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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-pollution-prevention-and-control-scotland-regulations-2012/schedule-1/part-1/chapter-2/crossheading-2-part-a",
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  "legislation": "sdsi/2012/9780111018514",
  "legislation_title": "The Pollution Prevention and Control (Scotland) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-pollution-prevention-and-control-scotland-regulations-2012",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "PART A",
  "text": "(a) Producing non-ferrous metals from ore, concentrates or secondary raw materials by metallurgical, chemical or electrolytic activities and in this paragraph “secondary raw materials” include scrap and other waste,\n(b) Melting, including making alloys, of non-ferrous metals, including recovered products, and the operation of non-ferrous metal foundries in an installation with a melting capacity exceeding—\n(i) 4 tonnes per day for lead or cadmium, or\n(ii) 20 tonnes per day for all other metals in aggregate.\n(c) Producing, melting or recovering (whether by chemical means or by electrolysis or by the use of heat) cadmium or mercury or any alloy containing more than 0.05 per cent by weight of either of those metals or of both of those metals in aggregate,\n(d) Unless described elsewhere in this Section, melting (including making alloys, of non-ferrous metals, including recovered products), refining and foundry casting in a furnace, bath or other holding vessel which has a design holding capacity of 5 tonnes or more.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2012/9780111018514/schedule/1/part/1/chapter/2/crossheading/2-part-a",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:36:29.262975+00:00"
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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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