Section 6 – Regulations about penalties
34.This section enables the Welsh Ministers to make regulations about penalties to which local authorities may be liable—
for failure to meet the targets for recycling, preparation for re-use and composting set under section 3
failure to meet waste targets under section 4, or
for breaches of regulations under section 5 relating to monitoring and auditing compliance.
35.Regulations under section 6 may set the amount of a penalty, or lay down rules for calculating it. They can also specify when payments are to be paid, and make provision about interest on unpaid penalties; about recovering, setting off or securing unpaid amounts in respect of penalties and interest; and about waiver of penalties.
36.Regulations under this section are subject to an affirmative resolution procedure in the National Assembly for Wales (see section 20(3)).
