Welsh Statutory Instruments
2023 No. 798 (W. 127)
Environmental Protection, Wales
The Packaging Waste (Data Collection and Reporting) (Wales) Regulations 2023
Made
12 July 2023
Coming into force
17 July 2023
The Welsh Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 2(1) to (3) of, and paragraphs 2, 11, 17 and 20(1)(b) of Schedule 1 to, the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999 (“the 1999 Act”)(1).
The Welsh Ministers have, in accordance with section 2(4) of the 1999 Act consulted—
(a)Natural Resources Wales,
(b)such bodies or persons appearing to them to be representative of the interests of local government, industry, agriculture and small businesses respectively as they consider appropriate, and
(c)such other bodies or persons as the Welsh Ministers consider appropriate.
In accordance with section 2(8) of the 1999 Act, a draft of these Regulations has been laid before, and approved by resolution of Senedd Cymru(2).
1999 c. 24. Functions of the Secretary of State, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales, except in relation to offshore oil and gas exploration and exploitation, by the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/1958), article 3(1). Functions of the National Assembly for Wales were transferred to the Welsh Ministers by paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32). Section 2 was amended by S.I. 2013/755 (W. 90). Schedule 1 was amended by section 70 of the Environment Act 2021 (c. 30) and S.I. 2005/925, 2012/2788, 2018/942 and 2019/458, there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.
The reference in section 2(8) to approval by each House of Parliament has effect in relation to exercise of functions by the Welsh Ministers as if it were a reference to approval by Senedd Cymru by virtue of section 150A(2) of, and paragraph 33 of Schedule 11 to, the Government of Wales Act 2006.