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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/controlled-waste-england-and-wales-regulations-2012/schedule-1/paragraph-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": "schedule/1/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Sources of household, industrial and commercial waste",
  "text": "(1) This paragraph describes waste which is to be treated as household waste, industrial waste or commercial waste because of the place where it is produced.\n(2) The second column of the table describes the places at which waste is produced.\n(3) The waste must be treated for the purposes of Part 2 of the Act as the type of waste mentioned in the third column, subject to any exception in the fourth column.\n(4) But in a case where paragraph 3 or 4(3) requires waste to be treated inconsistently with sub-paragraph (3), the requirements of those paragraphs take precedence.\nClassification by place of production\nNo.\nDescription\nClassification\nExceptions\n1\nPrivate storage premises used wholly or mainly for the storage of articles of domestic use\nHousehold waste\n2\nLand belonging to or used wholly or mainly in connection with domestic property or a caravan where waste from that property or caravan is to be treated as household waste\nHousehold waste\n3\nA private garage\nHousehold waste\nWhere the garage has a floor area exceeding 25m2 or is not used wholly or mainly for the accommodation of a private motor vehicle, the waste is to be treated as commercial waste\n4\nA vehicle or vessel used wholly for the purposes of living accommodation\nHousehold waste\nWhere the vehicle or vessel is used in the course of a business for the provision of self-catering accommodation, the waste is to be treated as commercial waste\n5\nA place of worship\nHousehold waste\n6\nA residential hostel which provides accommodation only to persons with no other permanent address or who are unable to live at their permanent address\nHousehold waste\n7\nA penal institution\nHousehold waste\n8\nA charity shop selling donated goods originating from domestic property\nHousehold waste\n9\nA caravan or mobile home site for gypsies and travellers\nHousehold waste\n10\nPremises used wholly or mainly for public meetings\nHousehold waste\n11\nDomestic property used in the course of a business for the provision of self-catering accommodation\nCommercial waste\n12\nA caravan—\n(a) used in the course of a business for the provision of self-catering accommodation, or\n(b) which is not allowed to be used for human habitation throughout the year by virtue of a licence or planning permission\nCommercial waste\n13\nPremises occupied by a charity and wholly or mainly used for charitable purposes\nCommercial waste\nWhere the waste is from a place of worship or from premises used wholly or mainly for public meetings, it is to be treated as household waste\n14\nA camp site or a tent pitched on land other than a camp site\nCommercial waste\nWhere the waste is from domestic premises at a camp site, it is to be treated as household waste\n15\nA royal palace\nCommercial waste\n16\nPremises occupied by a club, society or any association of persons in which activities are conducted for the benefit of the members\nCommercial waste\n17\nPremises occupied by—\n(a) a court;\n(b) a government department;\n(c) a local authority;\n(d) a person appointed by or under any enactment to discharge public functions;\n(e) a body incorporated by Royal Charter\nCommercial waste\nWaste classified as household waste or industrial waste because it is from a place—\n(a) otherwise described in this table (except for entry 27); or\n(b) described in section 75(5) or (6) of the Act (household waste or industrial waste)\n18\nA hotel\nCommercial waste\n19\nAny part of a composite hereditament used for the purposes of a trade or business\nCommercial waste\n20\nA market or fair\nCommercial waste\n21\nThe practice of a general medical practitioner\nCommercial waste\n22\nA workshop or similar premises which is not a factory only because—\n(a) those working there are not employees; or\n(b) the work carried on there is not carried on by way of trade or for purposes of gain\nIndustrial waste\nWhere the principal activities at the premises are computer operations or the copying of documents by photographic or lithographic means the waste is to be treated as commercial waste\n23\nWaste from a laboratory\nIndustrial waste\n24\nWaste from a scientific research association\nIndustrial waste\n25\nWaste from premises used for the breeding, boarding or stabling of animals\nIndustrial waste\n26\nWaste imported into England or Wales\nIndustrial waste\n27\nDirective waste from a place (including any vehicle, vessel or aircraft) not otherwise described in this table or in section 75(5) or (7) of the Act (household waste and commercial waste)\nIndustrial waste",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 75(7) was amended by S.I. 2006/937."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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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."
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