Paragraph 2 Water Resources Act 1991

The Water Resources Act 1991^f1 is amended as follows.

In section 85 (offences of polluting controlled waters) for subsection (7) substitute—

“(7)

For the purposes of subsection (1), “waste” in the term “waste matter” includes—

(a)

anything that is waste for the purposes of Directive 2006/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste, and that is not excluded from the scope of that Directive by Article 2(1) of that Directive;

(b)

anything that is waste for the purposes of Directive 2006/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the management of waste from extractive industries and amending Directive 2004/35/EC, and that is not excluded from the scope of that Directive by Article 2(2) of that Directive.”.