{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/waste-england-and-wales-regulations-2011/regulation-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/waste-england-and-wales-regulations-2011/regulation-16.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2011/988",
  "legislation_title": "The Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/waste-england-and-wales-regulations-2011",
  "path": "regulation/16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "General interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Part—\n“the 1990 Act” means the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 ;\n“the 2004 Act” means the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 ;\n“the 2008 Act” means the Planning Act 2008 ;\n“the 2024 Act” means the Infrastructure (Wales) Act 2024;\n“infrastructure consent” means the consent required by section 19 of the 2024 Act;\n“local planning authority” has the same meaning as in 1990 Act;\n“mineral planning authority” has the same meaning as in section 1 of the 1990 Act ;\n“planning permission” has the meaning given in section 336 of the 1990 Act .\n(2) In this Part, “the planning Acts” means—\n(a) the 1990 Act;\n(b) the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 ;\n(c) the Planning (Hazardous Substances) Act 1990 ;\n(d) the Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 ;\n(e) the 2004 Act; ...\n(f) the 2008 Act ; ...\n(g) the Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023 ; and\n(h) the 2024 Act.\n(3) In this Part, “planning authority” means—\n(a) a local planning authority;\n(ba) a local planning authority or minerals and waste planning authority for the purposes of Part 2 of the 2004 Act;\n(c) a person appointed under paragraph 1 of Schedule 6 to the 1990 Act ;\n(d) a government department in respect of its functions under the planning Acts; or\n(e) an appropriate authority in respect of its functions under the planning Acts.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 16(1) inserted (15.12.2025) by The Infrastructure (Wales) Act 2024 (Consequential, Transitional, Revocation and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1192), regs. 1(2)(b), 6(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in reg. 16(2) omitted (4.11.2024) by virtue of The Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023 (Consequential Provision) (Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/924), regs. 1(2), 56(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Reg. 16(2)(g) and word inserted (4.11.2024) by The Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023 (Consequential Provision) (Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/924), regs. 1(2), 56(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in reg. 16(2)(f) omitted (15.12.2025) by virtue of The Infrastructure (Wales) Act 2024 (Consequential, Transitional, Revocation and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1192), regs. 1(2)(b), 6(2)(b)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Reg. 16(2)(h) and word inserted (15.12.2025) by The Infrastructure (Wales) Act 2024 (Consequential, Transitional, Revocation and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1192), regs. 1(2)(b), 6(2)(b)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Reg. 16(3)(ba) substituted for reg. 16(3)(b) (25.3.2026) by Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c. 55), s. 255(3)(b), Sch. 8 para. 32 (with s. 247); S.I. 2026/169, reg. 3(f)(xi) (with Sch. 1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1990 c. 8."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "2004 c. 5."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "2008 c. 29."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M4",
      "text": "Section 1 was amended by the Local Government (Wales) Act (c. 19), section 18(3) and (4)."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M5",
      "text": "The definition of “planning permission” in section 336 was amended by the Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34), sections 32 and 84(6) and Schedules 7 and 19."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M6",
      "text": "1990 c. 9."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M7",
      "text": "1990 c. 10."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M8",
      "text": "1990 c. 11."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M9",
      "text": "Paragraph 1 was inserted by the Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34), section 32."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/988/regulation/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:10:22.497788+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."
}