Waste (Amendment) Regulations, 2014

L.N. 6 of 2014

ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT PLANNING ACT

(CAP. 504)

Waste (Amendment) Regulations, 2014

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by articles 61 and 62 of

the Environment and Development Planning Act, the Minister for

Sustainable Development, the Environment and Climate Change,

after consultation with the Malta Environment and Planning

Authority, has made the following regulations:-

The title of these regulations is the Waste (Amendment) Citation.

Regulations, 2014, and these regulations shall be read and construed

as one with the Waste Regulations, hereinafter referred to as "the S.L. 504.37

principal regulations".

Regulation 11 of the principal regulations shall be Substitutes

regulation 11 of

substituted by the following

the principal

regulations.

"11. The competent authority shall ensure that, where

recovery in accordance with paragraph 11 of Schedule 5 is not

undertaken, waste undergoes safe disposal operations which

meet the provisions laid down in paragraph 3 of Schedule 5 on

the protection of human health and the environment.".

Sub-regulation (3) of regulation 16 of the principal Amends

regulation 16 of

regulations shall be substituted by the following

the principal

regulations.

"(3) Subject to technical and economic feasibility

criteria, where hazardous waste has been mixed in a manner

contrary to sub-regulation (1), separation shall be carried out

where possible and necessary in order to comply with the

provisions laid down in paragraph 3 of Schedule 5.".

Paragraph (b) of sub-regulation (1) of regulation 18 of the Amends

regulation 18 of

principal regulations shall be substituted by the following

the principal

regulations.

"(b) be treated in accordance with paragraphs 2 and 3 of

Schedule 5;".

Regulation 30 of the principal regulations shall be Substitutes

regulation 30 of

substituted by the following

the principal

regulations.

"30. The competent authority shall ensure that the waste

management plans and waste prevention programmes are

evaluated at least every sixth year and revised as appropriate

and, where relevant, in accordance with Schedule 5 and other

community measures.".

Part 2 of Schedule 5 to the principal regulations shall be

amended as follows

(a)

sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph 6 thereof shall be

substituted by the following

"(c) an assessment of the need for new collection

schemes, the closure of existing waste installations,

additional waste installation infrastructure in accordance

with paragraph 4 of this Schedule, and, if necessary, the

investments related thereto;"; and

(b) paragraph 13 thereof shall be substituted by the

following

"13. Cooperation as appropriate with other

competent authorities and Member States concerned and

the Commission to draw up the waste management plans

and the waste prevention programmes in accordance with

regulations 28 and 29.".

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