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Regulation 30 Schedule 1 conditions: incineration of batteries

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(1)

SEPA must ensure that a permit for the incineration of waste contains a condition prohibiting the incineration of waste industrial and automotive batteries.

(2)

Such a condition does not prohibit the incineration of residues of any batteries that have undergone both treatment and recycling, provided that the treatment and recycling—

(a)

used best available techniques, in terms of the protection of health and the environment, and

(b)

complied, at a minimum, with Union legislation, in particular as regards health and safety and waste management.