{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/controlled-waste-england-and-wales-regulations-2012/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/controlled-waste-england-and-wales-regulations-2012/regulation-3.json",
  "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/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Waste which is not to be treated as household waste, industrial waste or commercial waste",
  "text": "(1) Waste which is not Directive waste is not to be treated as household waste, industrial waste or commercial waste for the purposes of Part 2 of the Act.\n(2) The following waste (where it is Directive waste) is not to be treated as household waste, industrial waste or commercial waste for the purposes of Part 2 of the Act—\n(a) sewage, sludge or septic tank sludge which is treated, kept or disposed of (otherwise than by means of mobile plant) within the curtilage of a sewage treatment works as an integral part of the operation of those works;\n(b) sludge which is supplied or used in accordance with the Sludge (Use in Agriculture) Regulations 1989;\n(c) septic tank sludge which is used on agricultural land within the meaning of those Regulations.\n(3) Animal by-products (where they are Directive waste) which are collected and transported in accordance with Article 21(1) to (3) of the Animal By-Products Regulation are not to be treated as household waste, industrial waste or commercial waste for the purposes of section 34 of the Act.\n(4) In this regulation—\n(a) “animal by-products” has the meaning given in Article 3(1) of the Animal By-Products Regulation;\n(b) “the Animal By-Products Regulation” means Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down health rules as regards animal by-products and derived products not intended for human consumption and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 (Animal by-products Regulation).",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ No L 300, 14.11.09, p1, amended by Directive 2010/63/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No L 276, 20.10.10, p33)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/811/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:36:56.505520+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}