SCHEDULE 22 Minor and consequential amendments
The Environmental Protection Act 1990
82
(1)
Section 64 of that Act (public registers) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this paragraph.
(2)
“(2A)
The Secretary of State may give to a waste regulation authority directions requiring the removal from any register of its of any specified information not prescribed for inclusion under subsection (1) above or which, by virtue of section 65 or 66 below, ought to be excluded from the register.”
(3)
In subsection (4) (duty of waste collection authorities in England to maintain registers)—
(a)
after the word “England” there shall be inserted the words “
or Wales
”
; and
(b)
the words “which is not a waste regulation authority” shall be omitted.
(4)
“(5)
The waste regulation authority in relation to England and Wales shall furnish any waste collection authorities in its area with the particulars necessary to enable them to discharge their duty under subsection (4) above.”
(5)
In subsection (6) (registers to be available for inspection by, and facilities for obtaining copies of entries to be afforded to, the public)—
(a)
after the words “waste collection authority” there shall be inserted “
(a)
”
;
(b)
after the words “hours and” there shall be inserted “
(b)
”
; and
(c)
after the paragraph (b) so formed, there shall be added the words— “
and, for the purposes of this subsection, places may be prescribed by the Secretary of State at which any such registers or facilities as are mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) above are to be available or afforded to the public in pursuance of the paragraph in question.
”