Paragraph 23 New waste carriers, brokers and dealers

(1)

Notwithstanding the coming into force of these Regulations, new applications for authorisation in relation to the collection and transportation of waste or acting as a broker or dealer may only be made under the 2018 Regulations on or after 1 April 2026.

(2)

During the period between and including 1 November 2025 and 31 March 2026, new applications for authorisation must be made in accordance with this sub-paragraph—

(a)

in relation to the collection and transportation of waste—

(i)

for registration as a waste carrier under the 1991 Regulations, or

(ii)

for a registration as a PCTW under paragraph 12 of schedule 4 of the 2011 Regulations,

(b)

in relation to acting as a broker or dealer, for registration as a broker or dealer under regulation 30 and paragraph 3 of schedule 5 of the 2011 Regulations.

(3)

Registrations granted in accordance with—

(a)

sub-paragraph (2)(a)(i), are to be treated as an existing waste carrier registration and as if in effect immediately before the relevant date,

(b)

sub-paragraph (2)(a)(ii), are to be treated as an existing PCTW registration and as if in effect immediately before the relevant date,

(c)

sub-paragraph (2)(b), are to be treated as an existing registration as a broker or dealer, and as if in effect immediately before the relevant date.

(4)

Notwithstanding the revocation of the 1989 Act and the 2011 Regulations—

(a)

sections 2, 3 and 4 of the 1989 Act^f1,

(b)

regulations 1 to 18, and schedules 2 and 3, of the 1991 Regulations, and

(c)

regulation 30 and schedules 4 and 5 of the 2011 Regulations,

continue to have effect in relation to any applications for registration made in accordance with this paragraph until the application has been concluded.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Sections 2, 3 and 4 were amended by the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43), schedule 15. Section 2 and 4 were amended by the Environment Act 1995 (c. 25), schedule 22, paragraph 37. Section 3 was amended by the Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Act 2014, section 47.