Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003

19 Strategy for Wales

(1) The National Assembly for Wales must have a strategy for reducing—

(a) the amount of biodegradable waste from Wales that goes to landfills, and

(b) the amount of biodegradable waste from outside Wales that goes to landfills in Wales.

(2) The strategy required by subsection (1) must (in particular) include measures to achieve the targets specified for Wales under sections 1 and 2.

(3) The measures mentioned in subsection (2) include (in particular) measures to achieve the targets by means of recycling, composting, biogas production, materials recovery or energy recovery.

(4) Before formulating policy for the purposes of subsection (1), the Assembly must—

(a) consult the Secretary of State, the Scottish Ministers, the Department of the Environment and the Environment Agency,

(b) consult such bodies or persons appearing to it to be representative of the interests of local government as it considers appropriate,

(c) consult such bodies or persons appearing to it to be representative of the interests of industry as it considers appropriate, and

(d) carry out such public consultation as it considers appropriate.

(5) The Assembly must set out in a statement any policy formulated for the purposes of subsection (1).

(6) The Assembly must, as soon as a statement is prepared for the purposes of subsection (5), send a copy of it to—

(a) the Secretary of State,

(b) the Scottish Ministers, and

(c) the Department of the Environment.

(7) Where subsection (1) is satisfied by policies set out in a statement under section 44A of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43) (national waste strategy), if the statement was prepared before the coming into force of that subsection it does not matter that the policies were not formulated for the purposes of that subsection.