Paragraph 2 Duties of the waste regulation authority

(1)

The waste regulation authority shall discharge its specified functions, insofar as they relate to waste, with the objectives set out in sub-paragraph (2).

(2)

Those objectives are ensuring that—

(a)

the waste hierarchy set out in paragraph 6(2) and (3) is applied to the generation of waste by the holder of a permit (other than a licence under Part II of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985 or Part 4 of the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010) in the course of any activity authorised by that permit;

(b)

waste generated by such an activity is treated in accordance with that hierarchy;

(c)

waste generated by such an activity is managed in accordance with paragraph 6(1)(a); and

(d)

Article 23(3) of the Directive is complied with.

(3)

The duty in sub-paragraph (2)(a) and (b) takes effect in relation to a permit which is in force on 27th March 2011 when that permit is next modified after that date.