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Draft Regulations laid before the Scottish Parliament under section 160A(2) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, for approval by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

WASTE

Made 2026

Coming into force 1st January 2027

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 34CA(1), (2), (3), (6), (7), (8) and (9) and 34CB(1), (2), (3), (5) and (6) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990^f1 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

In accordance with section 160A(2) of that Act^f2, a draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

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Footnotes

f1: 1990 c. 43. Sections 34CA and 34CB were inserted by section 58(2) of the Environment Act 2021 (c. 30) and section 34CA(7) was amended by S.I. 2023/1424. The Scottish Ministers are the relevant national authority in relation to Scotland for the purposes of section 34CA(1); see section 34CA(12) for the definition of “relevant national authority”.
f2: Section 160A was inserted by section 63(2) of the Environment Act 2021 (c. 30) and relevantly amended by section 58(3) of that Act.