(1)

(a) Subject to subsection (2), a person shall not, after such date as may be fixed for the purpose of this subsection by order made by the Minister, discharge or cause or permit the discharge of any trade effluent or sewage effluent to any waters except under and in accordance with a licence under this section.

(b) A licence under this section may be granted -

(i) in the case of a discharge to waters in the functional area of a local authority, by that local authority, and

(ii) in any other case, by a local authority in whose functional area any premises, works, apparatus, plant or drainage pipe from which the effluent is discharged is situated.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to discharges -

(a) to tidal waters from vessels or marine structures,

(b) from a sewer, or

(c) the subject of regulations under subsection (10).