The National Waste Management Plan for Scotland Regulations 2007

Procedures following public participation S

7.—(1) Before decisions on the national waste management plan or its modification are made the Scottish Ministers must take account of any opinions expressed in accordance with regulation 6(1)(d).

(2) As soon as reasonably practicable after making decisions on the national waste management plan the Scottish Ministers must–

(a) inform–

(i) the persons or bodies mentioned in regulation 3(5), and

(ii) the public consultees,

of the matters set out in paragraph (3);

(b) take such steps as they consider appropriate to bring the matters in paragraph (3) to the attention of the public;

(c) if they have adopted the national waste management plan, make a copy of the plan available for inspection by the public at all reasonable times and free of charge.

(3) The matters are–

(a) the decisions made by the Scottish Ministers on the national waste management plan;

(b) the reasons and considerations upon which those decisions are based; and

(c) information about the public participation procedures.