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Waste Minimisation Act 2008

Responsibilities of territorial authorities in relation to waste management and minimisation - Waste management and minimisation services, facilities, and activities

52: Waste management and minimisation services, facilities, and activities

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"Councils can manage and reduce waste in their area by doing it themselves or paying others to help."

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A territorial authority can do things to manage and minimise waste, or they can pay someone else to do it. They can do this in their own area or somewhere else. The authority must follow its waste management and minimisation plan when doing these things and when charging fees for them. You can find more information about this by looking at the related legislation. The territorial authority's plan helps them decide how to manage and minimise waste in their area.

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Part 4Responsibilities of territorial authorities in relation to waste management and minimisation
Waste management and minimisation services, facilities, and activities

52Waste management and minimisation services, facilities, and activities

  1. A territorial authority may undertake, or contract for, any waste management and minimisation service, facility, or activity (whether the service, facility, or activity is undertaken in its own district or otherwise).

  2. A territorial authority must exercise a power under subsection (1), and charge fees associated with the exercise of the power, in accordance with its waste management and minimisation plan.

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