These Regulations bring into force specified provisions of the Environment Act 2021 (“the Act”).
Regulation 2 brings into force on 9 November 2022 specified provisions of the Act. Section 50 and schedule 4 are commenced so far as they relate to Scotland and provide for the Scottish Ministers to make regulations about producer responsibility obligations and the enforcement of those regulations. Section 64 amends the Environment Act 1995 in so far as it applies to the Scottish Environment Protection Agency to supplement existing charging powers.
Regulation 3 contains a saving provision for the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/871), which were principally made under sections 93 to 95 of the Environment Act 1995, which are repealed by section 50(6)(a) of the Act. It provides for those Regulations to remain in force in relation to Scotland despite the repeal of their enabling power, and to have effect as if made under schedules 4 and 6 of the Act.
Source: HMSO.