(1) Within 12 months after the commencement of this Act, the Authority shall prepare a scheme, in consultation with importers and distributors of oil, for the establishment of a used oil management system to provide for the environmentally-secure management of used oil generated in Saint Lucia.
(2) The Authority shall submit the scheme prepared under subsection (1) to the Planning Authority for approval.
(3) The Planning Authority may approve the scheme, with or without amendment and thereafter the scheme shall be incorporated into the National Waste Management Strategy developed under section 5.
(4) With effect from one year after the scheme is approved, the operator of any garage, facility selling motor oil and petroleum products or service station, shall provide used oil storage facilities and equipment for pumping out used oil, which equipment shall meet any prescribed standards.
(5) After the scheme is approved and incorporated into the National Waste Management Strategy, the Planning Authority shall not grant development approval for the construction of any garage, facility selling motor oil and petroleum products, or service station which does not have in its plans, construction for used oil storage facilities and equipment for pumping out used oil, which equipment shall meet any prescribed standards.