
1 
This order may be cited as the 
Control of Pollution (Exemption of Certain Discharges from Control) Order
1983, and shall come into operation on 31st
August 1983.
2 
In this order, unless the context otherwise
requires—
 “the Act”
means the Control of Pollution
Act 1974;
 “aldrin”
means the chemical compound 1,2,3,4,10,10 – hexachloro
– 1,4,4a,5,8,8a – hexahydro – 1,4 – endo – 5,8
– exo – dimethanonaphthalene;
 “dieldrin”
means the chemical compound 1,2,3,4,10,10 – hexachloro
– 6,7 – epoxy – 1,4,4a,5,6,7,8,8a – octahydro –
1,4 – endo – 5,8 – exo – dimethanonaphthalene;
 “endrin”
means the chemical compound 1,2,3,4,10,10 – hexachloro
– 6,7 – epoxy – 1,4,4a,5,6,7,8,8a – octahydro –
1,4 – endo – 5,8 – endo – dimethanonaphthalene;
and
 “underground stream”
 means a stream which is below ground.

3 
Subsection
(1) of section 32 of the Act (which provides
for the control of discharges of trade and sewage effluent, etc., into rivers
and coastal waters, etc.) shall not apply to discharges specified in column
(1) of the Schedule to this order except in the case of the discharges specified
in column (2) thereof:
Provided that paragraphs
7 and 9
of the Schedule, and paragraph 8
so far as it operates by reference to paragraph
7, shall not extend to Scotland.
4 

(1) Each water authority shall publish a
notice stating the general effect of this order, and specifying a place or
places in the water authority area where a copy of the order may be inspected
by any person free of charge at all reasonable times.
(2) A notice under the last preceding paragraph
shall be published either—
(a) at least once in each of two successive
weeks in one or more newspapers circulating in the water authority area, or

(b) in any other manner which, in any particular
case, may be certified by the Secretary of State to be expedient in that case.

Patrick Jenkin
Secretary of State for the Environment
28th July 1983Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
John Stradling Thomas
Minister of State for Wales
29th July 1983George Younger
Secretary of State for Scotland
1st August 1983
SCHEDULE


(1) (2)
Discharges
to which section 32(1)
does not apply Discharges
excepted from the exemption granted by the order

1.  Discharges begun on or before 30th April
1974 of any trade or sewage effluent to controlled waters or to any underground
stream. 
1. 
(a) Discharges containing mercury from premises
used for the purposes of—
(i)  the manufacture of chemicals, where
mercury is used as a catalyst;
(ii)  the manufacture of catalysts containing
mercury;
(iii) the manufacture of organic or inorganic
mercury compounds (except catalysts);
(iv)  the manufacture of mercury batteries;

(v)  the extraction, recovery or refining
of mercury or any other nonferrous metal;
(vi)  the treatment of industrial waste;

(vii)  a laboratory, where mercury and its
compounds are used;
(b)  discharges containing cadmium from premises
used for the purposes of—
(i)  zinc mining, lead and zinc refining,
the manufacture of cadmium metal or the extraction, recovery or refining of
cadmium or any other non-ferrous metal;
(ii) the manufacture of cadmium compounds;

(iii)  the manufacture of pigments containing
cadmium or cadmium compounds;
(iv)  the manufacture of stabilisers containing
cadmium or cadmium compounds;
(v)  the manufacture of primary or secondary
batteries;
(vi) electroplating;
(vii) the manufacture of phosphoric acid
or phosphate fertiliser from phosphate rock;
(c)  discharges from premises in which dieldrin
is used for the mothproofing of woollen materials;
(d)  discharges (other than of a kind specified
in sub-paragraphs (a) to (c)
above) containing free or combined mercury, free or combined cadmium, aldrin,
dieldrin, endrin, lead, copper, nickel, chromium, zinc or arsenic in such
quantities as are liable to give rise to pollution within the meaning of 
Article 1.2(e) of Council Directive
No. 76/464/EEC on pollution caused by certain
dangerous substances discharged into the aquatic environment of the Community;

