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Pollution Prevention and Control (Designation of Directives) (England and Wales) Order 2013 (S.I. No. 123 of 2013).

Country/Territory
United Kingdom
Territorial subdivision
England
Document type
Regulation
Date
2013
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Air & atmosphere, Water, Waste & hazardous substances
Keyword
Pollution control Air quality/air pollution Emissions Waste management Hazardous substances Freshwater pollution Policy/planning
Geographical area
Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Abstract

This Order designates 22 Directives as relevant Directives for the purposes of paragraph 20(2)(c) of Schedule 1 to the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999. The effect of this Order is that Regulations may be made under that Act making provision which corresponds or is similar to any provision made, or capable of being made, under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in connection with any of the relevant Directives. The Directives concern, among other things, pollution by various substances, the protection of groundwater against pollution, the control of high-activity sealed radioactive sources, asbestos pollution, waste incineration, control of volatile compound emissions from petroleum and Community water policy.

Full text
English
Website
www.opsi.gov.uk

References - Legislation

Implements

Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999 (Chapter 24).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 1999 (2020)

Keyword: Pollution control, Institution, Waste management, Waste disposal

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Repeals

Pollution Prevention and Control (Designation of Directives) (England and Wales) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 1505 of 2011).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2011

Keyword: Air quality/air pollution, Pollution control, Hazardous substances, Hazardous waste, Radiation, Waste management, Groundwater, Surface water, Freshwater pollution, Policy/planning

Source: FAO, FAOLEX