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91.—(1) Article 50 is amended as follows.
(2) In the heading omit “in Member States”.
(3) Omit paragraphs 1 and 2.
(4) In paragraph 2a, for the first sentence substitute—
“The Secretary of State shall ensure that, in respect of the United Kingdom, one or more plans are maintained, either separately or as a clearly defined part of other plans, for inspections carried out for the purposes of the enforcement of this Regulation (‘inspection plan’).”.
(5) In paragraph 3 for “Union”, in both places it occurs, substitute “United Kingdom”.
(6) In paragraph 4a, for “Directive 2012/19/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council” substitute “the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2013(1)”.
(7) In paragraph 4b, for “Union legislation” substitute “retained EU law”.
(8) For paragraph 5 substitute—
“5. The competent authorities in the United Kingdom shall, where appropriate, cooperate, bilaterally and multilaterally, with the competent authorities of EU countries in order to—
(a)facilitate the prevention and detection of illegal shipments;
(b)exchange relevant information on shipments of waste, flows of waste, operators and facilities; and
(c)share experience and knowledge on enforcement measures, including the risk assessment carried out pursuant to paragraph 2a of this Article.”.
(9) In paragraph 6—
(a)in the first sentence—
(i)for “Member States” substitute “Each competent authority in the United Kingdom”;
(ii)for “their” substitute “its”;
(b)for the second sentence substitute—
“The competent authority shall, before the end of each calendar year, send the information in writing to the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State shall then promptly send the information to the Secretariat of the Basel Convention.”.
(10) Omit paragraph 7.
S.I. 2013/3113, amended by S.I. 2015/1968, 2018/102.
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