Environmental Protection Act 1990

11 (1) The [1972 c. 52.] Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 shall be amended as provided in this paragraph.

(2) Section 56B (appropriate Minister to be planning authority in respect of hazardous substances in relation to land used or to be used by statutory undertakers) shall be omitted.

(3) In section 56D(1)(a) (applications for consent), after the word “applications” there shall be inserted the words “under this Act”.

(4) In section 56D(5) for the words from “means” to “with” in the third place it occurs there shall be substituted the words “means consultations with the Health and Safety Executive and with”.

(5) After section 56D there shall be inserted the following section—

“56DA Fees

(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision for fees of the prescribed amount in respect of applications for, or for the continuation of, hazardous substances consent—

(a) made to an urban development corporation under section 56A(2) above to be paid to the corporation;

(b) referred to him under section 32 above as having effect by virtue of section 56F below to be paid to him;

(c) deemed to have been made to him under section 85(7) below by virtue of regulations made under section 97B(10) below to be paid to him.

(2) Regulations made under this section may provide for—

(a) the transfer to the Secretary of State of any fee received by a planning authority in respect of an application referred to in paragraph (b) or (c) of subsection (1) above;

(b) the remission or refunding of a prescribed fee (in whole or in part) in prescribed circumstances or in pursuance of a direction given by him;

and the regulations may make different provision for different areas or for different cases or descriptions of cases.”

(6) In section 56E(5) for the words “a planning authority other than the appropriate Minister” there shall be substituted the word “they”.

(7) In section 56G (deemed consent: government authorisation), at the end there shall be added the following subsection—

“(5) A government department or the Secretary of State shall, as respects any hazardous substances consent deemed to be granted by virtue of directions under this section, send to the planning authority concerned any such information as appears to be required by them for the purposes of a register under section 56N.”

(8) In section 56H (applications for hazardous substances consent in place of subsisting consent subject to conditions) subsection (5) shall be omitted.

(9) In section 56N(1)—

(a) in paragraph (a), for the words following the word “consent” there shall be substituted the words “made to that authority;

(aa) to applications under section 56K(2) above made to that authority;” and

(b) after paragraph (d), there shall be inserted the following words—

“, and every such register shall also contain such information as may be prescribed as to the manner in which applications for hazardous substances consent have been dealt with.”

(10) In section 56O, in subsections (2) and (3), for the words “appropriate body” there shall be substituted the words “Health and Safety Executive”.

(11) In section 97B(10)(c) (hazardous substances contravention notices), after “89A” there shall be inserted “and 166”.