The Transfrontier Shipment of Waste (Amendment) Regulations 2014

Regulations 59B and 59C

This section has no associated Explanatory Memorandum

15.  After regulation 59A insert—

Civil sanctions, Wales

59B.(1) The Natural Resources Body for Wales may impose a variable monetary penalty, or accept an enforcement undertaking, in relation to an offence specified in the following Table of civil sanctions, as indicated in that Table, as if it were an offence under a provision specified in relation to that sanction in Schedule 5 to the Environmental Civil Sanctions (Wales) Order 2010(1).

Table of civil sanctions

Offence under these RegulationsVariable monetary penaltyEnforcement undertaking
regulation 17YesYes
regulation 18YesYes
regulation 19(2)YesYes
regulation 19(3)YesYes
regulation 20(2)YesYes
regulation 21YesYes
regulation 22(2)YesYes
regulation 23YesYes
regulation 24(2)YesYes
regulation 25YesYes
regulation 26YesYes
regulation 27(2)YesYes
regulation 28YesYes
regulation 29(2)YesYes
regulation 30(2)YesYes
regulation 31YesYes
regulation 32(2)YesYes
regulation 33(2)YesYes
regulation 34(2)YesYes
regulation 35(2)YesYes
regulation 36YesYes
regulation 37(2)YesYes
regulation 38(2)YesYes
regulation 38(3)YesYes
regulation 38(4)YesYes
regulation 39(2)YesYes
regulation 40(2)YesYes
regulation 41(2)YesYes
regulation 42(2)YesYes
regulation 43YesYes
regulation 44(2)YesYes
regulation 52(1)YesNo
regulation 53(a)YesNo
regulation 53(b)YesNo
regulation 53(c)YesNo
regulation 54(a)YesNo
regulation 54(b)YesNo

(2) The terms used in this regulation have the same meaning as in that Order.

(3) The provisions of that Order in relation to those sanctions apply as if they were provisions of these Regulations.

(4) This regulation applies only in Wales and the Welsh area.

Review

59C.(1) The Secretary of State must from time to time—

(a)carry out a review of these Regulations;

(b)set out the conclusions of the review in a report; and

(c)publish the report.

(2) The report must in particular—

(a)set out the objectives intended to be achieved by these Regulations;

(b)assess the extent to which those objectives are achieved; and

(c)assess whether those objectives remain appropriate and, if so, the extent to which they could be achieved in a less burdensome way.

(3) The first report under this regulation must be published before the end of the period of five years beginning with 1st May 2014.

(4) Reports under this regulation are afterwards to be published at intervals not exceeding five years..