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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/controlled-waste-england-and-wales-regulations-2012/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2012/811",
  "legislation_title": "The Controlled Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/controlled-waste-england-and-wales-regulations-2012",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“the Act” means the Environmental Protection Act 1990;\n“appropriate agency” means—\n(a)in relation to England, the Environment Agency;\n(b)in relation to Wales, the Natural Resources Body for Wales;\n“appropriate authority” means—\n(a)in relation to England, the Secretary of State;\n(b)in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;\n“Directive waste” means anything that—\n(a)is waste within the meaning of Article 3(1) of the Waste Directive as read with Articles 5 and 6 of that Directive; and\n(b)is not excluded from the scope of that Directive by Article 2(1), (2) or (3);\n“local authority” means—\n(a)in England outside Greater London—\n(i)a district council,\n(ii)a county council, or\n(iii)the Council of the Isles of Scilly;\n(b)in Greater London—\n(i)the council of a London borough,\n(ii)the Common Council of the City of London,\n(iii)the Sub-Treasurer of the Inner Temple, or\n(iv)the Under-Treasurer of the Middle Temple;\n(c)in Wales—\n(i)a county council, or\n(ii)a county borough council;\n“Mining Waste Directive” means Directive 2006/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the management of waste from extractive industries, as read in accordance with regulation 2B;\n“septic tank sludge” and “sludge” have the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the Sludge (Use in Agriculture) Regulations 1989;\n“Waste Directive” means Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste, as last amended by Directive (EU) 2018/851 as read in accordance with regulation 2A.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 inserted (31.12.2020) by The Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/188), regs. 1(2)(b), 17(2)(a) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1540, regs. 1(2), 11(2)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 substituted (28.2.2019) by The Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/188), regs. 1(2)(a), 7(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 inserted (31.12.2020) by The Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/188), regs. 1(2)(a), 7(2)(aa) (as inserted by S.I. 2020/1540, regs. 1(3), 11(11)(a)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 inserted (31.12.2020) by The Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/188), regs. 1(2)(b), 17(2)(b) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1540, regs. 1(2), 11(2)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 inserted (28.2.2019) by The Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/188), regs. 1(2)(a), 7(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 substituted (1.10.2020) by The Waste (Circular Economy) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/904), regs. 1(1), 16"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 inserted (31.12.2020) by The Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/188), regs. 1(2)(b), 17(2)(c) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1540, regs. 1(2), 11(2)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1989/1263, to which there are amendments not relevant to these instruments."
    }
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}