Environment Act 1995 : Chapter 25.

  • United Kingdom
Date:
[1995]
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Licence: Open Government Licence

Credit: Environment Act 1995 : Chapter 25. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Ad ParT I CHAPTER III Inquiries and other hearings. [97235 70: 1973, c265: Appearance in legal proceedings. Continuity of exercise of functions: the new Agencies. c. 25 Environment Act 1995 subsection (1) of:that section which are identified to that new Agency in writing by the appropriate Minister as being directions the disclosure of which would, in his opinion, be contrary to the interests of national security. (3) The Secretary of State shall lay a copy of every such report before each House of Parliament and shall arrange for copies of every such report to be published in such manner as he considers appropriate. (4) A new Agency’s annual report shall be in such form and contain such information as may be specified in any direction given to the new Agency by the appropriate Ministers. Supplemental provisions 53.—(1) Without prejudice to any other provision of this Act or any other enactment by virtue of which an inquiry or other hearing is authorised or required to be held, the appropriate Minister may cause an inquiry or other hearing to be held if it appears to him expedient to do sO— (a) in connection with any of the functions of a new Agency; or (b) in connection with any of his functions in relation to a new Agency. (2) Subsections (2) to (5) of section 250 of the Local Government Act 1972 (which contain supplementary provisions with respect to local inquiries held in pursuance of that section) shall apply to inquiries or other hearings under this section or any other enactment— (a) in connection with any of the functions of the Agency, or (b) in connection with any functions of the Secretary of State or the Minister in relation to the Agency, as they apply to inquiries under that section, but taking the reference in subsection (4) of that section to a local authority as including a reference to the Agency. (3) The provisions of subsections (2) to (8) of section 210 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (which relate to the holding of local inquiries) shall apply to inquiries or other hearings held under this section or any other enactment— (a) in connection with any of the functions of SEPA, or (b) in connection with any functions of the Secretary of State in relation to SEPA, as they apply to inquiries held under that section. 54. In England and Wales, a person who is authorised by the Agency to prosecute on its behalf in proceedings before a magistrates’ court shall be entitled to prosecute in any such proceedings although not of counsel or a solicitor. 55.—(1) The abolition of— (a) the National Rivers Authority, (b) the London Waste Regulation Authority, or
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