Transitional provision: arrangements for household waste collection after 31st March 2026 in certain areas6.

(1)

This regulation applies to an English waste collection authority specified in the first column of the Table in the Schedule, during the period beginning with 1st April 2026 and ending on the date specified in the corresponding entry in the second column of that Table.

(2)

Where this regulation applies, section 45A of the 1990 Act (England: separate collection of household waste), as substituted by section 57(4) of the Act, has effect as if—

(a)

in subsection (7), “(e) or” were omitted;

(b)

subsection (8) were omitted; and

(c)

in subsection (10), paragraph (e) were omitted.

(3)

Where this regulation applies, the English waste collection authorities are not required to meet the first condition in section 45A(3) of the 1990 Act in relation to the collection of garden waste where the only other household waste that is to be collected with that garden waste is food waste.