Timeline
The Inspectorate has worked under the purview of many different departments:
- From 1863 to 1872, the Board of Trade
- From 1873 to 1918, the Local Government Board
- From 1919 to 1951, the Ministry of Health
- From 1951 to 1970, the Ministry of Housing and Local Government
- From 1970 to 1975, the Department of the Environment
The Chief Inspector's independence disappeared when the Inspectorate was transferred to the Health and Safety Executive in 1975.
Sites Used: http://www.glossary.com/reference.php?q=Alkali%20Act%201863 The Inspectorate was known as Industrial Air Pollution Inspectorate from 1983 to 1987 and became Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Pollution (HMIP) when it was transferred back to the Department of the Environment in 1987.
HMIP became part of the Environment Agency and Scottish Environment Protection Agency on 1 April 1996.
A further Alkali Act was passed in 1906. Together with amendments, the Alkali Act became the main legislative control of industrial pollution in the UK. It was finally repealed and replaced by the Environmental Protection Act 1990.
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