SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 13Other measures relating to animals, food and the environment

PART 4Air quality

Removal of duty to conduct further air quality assessments

7

In the Environment Act 1995, in section 84 (duties of local authorities in relation to designated areas)—

a

omit subsection (1) (duty of local authority to cause further assessment to be made in relation to air quality in designated air quality management area);

b

in subsection (2), for the words from the beginning to “to” at the beginning of paragraph (b) substitute “ Where an order under section 83 above comes into operation, the local authority which made the order shall ”.

8

1

The following amendments are made in consequence of paragraph 7.

2

In the Environment Act 1995—

a

in section 86(2)(b), omit “or 84”;

b

in section 91(1), in the definition of “action plan”, for “84(2)(b)” substitute “ 84(2) ”;

c

in Schedule 11, in paragraphs 1(1)(b) and 4(2)(b), omit “or 84”.