http://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2016/3/section/66/2023-10-17Environment (Wales) Act 2016An Act of the National Assembly for Wales to promote sustainable management of natural resources; to provide for targets for reducing emissions of greenhouse gases; to reform the law on charges for carrier bags; to provide for the separate collection of waste, prohibit disposal of food waste to sewers and provide for prohibiting or regulating disposal of waste by incineration; to make provision about several and regulated fisheries for shellfish; to make provision about fees for marine licences; to establish the Flood and Coastal Erosion Committee; and to make minor changes to the law about land drainage and byelaws made by the Natural Resources Body for Wales.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-08-13Expert Participation2023-10-17PART 4COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF WASTEDisposal of waste
66Prohibition on disposal of food waste to sewer1

In the Environmental Protection Act 1990, after section 34C insert—

Wales: disposal of food waste

34DProhibition on disposal of food waste to sewer1

An occupier of premises in Wales must not—

a

discharge food waste produced on or brought onto the premises, or

b

knowingly cause or knowingly permit food waste produced on or brought onto the premises to be discharged,

into a public sewer or a sewer or drain communicating with a public sewer.

2

Subsection (1) does not apply to an occupier of premises within paragraph (a) or (b) of section 75(5) (domestic property and caravans).

3

A person commits an offence if, without reasonable excuse, the person contravenes subsection (1).

4

A person who commits an offence under subsection (3) is liable on summary conviction, or on conviction on indictment, to a fine.

5

In subsection (1)—

food waste” means controlled waste that—

a

has at any time been food (which for this purpose does not include drink) intended for human consumption, or

b

is biodegradable waste arising from the processing or preparation of food or drink,

but does not include waste that is mixed with water or any other liquid as a result of the water or liquid having been used to clean any place or equipment used in processing or preparing food or drink;

drain”, “public sewer” and “sewer” have the meanings given in section 219(1) of the Water Industry Act 1991.

6

The Welsh Ministers may by regulations—

a

provide for subsection (1) to apply only in circumstances specified in the regulations;

b

make provision (which may include provision amending this section) for subsection (1) to apply subject to exceptions in addition to those in subsection (2);

c

amend the definition of “food waste” in subsection (5).

7

Regulations under subsection (6)(a) or (b) may make different provision for different purposes, different cases (including different persons, premises or types of food waste) and different areas.

2

In section 118 of the Water Industry Act 1991 (c. 56)—

a

in subsection (1), after “trade premises” insert “ in England ”;

b

after subsection (1) insert—

1A

Subject to the following provisions of this Chapter and section 34D of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, the occupier of any trade premises in Wales in the area of a sewage undertaker may discharge any trade effluent proceeding from those premises into the undertaker's public sewers if the occupier does so with the undertaker's consent.

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<paragraph eId="d4e249">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>amend the definition of “food waste” in subsection (5).</p>
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</paragraph>
</subsection>
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<num>7</num>
<content>
<p>Regulations under subsection (6)(a) or (b) may make different provision for different purposes, different cases (including different persons, premises or types of food waste) and different areas.</p>
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<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>In section 118 of the Water Industry Act 1991 (c. 56)—</p>
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<paragraph eId="section-66-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>
in subsection (1), after “trade premises” insert
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<quotedText>“ in England ”</quotedText>
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;
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<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>after subsection (1) insert—</p>
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<num>1A</num>
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<p> Subject to the following provisions of this Chapter and section 34D of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, the occupier of any trade premises in Wales in the area of a sewage undertaker may discharge any trade effluent proceeding from those premises into the undertaker's public sewers if the occupier does so with the undertaker's consent.</p>
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