3.—(1) The Scottish Ministers must have a national waste management plan containing their policies in relation to the recovery and disposal of waste in Scotland.
(2) The national waste management plan or any modification of it must consist of–
(a)a statement which relates to the whole of Scotland; or
(b)two or more statements which together relate to the whole of Scotland.
(3) The national waste management plan or any modification of it must include–
(a)a statement of the Scottish Ministers' policies for attaining the objectives specified in the Schedule to these Regulations;
(b)in pursuance of the objectives and measures referred to in the Packaging Waste Directive, a chapter on the management of packaging and packaging waste, including measures taken pursuant to Articles 4 and 5 of that Directive; and
(c)provisions relating to the following–
(i)the type, quantity and origin of waste to be recovered or disposed of;
(ii)general technical requirements;
(iii)any special arrangements for particular wastes;
(iv)suitable disposal sites or installations;
(v)the management of hazardous waste.
(4) The Scottish Ministers may from time to time modify the national waste management plan.
(5) In preparing the national waste management plan, or any modification of it, the Scottish Ministers must consult–
(a)SEPA;
(b)Scottish Natural Heritage;
(c)such bodies or persons appearing to them to be representative of the interests of local government and industry respectively as they think fit; and
(d)such other persons as they think fit.
(6) Until the Scottish Ministers have prepared a plan which is to constitute the national waste management plan, the national waste management plan is taken to be constituted by policies or other text which satisfy paragraphs (2) and (3) and which are set out in the following documents–
(a)a statement under section 44B of the 1990 Act(1);
(b)the National Waste Plan;
(c)National Planning Policy Guideline 10;
(d)Planning Advice Note 63;
(e)the Waste Data Digest;
(f)the National Planning Framework.
Section 44B was inserted into the 1990 Act by section 92(1) of the Environment Act 1995 (c. 25).