(e) discharges (other than of a kind specified
in sub-paragraphs (a) to (d)
above) which are liable to affect the quality of waters identified for the
purposes of Council Directive
No. 76/160/EEC concerning the quality of bathing
water, or designated for the purposes of 
Council Directive No.79/923/EEC on the quality
required of shellfish waters, in such a manner as to result in non-compliance
with one (or both) of those Directives;
(f)  discharges containing waste produced
in the course of the manufacture of titanium dioxide;
(g)  discharges for which consent is required
under any byelaw made in pursuance of 
section 5(1)(c) of the Sea Fisheries
Regulation Act 1966;
(h)  discharges of trade and sewage effluent
to the estuary of the river Mersey east of a line drawn across Liverpool Bay
between the points identified by the undermentioned groups of two letters
and eight figures representing the map co-ordinates of those points on the
grid of the National Reference System used by the Ordnance Survey on its maps
and plans, that is to say, SJ20368867 and SD26950595.

2.  Discharges begun on or before 30th April
1974 of any trade or sewage effluent from land in Great Britain through a
pipe into the sea outside controlled waters. 
2.  Discharges of the kinds specified in 
paragraph 1 of this column.

3.  Discharges begun on or before 30th April
1974 of any trade or sewage effluent from a building or from plant on to or
into any lake, loch or pond which does not discharge into a stream. 
3. 
(a)  Discharges of the kinds specified in paragraph 1(a) to (d) of this
column;
(b)  discharges which are liable to affect
the quality of waters designated for the purposes of 
Council Directive No. 78/659/EEC on the quality
of fresh waters needing protection or improvement in order to support fish
life, or which are subject to the provisions of 
Council Directive No. 75/440/EEC concerning
the quality required of surface water intended for the abstraction of drinking
water in the Member States, in such a manner as to result in non-compliance
with one (or both) of those Directives.

4.  Discharges begun on or before 30th April
1974 of any matter other than trade or sewage effluent into any stream or
controlled waters from a sewer or drain as respectively defined by section 343 of the 
Public Health Act 1936 or, in Scotland, by section 59(1) of
the Sewerage (Scotland) Act 1968.
 
4.  Discharges of the kinds specified in 
paragraphs 1(d) and (e)
and 3(b) of this column.


5.  Discharges begun on or before 30th April
1974 of any trade or sewage effluent direct to specified underground water
(other than an underground stream). 
5. 
(a)  Discharges which are liable to result
in any substance mentioned in List I of the Annex to 
Council Directive No. 80/68/EEC (on the protection
of ground water against pollution caused by certain dangerous substances)
reaching specified underground water in a quantity or concentration likely
to give rise to deterioration in the quality of such water;
(b)  discharges which are liable to result
in any substance mentioned in List II of the said Annex reaching specified
underground water in such quantities as to give rise to pollution within the
meaning of Article 1.2(d)
of the said Council Directive No. 80/68/EEC.


6. Discharges begun on or before 30th April
1974 of any trade or sewage effluent from a building or from plant on to or
into any land. 
6.  Discharges of the kinds specified in 
paragraph 5 of this column.

7.  Discharges (other than discharges which
are the subject of an order under the proviso to 
section 2(4) of the Rivers (Prevention
of Pollution) Act 1951) of water raised or
drained from any underground part of a mine into a stream in the same condition
in which it is raised or drained from underground, where such discharges were
begun on or before 30th April 1974. 
7. 
(a)  Discharges containing free or combined
mercury, free or combined cadmium, lead, copper, nickel, chromium, zinc or
arsenic in such quantities as are liable to give rise to pollution within
the meaning of Article 1.2(e)
of Council Directive No. 76/464/EEC
on pollution caused by certain dangerous substances discharged into the aquatic
environment of the Community;
(b)  discharges of the kinds specified in 
paragraph 3(b) of this column.

8.  Discharges begun after 30th April 1974
but before the day on which section 34
of the Act comes into force which are of a kind exempted under paragraphs 1 to 7 of this column.
 
8.  None.

9.  Discharges begun after the day on which 
section 34 of the Act comes into force which
are of a kind exempted under paragraphs
1 to 7 of this column and are made from a pipe
or outlet the construction of which was begun before 31st August 1983. 
9.  None.