The Waste Management Licensing (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2016
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Citation, commencement and interpretation
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Amendment of the Waste Management Licensing (Scotland) Regulations 2011
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Transitional provisions
2016 No. 40

Environmental Protection

The Waste Management Licensing (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2016
Made
21st January 2016
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
25th January 2016
Coming into force
30th March 2016
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2 of the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999 and all other powers enabling them to do.
In accordance with section 2(4) of that Act, they have consulted with the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, such bodies or persons appearing to them to be representative of the interests of local government, industry, agriculture and small businesses respectively as they consider appropriate, and such other bodies or persons as they consider appropriate.
1999 c.24 (“the 1999 Act”). There are amendments to section 2 which are not relevant to these Regulations. Under section 5(3) of the 1999 Act, that Act is to be taken to be a pre-commencement enactment within the meaning of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46). The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998. Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste and repealing certain Directives (O.J. L 312, 22.11.2008, p.3) was designated for the purposes of paragraph 20(2)(c) of Schedule 1 to the 1999 Act by S.S.I. 2010/131.