Section 3(5)

The Secretary of State may make plans for— and the Secretary of State may, from time to time, revise any plan so made. establishing limits for the total amount, or the total amount in any period, of any substance which may be released into the environment in, or in any area within, the United Kingdom; allocating quotas as respects the release of substances to persons carrying on processes in respect of which any such limit is established; establishing limits of the descriptions specified in subsection (2)(a) above so as progressively to reduce pollution of the environment; the progressive improvement in the quality objectives and quality standards established by regulations under subsection (4) above;

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