The National Waste Management Plan for Scotland Regulations 2007 No. 251

PART 1General

Citation, commencement and extent

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Waste Management Plan for Scotland Regulations 2007 and come into force on the day after the day on which they are made.

(2) These Regulations extend to Scotland only.

Interpretation

2. In these Regulations–

“the 1990 Act” means the Environmental Protection Act 1990(1);

“hazardous waste” has the same meaning as in Article 1(4) of Council Directive 91/689/EEC on hazardous waste(2);

“the National Planning Framework” means the document “the National Planning Framework for Scotland” published by the Scottish Executive on 1 April 2003(3);

“National Planning Policy Guideline 10” means the document “National Planning Policy Guideline (NPPG) 10 – Planning and Waste Management” published by the Scottish Office in March 1996(4);

“national waste management plan” means the plan mentioned in regulation 3(1);

“the National Waste Plan” means the document “the National Waste Plan 2003” published by the Scottish Executive and SEPA in February 2003;

“the Packaging Waste Directive” means the European Parliament and Council Directive 94/62/EC of 20th December 1994 on packaging and packaging waste(5);

“Planning Advice Note 63” means the document “Planning Advice Note (PAN) 63 – Waste Management Planning” published by the Scottish Executive in February 2002(6);

“public consultees” means the persons to whose attention proposals for the national waste management plan are brought by the Scottish Ministers pursuant to regulation 6(1)(b);

“SEPA” means the Scottish Environment Protection Agency; and

“the Waste Data Digest” means any of the following documents published by SEPA–

(a)

Waste Data Digest 1 2001(7);

(b)

Waste Data Digest 2 2002(8);

(c)

Waste Data Digest 3 2003(9);

(d)

Waste Data Digest 4 2004(10);

(e)

Waste Data Digest 5 2005(11);

(f)

Waste Data Digest 6 2006(12).

(1)

1990 c. 43.

(2)

O.J. No. L 377, 13.12.1991, p.20; as amended by Council Directive 94/31/EC (O.J. No. L 168, 2.7.1994, p.28), Corrigendum to Directive 91/689/EC (O.J. No. L 23, 30.1.1998, p.39) and Regulation (EC) No 166/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18th January 2006 (O.J. No. L 33, 04.02.2006, p.1).

(3)

ISBN 0-7 559-4195-0.

(4)

ISBN 0 7480 5153 8.

(5)

O.J. No. L 365, 31.12.1994, p.10; as amended by Regulation (EC) No. 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (O.J. No. L 284, 31.10.2003, p.1), Directive 2004/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (O.J. No. L 47, 18.2.2004, p.26) and Directive 2005/20/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (O.J. No. L 70, 16.03.2005, p.17).

(6)

ISBN 0 7559 3330 3.

(7)

ISBN 1-901322-18-1.

(8)

ISBN 1-901322-25-4.

(9)

ISBN 1-901322-43-2.

(10)

ISBN 1-901322-52-1.

(11)

A complete copy of this document can be found at www.sepa.org.uk/pdf/publications/wds/wdd_5.pdf.

(12)

ISBN 1-901322-66-1.