Procedures following public participation
13.—(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.