Commentary on Sections Section 4 – Regulations to set waste targets
30.This section enables the Welsh Ministers to make regulations to specify other waste targets, in addition to those set under section 3, relating to the prevention, reduction, collection, management, treatment or disposal of waste by local authorities. This section also enables the Welsh Ministers to make regulations to specify indicators to measure a local authority’s performance in relation to these targets and to impose a financial penalty on local authorities if these waste targets are not met.
31.Regulations under this section are subject to an affirmative resolution procedure in the National Assembly for Wales (see section 20(3)).