The Transfrontier Shipment of Waste Regulations 2007

PART 2U.K.[F1UK Plan for Shipments of Waste]

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Waste management planU.K.

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[F3UK Plan for Shipments of Waste: continuation and changesU.K.

11A.—(1) The UK Plan for Shipments of Waste of May 2012 continues to have effect.

(2) The Secretary of State may from time to time amend or replace the UK Plan for Shipments of Waste of May 2012; and that plan, as amended or replaced, is referred to in this Part as “the UK Plan”.

(3) Before amending or replacing the UK Plan, the Secretary of State must be satisfied that the change meets the objectives set out in—

(a)Article 4(2)(b) and (d) and (9)(a) of the Basel Convention(1); and

(b)paragraphs 1 to 3 of Schedule 1 to the Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011, reading those paragraphs as if—

(i)the objectives in those paragraphs related to the United Kingdom as a whole;

(ii)in paragraph 2(2), the reference to the appropriate authority were a reference to the Secretary of State.]

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Public participation proceduresU.K.

12.—(1) As soon as reasonably practicable after preparing proposals for [F4amending or replacing the UK Plan], the Secretary of State must—

(a)take such steps as he considers appropriate to bring the proposals to the attention of the persons who in his opinion are affected or likely to be affected by, or have an interest in, the [F5proposals] (in this Part, referred to as “public consultees”);

(b)inform public consultees of the address from which a copy of the proposals may be obtained;

(c)invite public consultees to express their opinions on the proposals, specifying the address to which, and the period within which, opinions must be sent.

(2) The period referred to in paragraph (1)(c) must be sufficient to ensure that public consultees are given an effective opportunity to express their opinions on the proposals.

(3) The Secretary of State must keep a copy of the proposals for inspection by the public at all reasonable times free of charge.

(4) The Secretary of State may make a reasonable charge for copies provided under paragraph (1)(b).

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Procedures following public participationU.K.

13.—(1) Before decisions on [F6amending or replacing the UK Plan] are made, the Secretary of State must take account of any opinions expressed by public consultees in accordance with regulation 12.

(2) As soon as reasonably practicable after making decisions on [F7amending or replacing the UK Plan], the Secretary of State must—

(a)inform public consultees of the matters referred to in paragraph (3);

(b)take such steps as he considers appropriate to bring those matters to the attention of the public;

(c)if he has [F8amended or replaced the UK Plan], make a copy of it available for inspection at all reasonable times free of charge.

(3) The matters are—

(a)the decisions made by the Secretary of State on the [F9proposals];

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

(c)information about the public participation procedure.

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Provision of the plan to competent authoritiesU.K.

14.  The Secretary of State must [F10, on amending or replacing the UK Plan, send a copy of it] to—

(a)the Environment Agency;

[F11(aa)the Natural Resources Body for Wales;]

(b)the Scottish Environment Protection Agency; and

(c)the Department of [F12Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs] in Northern Ireland.

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Objections to shipments of wasteU.K.

15.  For the purpose of preventing shipments of waste that are not in accordance with the [F13UK Plan]—

(a)a competent authority of destination must object to any shipment notified in accordance with the Community Regulation which [F14the UK Plan] indicates should not be brought into the United Kingdom; and

(b)a competent authority of dispatch must object to any shipment notified in accordance with the Community Regulation which [F15the UK Plan] indicates should not be dispatched from the United Kingdom.

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[F16Waste Management Licensing Regulations 1994] [F16The Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011] U.K.

16.  [F17Paragraph 6(1)(c) of Schedule 4 to the Waste Management Licensing (Scotland) Regulations 2011] [F16and paragraph 4(1)(b) of Part 1 of Schedule 3 to the Waste Management Licensing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003(2) have effect as if the references in those paragraphs to any plan made under the plan-making provisions include references to [F18the UK Plan].]

[F16The reference to a waste management plan in regulation 7 of the Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011 includes [F18the UK Plan].]

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OJ No L 114, 27.4.2006, p 9.