The Digital Waste Tracking (Wales) Regulations 2026, Part 7 — Supplementary (28–29) — Full Text

Access to information

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The designated person must allow Natural Resources Wales to access information in the digital waste tracking system to facilitate the discharge of any of Natural Resources Wales’ functions under these Regulations.

Information sharing

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(1) Any information held by the designated person or Natural Resources Wales under these Regulations may be shared with a body listed in paragraph (2) for the purposes set out in paragraph (3). (2) The bodies are— (a) a responsible authority; (b) a public authority; (c) a competent authority; (d) the scheme administrator. (3) The purposes are— (a) for a responsible authority, enforcement functions relating to the electronic tracking of waste; (b) for a public authority, functions relating to the prevention or management of waste or waste related crime; (c) for a competent authority, the law enforcement purposes; (d) for the scheme administrator, functions conferred on it by the 2024 Regulations. (4) In this regulation— “ the 2018 Act ” (“ Deddf 2018 ”) means the Data Protection Act 2018 ; “ the 2024 Regulations ” (“ Rheoliadau 2024 ”) mean the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) Regulations 2024 ; “ competent authority ” (“ awdurdod cymwys ”) has the same meaning as in section 30(1) of the 2018 Act; “ the law enforcement purposes ” (“ y dibenion gorfodi’r gyfraith ”) has the same meaning as in section 31 of the 2018 Act; “ public authority ” (“ awdurdod cyhoeddus ”) has the same meaning as in section 7(1) of the 2018 Act ; “ responsible authority ” (“ awdurdod cyfrifol ”) means— Natural Resources Wales; the Environment Agency; the Scottish Environment Protection Agency; the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland; “ scheme administrator ” (“ gweinyddwr y cynllun ”) means the person appointed under regulation 58 of the 2024 Regulations.