# Environment Act 2021, Section 51: Producer responsibility for disposal costs

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) Schedule 5 confers power on the relevant national authority to make regulations requiring the payment of sums in respect of the costs of disposing of products and materials.
(2) In this section and that Schedule “relevant national authority” means—
(a) in relation to England, the Secretary of State;
(b) in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers or the Secretary of State;
(c) in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers or the Secretary of State;
(d) in relation to Northern Ireland, the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland or the Secretary of State.
(3) Regulations under Schedule 5 made by the Secretary of State may not contain provision that could be contained in regulations under that Schedule made by another relevant national authority, unless that authority consents.
(4) Regulations under Schedule 5 are subject to the affirmative procedure.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2021/30/section/51 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/environment-act-2021/section-51
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