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Environmental Protection Act 1990

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44ZB Approval of integrated waste management plan

(1) The Scottish Ministers shall— (a) approve an integrated waste management plan submitted to them under section 44ZA(1)(b) above without modification; (b) approve the plan with such modifications as they consider appropriate; or (c) refuse to approve the plan. (2) If the Scottish Ministers refuse to approve a plan which has been so submitted they shall— (a) notify the local authority in writing of that fact; and (b) require the local authority to prepare and submit, by such date as the Scottish Ministers may specify, a further integrated waste management plan. (3) The Scottish Ministers shall— (a) approve an integrated waste management plan submitted to them under subsection (2)(b) above without modification; or (b) approve the plan with such modifications as they consider appropriate. (4) The Scottish Ministers shall— (a) give written notice of their approval, under subsection (1) or (3) above, of an integrated waste management plan to the local authority; and (b) if they have modified the plan, send a copy of the plan as modified to the local authority. (5) The local authority shall, on receipt of notice given under subsection (4)(a) above— (a) give public notice of the approved integrated waste management plan; and (b) send a copy of it to SEPA. (6) It shall be the duty of a local authority to make arrangements for allowing any person to— (a) inspect its approved integrated waste management plan at its principal offices at any reasonable time; (b) obtain a copy of it, or any part of it, on payment of such reasonable fee (if any) as the local authority may determine.

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44ZB Approval of integrated waste management plan

(1) The Scottish Ministers shall— (a) approve an integrated waste management plan submitted to them under section 44ZA(1)(b) above without modification; (b) approve the plan with such modifications as they consider appropriate; or (c) refuse to approve the plan. (2) If the Scottish Ministers refuse to approve a plan which has been so submitted they shall— (a) notify the local authority in writing of that fact; and (b) require the local authority to prepare and submit, by such date as the Scottish Ministers may specify, a further integrated waste management plan. (3) The Scottish Ministers shall— (a) approve an integrated waste management plan submitted to them under subsection (2)(b) above without modification; or (b) approve the plan with such modifications as they consider appropriate. (4) The Scottish Ministers shall— (a) give written notice of their approval, under subsection (1) or (3) above, of an integrated waste management plan to the local authority; and (b) if they have modified the plan, send a copy of the plan as modified to the local authority. (5) The local authority shall, on receipt of notice given under subsection (4)(a) above— (a) give public notice of the approved integrated waste management plan; and (b) send a copy of it to SEPA. (6) It shall be the duty of a local authority to make arrangements for allowing any person to— (a) inspect its approved integrated waste management plan at its principal offices at any reasonable time; (b) obtain a copy of it, or any part of it, on payment of such reasonable fee (if any) as the local authority may determine.

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