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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2007/schedule-3/paragraph-39",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2007/schedule-3/paragraph-39.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2007/9780110788760",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2007",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/39",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "39",
  "heading": "Storage of medicines and medical, nursing or veterinary waste",
  "text": "(1) Storing in secure containers at a pharmacy, pending its recovery there or elsewhere, medicines included in 18 01 08*, 18 01 09, 20 01 31* or 20 01 32 or hypodermic syringes included in 18 01 01 or 18 01 03*, which have been returned to the pharmacy from households or by individuals if—\n(a) the total quantity of such waste at the pharmacy does not exceed 5 cubic metres at any time;\n(b) any medicine or hypodermic syringe so returned to the pharmacy is not stored there for longer than 6 months; and\n(c) the medicines and hypodermic syringes are stored separately.\n(2) Storing in secure containers at the premises of a medical, nursing or veterinary practice waste of a kind described in sub-paragraph (3) produced in carrying on that practice if—\n(a) the total quantity of that waste at the premises does not at any time exceed 5 cubic metres; and\n(b) no such waste is stored at those premises for longer than three months.\n(3) The kinds of waste referred to in sub-paragraph (2) are—\n(a) hypodermic syringes and sharps included in 18 01 01, 18 01 03*, 18 02 01 or 18 02 02*;\n(b) body parts and organs included in 18 01 02;\n(c) general healthcare waste (other than hypodermic syringes and sharps) included in 18 01 03*, 18 01 04, 18 02 02* or 18 02 03;\n(d) chemicals not consisting of or containing dangerous substances included in 18 01 07 or 18 02 06; and\n(e) medicines included in 18 01 08*, 18 01 09, 18 02 07*, 18 02 08, 20 01 31* or 20 01 32.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2007/9780110788760/schedule/3/paragraph/39",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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