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Greater London Authority Act 1999

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355 Duties of waste collection authorities etc.

(1) In exercising any function under Part II of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (waste on land)— (a) each of the waste collection authorities in Greater London, and (b) each of the waste disposal authorities in Greater London, shall act in general conformity with the provisions of the London Environment Strategy dealing with municipal waste management. (2) Subsection (1) above has effect only to the extent that compliance by an authority with the requirements of that subsection does not impose excessive additional costs on the authority. (3) For the purposes of this section, the Secretary of State may issue guidance for determining what is to be regarded as— (a) acting in general conformity with the provisions of the London Environment Strategy dealing with municipal waste management, or (b) imposing excessive additional costs on an authority. (4) In discharging the duties imposed upon it by subsection (1) above (as read with subsection (2) above), an authority must act in accordance with any guidance issued under subsection (3) above. (5) Any guidance issued under subsection (3) above shall be published by the Secretary of State in such manner as he considers appropriate. (6) Nothing in this section, or in any guidance issued under it, requires an authority— (a) to terminate a waste contract before the expiry of the term of the contract, or (b) to do anything which would result in a breach of any term of a waste contract. (7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (8) In any case where— (a) an authority is required to comply with the Procurement Act 2023 in the awarding of a waste contract, (b) in compliance with that Act the authority publishes or provides the tender notice relating to the awarding of that contract, and (c) after the authority publishes or provides that notice, the Mayor revises the provisions of the London Environment Strategy dealing with municipal waste management,

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355 Duties of waste collection authorities etc.

(1) In exercising any function under Part II of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (waste on land)— (a) each of the waste collection authorities in Greater London, and (b) each of the waste disposal authorities in Greater London, shall act in general conformity with the provisions of the London Environment Strategy dealing with municipal waste management. (2) Subsection (1) above has effect only to the extent that compliance by an authority with the requirements of that subsection does not impose excessive additional costs on the authority. (3) For the purposes of this section, the Secretary of State may issue guidance for determining what is to be regarded as— (a) acting in general conformity with the provisions of the London Environment Strategy dealing with municipal waste management, or (b) imposing excessive additional costs on an authority. (4) In discharging the duties imposed upon it by subsection (1) above (as read with subsection (2) above), an authority must act in accordance with any guidance issued under subsection (3) above. (5) Any guidance issued under subsection (3) above shall be published by the Secretary of State in such manner as he considers appropriate. (6) Nothing in this section, or in any guidance issued under it, requires an authority— (a) to terminate a waste contract before the expiry of the term of the contract, or (b) to do anything which would result in a breach of any term of a waste contract. (7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (8) In any case where— (a) an authority is required to comply with the Procurement Act 2023 in the awarding of a waste contract, (b) in compliance with that Act the authority publishes or provides the tender notice relating to the awarding of that contract, and (c) after the authority publishes or provides that notice, the Mayor revises the provisions of the London Environment Strategy dealing with municipal waste management,

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