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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2010/schedule-3/part-1/chapter-2/crossheading-descriptions-and-specific-conditions/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2010/schedule-3/part-1/chapter-2/crossheading-descriptions-and-specific-conditions/paragraph-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2010/9780111491423",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2010",
  "path": "schedule/3/part/1/chapter/2/crossheading/descriptions-and-specific-conditions/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Burning of waste as a fuel in a small appliance (U4)",
  "text": "(1) The burning of relevant waste as a fuel in an appliance if the requirements in sub-paragraph (4) are met.\n(2) The table specifying relevant waste for the purposes of this paragraph is set out below.\nCodes\nWaste types\n020103, 200201\nPlant tissue waste only\n020107, 170201\nUntreated wood only\n020304\nVegetable waste unsuitable for consumption or processing\n030101\nWaste bark and cork\n030105\nUntreated sawdust and wood shavings other than those mentioned in 030104 only\n030301\nWaste bark and wood\n030310\nFibre rejects (fibrous vegetable waste from virgin pulp preparation or paper pulp production) only\n150103\nUntreated wooden packaging only\n(3) For the purposes of this paragraph, the specific conditions are that—\n(a) the total quantity of waste burned over any period of 1 hour is less than 50kg;\n(b) the total quantity of waste stored at any one time does not exceed 10 tonnes; and\n(c) the waste is stored in a secure place.\n(4) The requirements in this sub-paragraph are that—\n(a) the appliance has a net rated thermal input of less than 0.4 megawatts; and\n(b) where it is used together with other appliances (whether or not it is operated simultaneously with such other appliances), the aggregate net rated thermal input of all the appliances is less than 0.4 megawatts.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2010/9780111491423/schedule/3/part/1/chapter/2/crossheading/descriptions-and-specific-conditions/paragraph/4",
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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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