Part 5Other climate change provisions
Chapter 5Waste reduction and recycling
Deposit of recyclable waste etc.
I181Recyclable waste: facilities for deposit at events etc.
1
The Scottish Ministers may, by regulations, confer power on local authorities to issue notices requiring—
a
persons responsible for organising temporary events open to the public to provide facilities for the deposit of waste by persons attending those events;
b
authorised persons to—
i
collect waste deposited by virtue of paragraph (a);
ii
ensure, in so far as reasonably practicable, that such waste collected by or transferred to them (whether in accordance with section 34 of the 1990 Act or otherwise) is recycled.
2
The regulations may in particular include provision about—
a
the events in relation to which notices can be issued;
b
the circumstances in which facilities must be provided, including the places at which they must be provided;
c
the persons for whom facilities must be provided;
d
the kinds of waste for which facilities must be provided;
e
the persons to whom notices can be issued;
f
the content of notices;
g
the form of and manner in which notices can be issued, including the times at which notices can be issued;
h
appeals against notices;
i
the circumstances in which authorised persons must collect waste, including which authorised persons must do so;
j
the charging by authorised persons for collecting waste, recycling waste and otherwise ensuring waste is recycled;
k
subject to section 89—
i
the enforcement authority in relation to notices; and
ii
the functions of that authority;
l
the keeping of records by persons to whom notices are issued and their production to the enforcement authority;
m
the enforcement of duties imposed by notices;
n
offences in relation to failures to comply with requirements of notices.
3
Local authorities must have regard to any guidance given by the Scottish Ministers to them in relation to the functions conferred on them by the regulations.
4
The enforcement authority must have regard to any guidance given by the Scottish Ministers to it in relation to the functions conferred on it by the regulations.