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WASTE MANAGEMENT ACT
Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2023)
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WASTE MANAGEMENT ACT
ACT
PART 1 PRELIMINARY
1. Short Title
2. Interpretation
PART 2 SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY
3. Establishment of the solid waste management authority
4. Vesting of solid waste management facilities in the authority
PART 3 WASTE MANAGEMENT PLANNING
5. Formulation of solid waste inventory and national waste management strategy
6. Content and structure of national waste management strategy
7. Approval of waste management strategy
8. Amendment of national waste management strategy
9. Review of national waste management strategy
PART 4 WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITIES/LICENSES
10. Approval process for establishment of waste management facilities
11. Appraisal process
12. Review of environmental impact assessment reports
13. Granting full planning approval
14. Monitoring and enforcement of the conditions of full approval
15. Environmental impact assessment guidelines
16. Waste management plans required for development applications
17. Prohibition on unauthorised disposal of waste
18. Prohibition on unauthorised removal of waste
19. Waste management facility licence
20. Application for a waste management facility licence
21. Existing facilities deemed to be licensed
22. Conditions of waste management facility licence
23. Inspection of waste management facility licence
24. Waste haulage licence
25. Waste haulage licence to be displayed
26. Suspension and cancellation of licences
27. Contingency plans
28. Liability in the event of accidents
29. Powers of planning authority during emergency
PART 5 WASTE MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
30. Prohibition on the importation of wastes
31. Liability for and ownership of waste
32. Requirements for waste handling, separation and processing
33. Industrial, commercial and institutional waste
34. Waste storage requirements
35. Management of used oil
36. Littering and illegal dumptin of wastes
37. Waste storage at public events
38. Derelict motor vehicles, white goods and other scrap metal
PART 6 FISCAL AND OTHER INCENTIVES
39. Incentives
PART 7 MONITORING AND ENFORCEMENT
40. Monitoring and audits
41. Authorised officers
42. Powers and duties of authorised officers
43. Due diligence defence
PART 8 MISCELLANEOUS
44. Offences
45. Power to institute proceedings
46. No statutory authorisation of nuisance
47. Amendment of schedules
48. Register of licenses
49. Act binds the crown
50. Regulations
51. Repeal
52. Transitional
Schedule 1
Schedule 2
Schedule 3
PART 1 SAINT LUCIA SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY
PART II UNPAID PREMIUM CERTIFICATE
PART III CERTIFICATE OF PAYMENT
Schedule 4
Schedule 5
Schedule 6
Schedule 7
Schedule 8
Schedule 9
SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION
Waste Management (Fees) Regulations – Section 50(1)(i) (Statutory Instrument 53/2016)
1. Citation
2. Fees
Schedule