Disposal in a landfill or by incineration

Regulations prohibiting incineration of waste
9A
1
The Welsh Ministers may by regulations make provision for and in connection with prohibiting or otherwise regulating the incineration in Wales of specified kinds of waste.
2
Regulations under subsection (1) may (among other things)—
a
amend regulations made under section 2 of the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999 which relate to the operation of waste incineration plants or waste co-incineration plants;
b
provide for offences in relation to failure to comply with provision made under the regulations;
c
provide for penalties in relation to such offences;
d
provide for enforcement authorities and the functions of such authorities.
3
In this section—
- “
incineration
” (“
llosgi
”), in relation to waste, means—
  1. incineration of the waste in a waste incineration plant or waste co-incineration plant, and
  2. any other thermal treatment of the waste prior to its incineration;
- “
waste incineration plant
” (“
peiriant llosgi gwastraff
”) has the meaning given in Article 3(40) of Directive 2010/75/
EU
of the European Parliament and of the Council on industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control) (Recast);
- “
waste co-incineration plant
” (“
peiriant cydlosgi gwastraff
”) has the meaning given in Article 3(41) of that Directive.
S. 9A inserted (18.10.2023) by Environment (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 3), ss. 67, 88(3)(b); S.I. 2023/1096, art. 2(b)
cross-heading substituted (18.10.2023) by Environment (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 3), s. 88(3)(b), Sch. 2 para. 17(2); S.I. 2023/1096, art. 2(e)