Consultation on draft Regulations and draft guidance for proposals for establishing Joint Waste Authorities in England
This consultation which the Government recently undertook asking for views on draft Regulations and guidance regarding proposals for Joint Waste Authorities closed on 9 June 2008. We have now published the Government’s response to this consultation – see the links below. We aim to finalise and publish the Regulations and guidance in autumn/winter 2008.
Following requests from local authorities, Government introduced powers to establish joint waste authorities in the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007. This provides local authorities with another model for partnership working - one which allows them to put the partnership on a statutory footing. The powers allow two or more local authorities to submit proposals to the Secretary of State to transfer one or more of their waste functions (waste collection, waste disposal and/or street cleansing) to a new joint waste authority. Under the Act, the Secretary of State may make Regulations to make provisions as to matters to be included in a proposal and information that must accompany a proposal. The Secretary of State may also issue guidance as to what a proposal should seek to achieve and matters that should be taken into account in formulating a proposal. Local authorities will be obliged to have regard to any such guidance issued by the Secretary of State in making their proposals.
- Consultation letter
- List of consultees
- Consultation document (PDF 160 KB)
- Annex A – draft Joint Waste Authorities (Proposals) Regulations 2008 (PDF 40 KB)
- Annex B – draft Guidance: Proposals for Joint Waste Authorities in England (PDF 110 KB)
- Government response to the consultation (PDF 90 KB)
- Addendum. To reflect an additional response to the consultation received before the deadline, a small number of amendments have been made on 22/09/08 to the official Government Response. These do not change the Government’s response in any way. Also, unrelated to the additional response, a correction has been made to a figure quoted in Paragraph 7 for the percentage of respondents who indicated a lack of in-principle support for JWAs.
Further information
Local authorities interested in establishing a joint waste authority should read the draft Regulations and guidance and contact LAWFG@defra.gsi.gov.uk. Please see Partnership working page for further information.
Page last modified: 22 September 2008
Page published: 17 March 2008