PART 8Miscellaneous and general provisions

General provisions

I1146Extent

1

In Part 1 of this Act (environmental governance)—

a

the following provisions extend to England and Wales—

i

Chapter 1 (improving the natural environment), except for sections 17 to 20;

ii

section 28 (monitoring and reporting on environmental improvement plans and targets);

b

sections 17 to 19 (policy statement on environmental principles) extend to England and Wales and Scotland;

c

the remaining provisions extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

2

Part 2 of this Act (environmental governance: Northern Ireland) extends to Northern Ireland, except that—

a

in Part 1 of Schedule 3, paragraphs 16 and 17(7) extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland;

b

an amendment or repeal made by Part 2 of Schedule 3 has the same extent as the provision amended or repealed.

3

In Part 3 of this Act (waste and resource efficiency)—

a

the following provisions extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland—

i

section 50 and Schedule 4 (producer responsibility obligations);

ii

section 51 and Schedule 5 (producer responsibility for disposal costs);

iii

section 52 and Schedule 6 (resource efficiency information);

iv

section 53 and Schedule 7 (resource efficiency requirements);

v

section 63 (procedure for regulations under the Environmental Protection Act 1990);

b

the following provisions extend to England and Wales and Northern Ireland—

i

section 54 and Schedule 8 (deposit schemes);

ii

sections 55 and Schedule 9 (charges for single use items);

c

the following provisions extend to England and Wales—

i

section 60 (hazardous waste);

ii

section 66 and Schedule 10 (enforcement powers);

iii

section 68 (littering enforcement);

d

section 71 (waste regulation: amendment of Northern Ireland Order) extends to Northern Ireland;

e

an amendment or repeal has the same extent as the provision amended or repealed, except where contained in a provision for which a different extent is provided by this subsection.

4

In Part 4 of this Act (air quality and environmental recall)—

a

section 73 and Schedule 12 (smoke control areas) extend to England and Wales;

b

sections 74 to 77 (recall of motor vehicles) extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland;

c

an amendment or repeal has the same extent as the provision amended or repealed, except where contained in a provision for which a different extent is provided by this subsection.

5

In Part 5 of this Act (water)—

a

section 84 (report on elimination of discharges from storm overflows) extends to England and Wales;

b

sections 89 and 93 (water quality) extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland;

c

section 90 (water quality - powers of Welsh Ministers) extends to England and Wales;

d

section 91 (water quality - powers of Northern Ireland Department) extends to Northern Ireland;

e

section 92 (Solway Tweed river basin district) extends to England and Wales and Scotland;

f

an amendment or repeal has the same extent as the provision amended or repealed.

6

Part 6 of this Act (nature and biodiversity) extends to England and Wales, except that—

a

the amendments made by Schedule 15 (biodiversity gain in nationally significant infrastructure projects) have the same extent as the provisions amended, and

b

section 116 and Schedule 17 (use of forest risk commodities in commercial activity) extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

7

Part 7 of this Act (conservation covenants) extends to England and Wales.

8

This Part (miscellaneous and general provisions) extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.