Regulation 3 Amendment of the Control of Pollution (Special Waste) Regulations 1980

For regulation 7 of the Control of Pollution (Special Waste) Regulations 1980^f1there shall be substituted the following—

“7

(1)

Subject to paragraph (2)—

(a)

these Regulations shall apply to a person who imports special waste into Great Britain as they apply to a producer and as if the waste were produced at the place where it first enters Great Britain; and

(b)

regulation 6 shall apply to a person who exports special waste from Great Britain as it applies to a disposer.

(2)

These Regulations, except for regulations 14, 15 and 16, shall not apply to consignments of hazardous waste within the meaning of the Transfrontier Shipment of Hazardous Waste Regulations 1988.”