PART 2Monitoring
Validation by the monitoring authorityI17
1
Within three months of the date required of a local authority to have submitted a return under regulation 5(2)(b), the monitoring authority must complete a validation of the information submitted by the local authority on the WasteDataFlow system.
2
If a local authority fails to submit a return in accordance with the timescale specified in regulation 5(2)(b), the monitoring authority must complete a validation of the information submitted by the local authority on the WasteDataFlow system within three months of the date on which the return is submitted.
3
In this regulation “validation” means—
a
a check that all local authorities have submitted data in accordance with their obligation to provide information under regulation 5; and
b
a reconciliation of any inaccurate or inconsistent data that has been submitted.