Regulation 21 Transitional provision: disapplication of requirement for risk assessment in relation to certain exemption conditions
This regulation applies where the Agency publishes exemption conditions which—
implement any of the proposals in the policy paper entitled “Reforming the waste exemptions system” published by the Secretary of State on 15 July 2026f1, and
are not deemed exemption conditions.
Where this regulation applies, the requirement for a risk assessment in paragraph 19(3) of Schedule 2 to the EPR 2016 does not apply.
Annotations
Footnotes
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The policy paper is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/reforming-the-waste-exemptions-system. It restates the outcomes of the consultation published by the Secretary of State on 15 January 2018 on proposals to tackle crime and poor performance in the waste sector and introduce a new fixed penalty for the waste duty of care. The original consultation is available at https://consult.defra.gov.uk/waste/crime-and-poor-performance-in-the-waste-sector/ and the 2018 consultation response on gov.uk at https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/reducing-crime-at-sites-handling-waste-and-introducing-fixed-penalties-for-waste-duty-of-care/outcome/supplementary-government-response. Paper copies of these documents may be obtained from the Circular Economy Directorate, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 2 Marsham Street, London, SW1P 4DF.