
1 

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Waste Management (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 1997 and, except for regulation 2, shall come into force on 1st April 1997.
(2) Regulation 2 shall come into force on 14th March 1997.
2 
An offence shall be a relevant offence for the purposes of section 74(3)(a) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (in addition to the offences prescribed by regulation 3 of the Waste Management Licensing Regulations 1994) if it is an offence under paragraph 15(1), (3), (4) or (5) of Schedule 5 to the Finance Act 1996 (landfill tax).
3 
For the Schedule to the Environmental Protection (Waste Recycling Payments) Regulations 1992 there shall be substituted the following –“
THE SCHEDULE
Regulation 2(5)


Type of waste disposal authority Saving in waste disposal costs per tonne
A London waste disposal authority for an area which includes an inner London borough. The council of an inner London borough. The Common Council of the City of London. £44.58
A London waste disposal authority which comprises outer London boroughs. The council of an outer London borough. £38.87
The Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority. The Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority. The council of a metropolitan district. £32.06
Any other waste disposal authority. £25.22 where the authority incurs any transport costs in disposing of similar waste and £17.25 in other cases.”.
4 
The following regulations (each of which substituted a new Schedule to the 1992 Regulations) are hereby revoked—
(a) the Environmental Protection (Waste Recycling Payments) (Amendment) Regulations 1993;
(b) regulation 2(3) of the Environmental Protection (Waste Recycling Payments) (Amendment) Regulations 1994;
(c) the Environmental Protection (Waste Recycling Payments) (Amendment) Regulations 1995;
(d) regulation 6 of the Waste Management Regulations 1996.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Ferrers
Minister of State,
Department of the Environment
8th February 1997Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales
Jonathan Evans
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Welsh Office
11th February 1997Lindsay
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Scottish Office
13th February 1997