The Waste Management (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 1997

• Citation: S.I. 1997/351
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Citation and commencement

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Waste Management (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 1997 and, except for regulation 2, shall come into force on 1st April 1997.

(2) Regulation 2 shall come into force on 14th March 1997.

Section 2 Relevant Offences

An offence shall be a relevant offence for the purposes of section 74(3)(a) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (in addition to the offences prescribed by regulation 3 of the Waste Management Licensing Regulations 1994 ) if it is an offence under paragraph 15(1), (3), (4) or (5) of Schedule 5 to the Finance Act 1996 (landfill tax) .

Section 3 Amendment of the Environmental Protection (Waste Recycling Payments) Regulations 1992

For the Schedule to the Environmental Protection (Waste Recycling Payments) Regulations 1992 there shall be substituted the following –

REPRESENTATIVE SAVINGS IN WASTE DISPOSAL COSTS

Section 4 Revocation of regulations

The following regulations (each of which substituted a new Schedule to the 1992 Regulations) are hereby revoked—

(a) the Environmental Protection (Waste Recycling Payments) (Amendment) Regulations 1993 ;

(b) regulation 2(3) of the Environmental Protection (Waste Recycling Payments) (Amendment) Regulations 1994 ;

(c) the Environmental Protection (Waste Recycling Payments) (Amendment) Regulations 1995 ;

(d) regulation 6 of the Waste Management Regulations 1996 .