# The Hazardous Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2018 W.S.I. 2018/721 · made 11 June 2018 These Regulations amend legislation which refers to Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste and repealing certain Directives (OJ No L 312, 22.11.2008, p. 3). Made under: European Communities Act 1972 (repealed) (Section 2) PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/hazardous-waste-miscellaneous-amendments-wales-regulations-2018/pdf/wsi_20180721_mi.pdf ## Introductory text Environmental Protection, Wales Waste, Wales Made 11 June 2018 Laid before the National Assembly for Wales 14 June 2018 Coming into force 5 July 2018 The Welsh Ministers are designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to— (a) measures relating to the prevention, reduction and elimination of pollution caused by waste and the management of packaging and packaging waste; (b) the prevention, reduction and management of waste. The Welsh Ministers make these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972. ## 1 Title, commencement and application (1) The title of these Regulations is the Hazardous Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2018. (2) These Regulations come into force on 5 July 2018. (3) These Regulations apply in relation to Wales. ## 2 Amendment of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 In section 62A(2)(b) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (lists of waste displaying hazardous properties), after “Directive 2008/98/EC”, insert “, as last amended by Council Regulation (EU) 2017/997”. ## 3 Amendment of the Hazardous Waste (Wales) Regulations 2005 For regulation 2(1)(a) of the Hazardous Waste (Wales) Regulations 2005 (the Waste Directive and the meaning of Waste), substitute— “(a) “the Waste Directive” (“y Gyfarwyddeb Wastraff”) means Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste and repealing certain Directives, as last amended by Council Regulation (EU) 2017/997;”. ## 4 Amendment of the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007 In regulation 2(1) of the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007 (interpretation and notices), in the definition of “the Waste Directive”, at the end, before the semi-colon, insert “, as last amended by Council Regulation (EU) 2017/997”. ## 5 Amendment of the Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011 In regulation 3(1) of the Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011 (interpretation), in the definition of “the Waste Framework Directive”, at the end, before the semi-colon, insert “, as last amended by Council Regulation (EU) 2017/997”. ## 6 Amendment of the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 In regulation 3 of the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 (interpretation: Directives), in the definition of “the Waste Framework Directive”, at the end, before the semi-colon, insert “, as last amended by Council Regulation (EU) 2017/997”. ## 7 Revocations The following regulations are revoked— (a) regulation 3(2) of the Hazardous Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2015; (b) regulation 3(2) of the Waste (Meaning of Recovery) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2016. ## Signature Lesley Griffiths Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning and Rural Affairs, one of the Welsh Ministers 11 June 2018 ## Explanatory note (This note is not part of the Regulations) These Regulations amend legislation which refers to Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste and repealing certain Directives (OJ No L 312, 22.11.2008, p. 3). The amendments made by these Regulations are necessary in order to implement Council Regulation (EU) 2017/997 of 8 June 2017 amending Annex III to Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the hazardous property HP 14 ‘Ecotoxic’ (OJ No L 150, 14.6.2017, p. 1). The Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of regulatory impact assessments was considered in relation to these Regulations. As a result, it was not considered necessary to carry out a regulatory impact assessment as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with these Regulations. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2018/721 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/hazardous-waste-miscellaneous-amendments-wales-regulations-2018 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.