Content of waste management plans
8.—(1) The appropriate authority must ensure that the waste management plans (taken together) cover the whole of England or Wales, as the case may be.
(2) The appropriate authority must ensure that the waste management plans (taken together)—
(a)include a statement of the authority’s policies for attaining the objectives specified in Part 1 of Schedule 1; and
(b)include the matters set out in Part 2 of Schedule 1.
(3) The appropriate authority must consider, in particular, whether the matters set out in Part 3 of Schedule 1 should be included in the waste management plans.
(4) An appropriate authority must ensure that the waste management plans conform to the strategy for the reduction of biodegradable waste going to landfill—
(a)in relation to England, required by section 17(1) of the Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003(1);
(b)in relation to Wales, required by section 19(1) of that Act.
(5) A statement of policy made before the coming into force of these Regulations may be, or form part of, a waste management plan.