Section 57

The Secretary of State may, by notice in writing, direct the holder of any environmental permit authorising a waste operation to accept and keep, or accept and treat or dispose of, waste at specified places on specified terms. The Secretary of State may, by notice in writing, direct any person who is keeping waste on any land to deliver the waste to a specified person on specified terms .... The appropriate Minister may, by notice in writing— direct a registered waste carrier to collect waste which is being kept on specified land and deliver it to a specified person on specified terms; direct any person who— to facilitate collection of the waste by a specified registered waste carrier to whom a direction in respect of the waste is given under paragraph (a). is keeping waste on any land, or owns or occupies land on which waste is being kept, A direction under this section may impose a requirement as respects waste of any specified kind or as respects any specified consignment of waste. A direction under subsection (2) above may require the person who is directed to deliver the waste to pay to the specified person his reasonable costs in relation to the waste. A direction under subsection (2A)(b) may require the person to whom it is given— to pay to the specified registered waste carrier the reasonable costs of collecting and delivering the waste; to pay to the specified person to whom the waste is delivered (“P”) the reasonable costs incurred by P in relation to the waste (including any costs P is required by a direction under this section to pay to another person). A person who fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with a direction under this section shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale. A person shall not be guilty of an offence under any other enactment prescribed by the Secretary of State by regulations made for the purposes of this subsection by reason only of anything necessarily done or omitted in order to comply with a direction under this section. The Secretary of State may pay any costs mentioned in subsection (4). The appropriate Minister may pay any costs mentioned in subsection (4A). In this section— “appropriate Minister” means— the Secretary of State, in relation to waste being kept on land in England, and the Welsh Ministers, in relation to waste being kept on land in Wales; “registered waste carrier” means a person registered under the Control of Pollution (Amendment) Act 1989 as a carrier of controlled waste; “specified” means specified in a direction under this section; and “waste” means anything that is waste within the meaning of Article 3(1) of the Waste Framework Directive , as read with Articles 5 and 6 of that Directive, including anything excluded from the scope of that Directive by Article 2(1)(f) or 2(2)(b) or (c), but not including anything excluded by the remainder of that Article

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-07-30