Waste reprocessing infrastructure report

23Waste reprocessing infrastructure report

(1)

The Scottish Ministers must prepare and publish a waste reprocessing infrastructure report.

(2)

A waste reprocessing infrastructure report is to set out the Scottish Ministers’ policies and proposals for the use and development of waste reprocessing infrastructure.

(3)

A waste reprocessing infrastructure report must map out—

(a)

current waste infrastructure,

(b)

planned waste infrastructure,

(c)

any proposed infrastructure by the Scottish Ministers or other relevant bodies.

(4)

In preparing the waste reprocessing infrastructure report, the Scottish Ministers must have regard to any National Planning Framework published by them under the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997.

(5)

The Scottish Ministers must lay a waste reprocessing infrastructure report before the Scottish Parliament.

(6)

The Scottish Ministers must prepare and publish the waste reprocessing infrastructure report before the expiry of one year beginning with the day after Royal Assent.