PART 2Waste management plan

Procedures following public participation13

1

Before decisions on a waste management 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 a waste management 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 adopted the waste management 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 waste management plan;

b

the reasons and considerations upon which those decisions are based; and

c

information about the public participation procedure.