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Paragraph 13 Special Waste Regulations 1996

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

(1)

The Special Waste Regulations 1996f1 are amended in accordance with sub-paragraphs (2) to (7).

(2)

In regulation 1(4) (citation, commencement, extent, application and interpretation)—

(a)

omit the definition of “the 2011 Regulations”,

(b)

after the definition of “the 1990 Act”, insert—

  • ““the 2018 Regulations” means the Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Regulations 2018f2;”,

(c)

after the definition of “domestic waste” insert—

  • ““environmental authorisation” means a permit or registration under the Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Regulations 2018f3;”,

(d)

omit the definition of “waste management licence”.

(3)

In regulations 6(2)(c) (consignment notes: cases in which pre-notification is not required), 10(6)(c) (consignment notes etc.: duty of consignee not accepting delivery of a consignment), and 16(1) (site records), for “waste management licence” substitute “environmental authorisation”.

(4)

In regulations 2ZA(4) (determination that a waste is hazardous waste) and 2ZD(3) (provisions common to regulations 2ZB and 2ZC), for “relevant waste management objectives” to the end,” substitute—

“general aims in regulation 9(2)(a) and (c) of the 2018 Regulations, and the relevant waste management objectives referred to in paragraphs 4(2) and (3) of schedule 11 (waste management activities) of those Regulations.”.

(5)

In regulation 6(2)(c) (consignment notes: cases in which pre-notification is not required), for “an operation that falls within either entry D15 in the table in Part II of schedule 4 of the 2011 Regulations, or entry R13 in the table in Part III of schedule 4 of the 2011 Regulations”, substitute, “recovery or disposal”.

(6)

In regulation 15 (registers)—

(a)

in paragraph (5), for “waste management licence” substitute “authorisation for the treatment or disposal of waste under the 2018 Regulations”,

(b)

in paragraph (7), omit “, in circumstances other than those mentioned in paragraph (6) or (6A)”.

(7)

In regulation 16(1) (site records), for “waste management licence” substitute, “authorisation for the treatment or disposal of waste under the 2018 Regulations”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 1996/972, relevantly amended by S.S.I. 2000/323, S.S.I. 2011/226, S.S.I. 2018/391 and S.S.I. 2019/175.

f2

S.S.I. 2018/219, amended by S.S.I. 2019/26, S.S.I. 2023/374 and S.S.I. 2025/XXX.

f3

S.S.I. 2018/219, amended by S.S.I. 2019/26, S.S.I. 2023/374 and S.S.I. 2025/XXX.