62 Transfrontier shipments of waste
Environment Act 2021 (2021 c 30) | Legislation

62  Transfrontier shipments of waste

(1)     Section 141 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (power to prohibit or restrict the importation or exportation of waste) is amended in accordance with subsections (2) to (8).

(2)     In the heading—

(a)     for “prohibit or restrict” substitute “regulate”;

(b)     after “waste” insert “or the transit of waste for export”.

(3)     For subsection (1) substitute—

“(1)     The Secretary of State may, by regulations, make provision for, about or connected with the regulation of the importation or exportation of waste or the transit of waste for export.

(1A)     Provision that may be made in regulations under this section includes provision prohibiting or restricting—

(a)     the importation of waste;

(b)     the landing and unloading of waste in the United Kingdom;

(c)     the exportation of waste;

(d)     the loading of waste for exportation;

(e)     the transit of waste for export.

(1B)     The provision that may be made by virtue of subsection (1A) includes provision which relates to—

(a)     the intended final destination of waste, or

(b)     the countries or territories it is intended to pass through before reaching that destination.”

(4)     For subsection (3) substitute—

“(3)     Regulations under this section may confer functions

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