Part of Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Bill – in a Public Bill Committee am 10:30 am ar 1 Chwefror 2005.
'(1) In subsection 24(2) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c.69), at the end insert—
''(w) an offence under subsection 33(4A) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c.3).''
(2) In section 33 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c.3), after subsection (4) insert—
''(4A) A person authorised by the Environmental Protection Agency to exercise the powers specified in section 108(4) of the Environment Act 1995 (c.25) shall have like powers to those of a constable to arrest any person depositing or disposing of waste in contravention of subsection (1).'.'.—[Miss McIntosh]
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A parliamentary bill is divided into sections called clauses.
Printed in the margin next to each clause is a brief explanatory `side-note' giving details of what the effect of the clause will be.
During the committee stage of a bill, MPs examine these clauses in detail and may introduce new clauses of their own or table amendments to the existing clauses.
When a bill becomes an Act of Parliament, clauses become known as sections.