2019 No. 1165 (W. 203)

Environmental Protection, Wales

The Hazardous Waste (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2019

Made

Laid before the National Assembly for Wales

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(2)

The Welsh Ministers make these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of, and paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to, the European Communities Act 19721 (“the ECA 1972”).

The Welsh Ministers are designated2 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the ECA 1972 in relation to measures relating to the prevention, reduction and elimination of pollution caused by waste3 and the prevention, reduction and management of waste4.

These Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of the ECA 1972, and it appears to the Welsh Ministers that it is expedient for references to Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 of the European Parliament and of the Council on persistent organic pollutants (recast)5 to be construed as references to that Regulation as amended from time to time.

Title and commencement1

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The title of these Regulations is the Hazardous Waste (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2019.

2

These Regulations come into force 21 days after the day on which they are laid.

Amendment to the Hazardous Waste (Wales) Regulations 20052

For Schedule 8 (form of consignee’s return to producer or holder/ffurf ateb y traddodai i’r cynhyrchydd neu’r deiliad) to the Hazardous Waste (Wales) Regulations 20056, substitute the new Schedule 8 set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.

Hannah BlythynDeputy Minister for Housing and Local Government, under authority of the Minister for Housing and Local Government, one of the Welsh Ministers

SCHEDULE/ATODLEN

Regulation/Rheoliad 2

SCHEDULE 8/ATODLEN 8Form of consignee’s return to producer or holder/Ffurf ateb y traddodai i’r cynhyrchydd neu’r deiliad

Regulation/Rheoliad 54

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Hazardous Waste (Wales) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/1806 (W. 138)) (“the 2005 Regulations”) in order to supplement Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 of the European Parliament and of the Council on persistent organic pollutants (recast) (OJ No. L 169, 25.6.2019, p. 45).

Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 replaces and repeals Regulation (EC) No 850/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on persistent organic pollutants (OJ No. L 158, 30.4.2004, p. 7).

Regulation 2 substitutes a new Schedule 8 to the 2005 Regulations in order to update references to Regulation (EU) 2019/1021.

The Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to these Regulations. As a result, it was not considered necessary to carry out a regulatory impact assessment as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with these Regulations.