PART 3Waste and resource efficiency
Producer responsibility
I1I2I3I450Producer responsibility obligations
1
In Schedule 4—
a
Part 1 confers power on the relevant national authority to make regulations about producer responsibility obligations;
b
Part 2 confers power on the relevant national authority to make regulations about the enforcement of regulations made under Part 1.
2
In this section and that Schedule “relevant national authority” means—
a
in relation to England, the Secretary of State;
b
in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers or the Secretary of State;
c
in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers or the Secretary of State;
d
in relation to Northern Ireland, the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland or the Secretary of State.
3
Regulations under Schedule 4 made by the Secretary of State may not contain provision that could be contained in regulations under that Schedule made by another relevant national authority, unless that authority consents.
4
Regulations under Schedule 4 that contain only provision for, or in connection with, the variation of targets specified in the regulations are subject to the negative procedure.
5
Otherwise, regulations under Schedule 4 are subject to the affirmative procedure.
6
The following are repealed—
a
in the Environment Act 1995, sections 93 to 95;
b
the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1762 (N.I. 16)).