Part 13: General Schedule 7: Plan making Section 15BB: Minerals and waste plan timetable Effect
Subsection (1) sets out that all minerals and waste planning authorities (MWPAs) are required to prepare and maintain a minerals and waste plan timetable for their area.
	Subsection (2) sets out the range of matters which the minerals and waste timetable must specify, including the matters to be dealt with by the minerals and waste plan and the geographical area that a minerals and waste plan will cover and a timetable for its production. Subsection (2) further sets out that MWPAs are required to specify within their timetable any supplementary plans that they intend to produce, their subject matter and geographical extent. Finally, subsection (2) requires MWPAs to set out whether their minerals and waste plans and any supplementary plans are to be joint plans with other MWPAs, and if so, name the other MWPAs they will be working with.
	Subsection (3) establishes that timetables for any joint minerals and waste plans (or joint supplementary plans prepared by MWPAs) must be consistent with the individual minerals and waste plan timetables of each constituent authority.
	Subsection (4) sets out that sections 15B(5) – (12), 15BA and 15LE apply in relation to a minerals and waste plan timetable as they apply in relation to a local plan timetable. See the separate explanatory notes on these sections for further details.