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Regulation 29 Incineration of body parts

England and Wales

(1)

Body parts which are not cremated under regulation 19 may be incinerated in accordance with a permit which authorises the disposal of a matter F1falling within the description of code 18 01 02 or 18 01 03 in the List of Wastes.

(2)

In this regulation—

  • F2“incinerated” means burnt in an incinerator as part of an activity in Part B(b) in section 5.1 of Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016;

  • F3“List of Wastes” means the list of wastes established by Commission Decision 2000/532/EC replacing Decision 94/3/EC establishing a list of wastes pursuant to Article 1(a) of Council Directive 75/442/EEC on waste and Council Decision 94/904/EC establishing a list of hazardous waste pursuant to Article 1(4) of Council Directive 91/689/EEC on hazardous waste, as amended from time to time;

  • “permit” means a permit granted under regulation 13 of F4the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in reg. 29(1) substituted (1.7.2015) by The Hazardous Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1360), regs. 1(1), 5(a) (with Sch. 2)

F2

Words in reg. 29(2) substituted (6.4.2018) by The Cremation (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1238), regs. 1, 5

F3

Words in reg. 29(2) substituted (1.7.2015) by The Hazardous Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1360), regs. 1(1), 5(b) (with Sch. 2)

F4

Words in reg. 29(2) substituted (1.1.2017) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/1154), reg. 1(1), Sch. 29 para. 27 (with regs. 1(3), 77-79, Sch. 4)