PART 4Waste prevention programmes and waste management plans: general provision

Public participation in programmes and plans11

1

Part 4 of Schedule 1 (public participation in the preparation or modification of a waste prevention programme or national waste management plan) has effect, but does not apply to a programme or plan—

a

designed for the sole purpose of serving national defence or taken in case of civil emergencies;

b

for which a public participation procedure is carried out under—

i

Part 3 of the Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes Regulations 2004 M1, or

ii

Part 3 of the Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes (Wales) Regulations 2004 M2; or

c

containing only provision relating to paragraph 8, 9, 10 or 11 of Schedule 1.

2

The appropriate authority must ensure that waste prevention programmes and national waste management plans are available on a publicly available website.

3

Steps taken before the coming into force of these Regulations in relation to a waste prevention programme or national waste management plan may be steps for the purposes of Part 4 of Schedule 1.