -- 6. Landfill Gas. Town and country planning. Control of Pollution Act 1974/Environmental Protection Act 1990. Statutory nuisances. Water Resources Act 1991. Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974. Exploitation -- 7. Health and Safety at Work. Safety, health and welfare legislation. Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 -- 8. European Community Legislation. The European Community environmental policy. How the European legislation works in practice in the United Kingdom -- 9. An Outline of the Common Law and Other Liabilities and Remedies in Waste Management. Common law liabilities. Remedies at Common law. Action based on statutory liability. Other remedies for individuals. Environmental Protection Act 1990. Control of Pollution Act 1974. Water Resources Act 1991. Right of action against the National Rivers Authority. Statutory provision for civil liability. The liabilities of company directors and others -- App. 1 Planning and Other Policy Guidance Notes Relevant to Waste Management -- App. 2 Approved and Other Codes of Practice -- App. 3 Health and Safety at Work.
Notes: Title on cover: Waste management law, a practical handbook Includes index