Part 3: Waste and Resource Efficiency Section 51: Producer responsibility for disposal costs
Section 51 introduces Schedule 5, which allows the relevant national authority to make regulations that require those involved in manufacturing, processing, distributing or supplying products or materials to meet, or contribute to, the disposal costs of those products.
	Subsections (2) and (3) sets out who the "relevant national authority" is. This is the Secretary of State in relation to England, the Scottish Ministers in relation to Scotland, the Welsh Minsters in relation to Wales, and the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in relation to Northern Ireland. The Secretary of State may make regulations on behalf of Wales, Scotland, or Northern Ireland, but only with the relevant Minister’s or Department’s consent.
	Subsection (4) makes provision for regulations made under Schedule 5 to be subject to the affirmative resolution procedure.