PART 4 Waste prevention programmes and waste management plans: general provision

11 Public participation in programmes and plans
1 Part 4 of Schedule 1 (public participation in the preparation or modification of a waste prevention programme or national waste management plan) has effect, but does not apply to a programme or plan—
(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—
(i) Part 3 of the Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes Regulations 2004, or
S.I. 2004/1633.
(ii) Part 3 of the Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes (Wales) Regulations 2004; or
S.I. 2004/1656 (W. 170).
(c) containing only provision relating to paragraph 8, 9, 10 or 11 of Schedule 1.
2 The appropriate authority must ensure that waste prevention programmes and national waste management plans are available on a publicly available website.
3 Steps taken before the coming into force of these Regulations in relation to a waste prevention programme or national waste management plan may be steps for the purposes of Part 4 of Schedule 1.