Section 74: Waste reduction provisions: interim report
356.Subsection (1) provides that, if the Secretary of State considers that it will not be possible to lay a report under section 73 in relation to a pilot area within three years of this Act being passed, the Secretary of State must lay an interim report within the three years.
357.Subsection (2) provides that the interim report must contain: a description of the scheme and how it differs from other such schemes, a copy of the designating order, and a description of how the enactments and guidance applying in that pilot area differ from those applying in other pilot areas and in non-pilot areas.
358.Subsection (3) provides that, where a scheme has not yet been implemented, the interim report must describe progress towards its implementation.
359.Subsection (4) provides that, where a scheme has been implemented, the interim report must describe its operation and assess progress towards its objectives, if such an assessment can reasonably be made.