PART 3Waste

Public participation in waste prevention programmes14.

(1)

Regulations 15 and 16 apply to the modification of a waste prevention programme as they apply to the preparation of such a programme.

(2)

Regulations 15 and 16 do not apply to a waste prevention programme—

(a)

designed for the sole purpose of serving national defence or taken in case of civil emergencies;

(b)

for which a public participation procedure is carried out under the Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes Regulations (Northern Ireland) 20045;

(c)

containing only provision relating to separation collection of waste, bio-waste, re-use, preparing for re-use, recovery and recycling targets;

(3)

Steps taken before the coming into operation of these Regulations in relation to a waste prevention programme may be steps for the purposes of regulations 15 and 16.