6.—(1) Subject to paragraph (3), every harbour authority shall prepare a waste management plan with respect to the provision and use of waste reception facilities in the harbour and the use of those facilities by ships using the harbour and shall submit the plan to the Secretary of State for approval.
(2) The Secretary of State may direct that a terminal operator shall prepare a waste management plan with respect to the provision and use of waste reception facilities for any terminal operated by the terminal operator within a harbour and specified in the direction and submit it to the Secretary of State for approval.
(3) Where the Secretary of State gives a direction under paragraph (2), in preparing a waste management plan under paragraph (1) the harbour authority for the harbour in which the terminal in question is situated shall not be required to deal with the provision and use of waste reception facilities for that terminal in the waste management plan which it prepares.
(4) In preparing a waste management plan the harbour authority or terminal operator shall consult—
(a)persons appearing to the harbour authority or terminal operator to represent the interests of—
(i)persons using the harbour or terminal,
(ii)persons using the waste reception facilities at the harbour or terminal; and
(b)such other persons (if any) as the harbour authority or terminal operator thinks fit.
(5) A plan prepared under this regulation shall comply with the requirements in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.
(6) A harbour authority may, in discharging their duty under paragraph (1) and where required for reasons of efficiency, join with one or more other harbour authorities to prepare a waste management plan with respect to the provision and use of waste reception facilities at the harbours in question.
(7) Where a plan is prepared under paragraph (6) the need for, and availability of, waste reception facilities shall be specified for each individual harbour.
(8) This regulation is subject to regulation 15(2).