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13. The Transfrontier Shipment of Waste Regulations 2007 are amended in accordance with regulations 14 to 43.
14. In regulation 6, in the words before paragraph (a), omit “for the purposes of the Community Regulation”.
15. In regulation 7—
(a)in paragraph (1), omit “for the purposes of the Community Regulation”;
(b)in paragraph (2), at the end insert “under the Community Regulation”.
16. Omit regulation 8.
17. Omit regulation 10.
18. For the heading of Part 2, substitute—
19. Omit regulation 11 (as it forms part of the law of each of England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland).
20. Before regulation 12, insert—
11A.—(1) The UK Plan for Shipments of Waste of May 2012(1) continues to have effect.
(2) The Secretary of State may from time to time amend or replace the UK Plan for Shipments of Waste of May 2012; and that plan, as amended or replaced, is referred to in this Part as “the UK Plan”.
(3) Before amending or replacing the UK Plan, the Secretary of State must be satisfied that the change meets the objectives set out in—
(a)Article 4(2)(b) and (d) and (9)(a) of the Basel Convention(2); and
(b)paragraphs 1 to 3 of Schedule 1 to the Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011(3), reading those paragraphs as if—
(i)the objectives in those paragraphs related to the United Kingdom as a whole;
(ii)in paragraph 2(2), the reference to the appropriate authority were a reference to the Secretary of State.”.
21. In regulation 12(1)—
(a)in the words before sub-paragraph (a), for “a waste management plan” substitute “amending or replacing the UK Plan”;
(b)in sub-paragraph (a), for “plan” substitute “proposals”.
22.—(1) Regulation 13 is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph (1), for “a waste management plan” substitute “amending or replacing the UK Plan”.
(3) In paragraph (2)—
(a)in the words before sub-paragraph (a), for “a waste management plan” substitute “amending or replacing the UK Plan”;
(b)in sub-paragraph (c), for “adopted the waste management plan” substitute “amended or replaced the UK Plan”.
(4) In paragraph (3)(a), for “waste management plan” substitute “proposals”.
23. In regulation 14, in the words before paragraph (a), for “send a copy of the waste management plan” substitute “, on amending or replacing the UK Plan, send a copy of it”.
24. In regulation 15—
(a)in the words before paragraph (a), for “waste management plan” substitute “UK Plan”;
(b)in paragraph (a), for “that plan” substitute “the UK Plan”;
(c)in paragraph (b), for “that plan” substitute “the UK Plan”.
25. In regulation 16 (as it forms part of the law of each of England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland) for “a waste management plan made under this Part” substitute “the UK Plan”.
26. In the heading of Part 4, for the words from “within” to the end substitute “between the United Kingdom and EU countries”.
27. In regulation 19(1)—
(a)after “originates in” insert “the United Kingdom or”;
(b)for “another member State” substitute “an EU country”;
(c)for “third country” substitute “non-EU country”.
28. In regulation 20(1)—
(a)after “originates in” insert “the United Kingdom or”;
(b)for “another member State” substitute “an EU country”;
(c)for “third country” substitute “non-EU country”.
29. In the heading of Part 5, for the words from “third countries” to the end substitute “non-EU countries”.
30. In regulation 21—
(a)in the heading, after “than to” insert “EU or”;
(b)for “third” substitute “non-EU”;
(c)after “circumstances, to” insert “EU or”.
31. In regulation 23—
(a)in the heading, after “recovery to” insert “non-EU,”;
(b)after “recovery in a” insert “non-EU”.
32. In regulation 23A—
(a)in the heading, after “or IIIA to” insert “non-EU,”;
(b)in paragraph (2), after “being a” insert “non-EU”;
(c)in paragraph (3), after “any other” insert “non-EU”.
33. In regulation 23B—
(a)in the heading, after “III etc. to” insert “non-EU,”;
(b)in paragraph (1)(a), after “in a” insert “non-EU”.
34. In regulation 24—
(a)in the heading, after “recovery to” insert “non-EU”;
(b)in paragraph (1), after “in any” insert “non-EU”.
35. In regulation 27—
(a)in the heading, after “from a” insert “non-EU”;
(b)in paragraph (1), after “from a” insert “non-EU”.
36. In regulation 29—
(a)in the heading, for “an” insert “a non-EU”;
(b)in paragraph (1), after “through a” insert “non-EU”;
(c)in paragraph (2), after “through, an” insert “EU or”.
37. In regulation 30—
(a)in the heading, after “from a” insert “non-EU,”;
(b)in paragraph (1)—
(i)in sub-paragraph (a), after “from a” insert “non-EU”;
(ii)in sub-paragraph (b), after “through a” insert “non-EU”;
(c)in paragraph (2), after “imports from a” insert “non-EU,”.
38. In regulation 32—
(a)in paragraph (1)(a), for “third” substitute “non-EU”;
(b)in paragraph (2), for “third” substitute “non-EU”.
39. In regulation 33—
(a)in the heading, after “recovery:” insert “non-EU,”;
(b)in paragraph (1)(a), after “for, a” insert “non-EU”.
40. In regulation 34—
(a)in the heading, after “recovery:” insert “EU”;
(b)in paragraph (1)(a), after “for, a” insert “EU”.
41. In regulation 35—
(a)in the heading—
(i)after “between” insert “EU or”;
(ii)after “countries and” insert “non-EU,”;
(b)for paragraph (1) substitute—
“(1) This regulation applies to waste destined for recovery that—
(a)originates from a non-EU country to which the OECD Decision does not apply and is destined for an EU country or a country to which the OECD Decision applies; or
(b)originates from an EU country or a country to which the OECD Decision applies and is destined for a non-EU country to which the OECD Decision does not apply.”.
(c)in paragraph (2)—
(i)after “between” insert “EU or”;
(ii)after “Decision and” insert “non-EU,”.
42. Omit regulation 60.
43. Omit Schedule 1.
A copy of the UK Plan for Shipments of Waste of May 2012 may be seen at https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/69546/pb13770-waste-shipments.pdf . Alternatively, a copy may be obtained by writing to the EU and International Chemicals, Hazardous Waste and Waste Shipments Team, Environmental Quality Directorate, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 2 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DF.
Adopted in Basel, Switzerland on 22nd March 1989.
S.I. 2011/988, amended by S.I. 2012/1889, 2014/656.