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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-waste-management-plan-for-scotland-regulations-2007/schedule/paragraph-3",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2007/251",
  "legislation_title": "The National Waste Management Plan for Scotland Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-waste-management-plan-for-scotland-regulations-2007",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Ensuring that the network referred to in paragraph 2 enables–\n(a) Scotland to move towards the aim of becoming self-sufficient in waste disposal and in the recovery of the municipal waste referred to in paragraph 2, ... taking into account geographical circumstances or the need for specialised installations for certain types of waste; and\n(b) waste to be disposed of , and the municipal waste referred to in paragraph 2 to be recovered, in one of the nearest appropriate installations, by means of the most appropriate methods and technologies in order to ensure a high level of protection for the environment and public health.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in sch. para. 3(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Environment (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment etc.) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/436), regs. 1, 4(3)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in sch. para. 3(a) inserted (27.3.2011) by The Waste (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/226), regs. 1(1), 5(8)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in sch. para. 3(a) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Environment (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment etc.) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/436), regs. 1, 4(3)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in sch. para. 3(b) inserted (27.3.2011) by The Waste (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/226), regs. 1(1), 5(8)(b)"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2007/251/schedule/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:13:32.579133+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}