# The Waste Management Licensing (Scotland) Regulations 2011, 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2011/9780111012147/schedule/4/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-waste-management-licensing-scotland-regulations-2011/schedule-4/paragraph-2
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