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The Environment (Wales) Act 2016 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2023

W.S.I. 2023/1096 · Made 16 October 2023

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Environmental Protection, Wales

Made 16 October 2023

The Welsh Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by section 88(3)(b) of the Environment (Wales) Act 2016f1.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2016 anaw 3.

Contents

  1. 1Title and interpretation
  2. 2Provisions coming into force on 18 October 2023
  3. 3Provision coming into force on 6 April 2024
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Title and interpretation

(1)

The title of this Order is the Environment (Wales) Act 2016 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2023.

(2)

In this Order “the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Environment (Wales) Act 2016.

2Provisions coming into force on 18 October 2023

The appointed day for the following provisions of the Act coming into force is 18 October 2023—

(a)

section 65 (requirements relating to separate collection etc. of waste),

(b)

section 67 (power to prohibit or regulate disposal of waste by incineration),

(c)

section 68 (civil sanctions),

(d)

section 69(5) (regulations), and

(e)

section 70 (minor and consequential amendments and repeals).

3Provision coming into force on 6 April 2024

The appointed day for section 66 (prohibition on disposal of food waste to sewer) of the Act coming into force is 6 April 2024.

Signature

Julie James

Minister for Climate Change, one of the Welsh Ministers

16 October 2023

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order is the fourth commencement order made by the Welsh Ministers under the Environment (Wales) Act 2016 (“the Act”).

This Order brings the following provisions of Part 4 (collection and disposal of waste) of the Act into force on 18 October 2023—

(a)

section 65 (requirements relating to separate collection etc. of waste),

(b)

section 67 (power to prohibit or regulate disposal of waste by incineration),

(c)

section 68 (civil sanctions),

(d)

section 69(5) (regulations), and

(e)

section 70 (minor and consequential amendments and repeals).

This Order brings section 66 (prohibition on disposal of food waste to sewer) of the Act into force on 6 April 2024.