# The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, Regulation 20: New regulation 11A


Before regulation 12, insert—
“UK Plan for Shipments of Waste: continuation and changes
11A. (1) The UK Plan for Shipments of Waste of May 2012 continues to have effect.
(2) The Secretary of State may from time to time amend or replace the UK Plan for Shipments of Waste of May 2012; and that plan, as amended or replaced, is referred to in this Part as “the UK Plan”.
(3) Before amending or replacing the UK Plan, the Secretary of State must be satisfied that the change meets the objectives set out in—
(a) Article 4(2)(b) and (d) and (9)(a) of the Basel Convention; and
(b) paragraphs 1 to 3 of Schedule 1 to the Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011, reading those paragraphs as if—
(i) the objectives in those paragraphs related to the United Kingdom as a whole;
(ii) in paragraph 2(2), the reference to the appropriate authority were a reference to the Secretary of State.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2019/9780111180600/regulation/20 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-international-waste-shipments-amendment-eu-exit-regulations-2019/regulation-20
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