7.—(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.