# The Waste (Prescribed Enactments) (Wales) Regulations 2020

W.S.I. 2020/594 · made 15 June 2020

These Regulations prescribe various enactments for the purposes of section 57(6) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (“the 1990 Act”).

Made under: Environmental Protection Act 1990 (Section 57)

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## Introductory text

Environment, Wales
Made 15 June 2020
Laid before Senedd Cymru 17 June 2020
Coming into force 9 July 2020
The Welsh Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the power conferred by section 57(6) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990.

## 1 Title, commencement and expiry

(1) The title of these Regulations is the Waste (Prescribed Enactments) (Wales) Regulations 2020.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 9 July 2020.

## 2 Enactments prescribed for the purpose of section 57(6) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990

(1) The following enactments are prescribed for the purposes of section 57(6) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990—
(a) sections 33, 34 and 47 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990;
(b) sections 171G, 179, 187, 187A, 216 and 331 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990;
(c) section 23 of the Planning (Hazardous Substances) Act 1990;
(d) regulation 65 of the Hazardous Waste (Wales) Regulations 2005;
(e) regulation 56 of the Waste Batteries and Accumulators Regulations 2009;
(f) parts 5, 8, and 9 of the Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011; and
(g) regulation 38 of the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016.
(2) A person shall not be guilty of an offence under any of these enactments by reason of anything necessarily done or omitted in order to comply with a direction under section 57 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990.

## Signature

Hannah Blythyn
Deputy Minister for Housing and Local Government, under the authority of the Minister for Housing and Local Government, one of the Welsh Ministers
15 June 2020

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations prescribe various enactments for the purposes of section 57(6) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (“the 1990 Act”).
Under section 57(1) of the 1990 Act, the Welsh Ministers may direct the holder of any environmental permit authorising a waste operation to accept and keep, or accept and treat or dispose of, waste at specified places on specified terms.
Under section 57(2) of the 1990 Act, the Welsh Ministers may direct any person who is keeping waste on land to deliver the waste to a specified person on specified terms, with a view to it being treated or disposed of by that person.
Section 57(6) of the 1990 Act allows enactments to be prescribed by Regulations to ensure that a person shall not be guilty of an offence under such enactments by reason of anything done in order to comply with a Direction under section 57.
The Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of regulatory impact assessments was considered in relation to these Regulations. As a result, a regulatory impact assessment was not carried out as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with these Regulations.

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