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Better Waste Regulation
The Scottish Executive and SEPA have issued a joint consultation on proposals for better waste regulation.
The government’s vision for better regulation is based on an improved regime with better regulatory principles which should:
- Eliminate outdated or unnecessary provisions in legislation
- Consolidate, streamline or merge regulatory regimes where possible
- Base regulatory permitting, inspection and enforcement on sound risk principles
- Ensure where companies break the law that enforcement can be swift and effective
- Minimise the administrative burdens on companies and regulators wherever
possible
Empower regulators to enforce regulations in a fair, consistent and proportionate manner
Promote best practice and advice to regulated companies wherever possible.
In its response, SESA will press for the development of a more numerate, market oriented and risk based regulatory framework which could enable SEPA to establish itself as on of the EU’s most effective environmental regulators. We want SEPA to succeed in demonstrating better regulation does not mean deregulation but a more effective way to secure environmental outcomes on a basis consistent with a dynamic economy.
Consultation
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