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Section 57 Power of Secretary of State to require waste to be accepted, treated, disposed of or delivered.I1C1

England and Wales

(1)

The Secretary of State may, by notice in writing, direct the holder of any F1environmental permit authorising a waste operation to accept and keep, or accept and treat or dispose of, F2waste at specified places on specified terms.

(2)

The Secretary of State may, by notice in writing, direct any person who is keeping waste on any land to deliver the waste to a specified person on specified terms F3....

F4(2A)

The appropriate Minister may, by notice in writing—

(a)

direct a registered waste carrier to collect waste which is being kept on specified land and deliver it to a specified person on specified terms;

(b)

direct any person who—

(i)

is keeping waste on any land, or

(ii)

owns or occupies land on which waste is being kept,

to facilitate collection of the waste by a specified registered waste carrier to whom a direction in respect of the waste is given under paragraph (a).

(3)

A direction under this section may impose a requirement as respects waste of any specified kind or as respects any specified consignment of waste.

(4)

A direction under subsection (2) above may require the person who is directed to deliver the waste to pay to the specified person his reasonable costs F5in relation to the waste.

F6(4A)

A direction under subsection (2A)(b) may require the person to whom it is given—

(a)

to pay to the specified registered waste carrier the reasonable costs of collecting and delivering the waste;

(b)

to pay to the specified person to whom the waste is delivered (“P”) the reasonable costs incurred by P in relation to the waste (including any costs P is required by a direction under this section to pay to another person).

(5)

A person who fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with a direction under this section shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.

(6)

A person shall not be guilty of an offence under any other enactment prescribed by the Secretary of State by regulations made for the purposes of this subsection by reason only of anything necessarily done or omitted in order to comply with a direction under this section.

(7)

The Secretary of State may F7pay any costs mentioned in subsection (4).

F8(7A)

The appropriate Minister may pay any costs mentioned in subsection (4A).

F9(8)

In this section—

  • F10“appropriate Minister” means—

    1. (a)

      the Secretary of State, in relation to waste being kept on land in England, and

    2. (b)

      the Welsh Ministers, in relation to waste being kept on land in Wales;

  • “registered waste carrier” means a person registered under the Control of Pollution (Amendment) Act 1989 as a carrier of controlled waste;

  • “specified” means specified in a direction under this section; and

  • F11“waste” means anything that is waste within the meaning of Article 3(1) of F12the Waste Framework Directive F13, as read with Articles 5 and 6 of that Directive, including anything excluded from the scope of that Directive by Article 2(1)(f) or 2(2)(b) or (c), but not including anything excluded by the remainder of that Article

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in s. 57(1) substituted (E.W.) (6.4.2008) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3538), reg. 73, Sch. 21 para. 13(a) (with reg. 72, Sch. 4)

F2

Words in s. 57(1)(2) substituted (E.W.) (22.11.2005) by The Environmental Protection Act 1990 (Amendment of Section 57) (England and Wales) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3026), reg. 2(3)

F3

Words in s. 57(2) omitted (E.W.) (9.1.2022) by virtue of Environment Act 2021 (c. 30), s. 147(2)(h), Sch. 10 para. 3(2) (with s. 144)

F4

S. 57(2A) inserted (E.W.) (9.1.2022) by Environment Act 2021 (c. 30), s. 147(2)(h), Sch. 10 para. 3(3) (with s. 144)

F5

Words in s. 57(4) substituted (E.W.) (9.1.2022) by Environment Act 2021 (c. 30), s. 147(2)(h), Sch. 10 para. 3(4) (with s. 144)

F6

S. 57(4A) inserted (E.W.) (9.1.2022) by Environment Act 2021 (c. 30), s. 147(2)(h), Sch. 10 para. 3(5) (with s. 144)

F7

Words in s. 57(7) substituted (E.W.) (9.1.2022) by Environment Act 2021 (c. 30), s. 147(2)(h), Sch. 10 para. 3(6) (with s. 144)

F8

S. 57(7A) inserted (E.W.) (9.1.2022) by Environment Act 2021 (c. 30), s. 147(2)(h), Sch. 10 para. 3(7) (with s. 144)

F9

S. 57(8) substituted (E.W.) (22.11.2005) by The Environmental Protection Act 1990 (Amendment of Section 57) (England and Wales) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3026), reg. 2(5)

F10

Words in s. 57(8) inserted (E.W.) (9.1.2022) by Environment Act 2021 (c. 30), s. 147(2)(h), Sch. 10 para. 3(8) (with s. 144)

F11

Words in s. 57(8) substituted (E.W.) (29.3.2011) by The Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/988), reg. 1(2), Sch. 4 para. 3(6) (with regs. 2, 47(2))

F12

Words in s. 57(8) substituted (E.W.) (20.3.2019) by The Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/620), regs. 1(2)(a), 2(4)

F13

Words in s. 57(8) inserted (E.W.) (31.12.2020) by The Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/620), regs. 1(2)(b), 5(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Modifications

C1

S. 57 modified (E.) (13.4.2001) by S.I. 2001/1478, reg. 2(1)

S. 57 modified (W.) (21.4.2001) by S.I. 2001/1506, reg. 2(1)

Commencement

I1

S. 57 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 164(3); s. 57 in force at 1.5.1994 save for purposes of application to activities specified in art. 2(2) of the commencing S.I. and otherwise in force in relation to those activities in accordance with art. 3 of the commencing S.I. by S.I. 1994/1096, arts. 2(2)(3), 3 (as amended by S.I. 1994/2487, art. 2 and S.I. 1994/3234, art. 2)

Notes on Part II

Modifications

C1

Pt. II (ss. 29-78) amended: (1.4.1992) by S.I. 1992/588, reg. 8; (1.5.1994) by S.I. 1994/1056, regs. 1(3), 19, Sch. 4 para. 9 (as amended (E.W.) (15.5.3006) by S.I. 2006/937, reg. 6(10)(a))

Pt. II (ss. 29-78) modified: (1.2.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 5(5)(e) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117) and S.I. 1996/186, art.2; (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 33(5)(e) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3

Pt. II (ss. 29-78): certain functions transferred on transfer date (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, ss. 2(1)(b)(ii), 21(1)(b)(ii), 56(1) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3, S.I. 1995/2649, art. 2 and S.I. 1995/1983, art. 2 (by which respectively s. 56 is in force from 28.7.1995, s. 21 is in force from 12.10.1995 and s. 2 is in force from 1.4.1996); S.I. 1996/136, art. 2; S.I. 1996/234), art. 2 (specifying transfer date)

Pt. II (ss. 29-78) extended (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120(2), Sch. 23 para. 13 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3

C2

Pt. 2 modified (S.) (27.3.2011) by The Waste Management Licensing (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/228), reg. 1(1), sch. 4 para. 11 (with regs. 31-33)

C3

Pt. 2 modified (E.W.) (6.4.2012) by The Controlled Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/811), regs. 1(3), 5

Commencement

I1

Pt. II partly in force at 31.5.1991 see s. 164(3) and S.I. 1991/1319, art. 2

Pt. II partly in force at 13.12.1991 and for certain purposes at 01.04.1992 by S.I.1991/2829, arts. 2, 4.

Pt. II: power to make corresponding provisions conferred (27.7.1999) by 1999 c. 24, s. 2, Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 20(1)(a)