{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-waste-england-and-wales-regulations-2011/regulation-26",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-waste-england-and-wales-regulations-2011/regulation-26.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2011/9780111506462",
  "legislation_title": "The Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-waste-england-and-wales-regulations-2011",
  "path": "regulation/26",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": "Exemptions in relation to carriers",
  "text": "(1) The following are not required to be a registered carrier of controlled waste for the purposes of section 1 of the Control of Pollution (Amendment) Act 1989—\n(a) a carrier who is a specified person and who does not normally and regularly transport controlled waste;\n(b) the operator of a vessel, aircraft, hovercraft, floating container or vehicle, in relation to its use, after it has been loaded with waste in circumstances in which a marine licence is required or would be required but for a marine exemption order for transporting the waste in order to carry out a specified marine operation.\n(2) In paragraph (1)(b)—\n“marine licence” means—\n(a) a licence under Part 2 of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985; or\n(b) a marine licence under Part 4 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009;\n“marine exemption order” means an order under—\n(a) section 7 of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985 (exemptions from licensing); or\n(b) section 74 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (which provides for exemptions from marine licensing);\n“specified marine operation” means an operation mentioned in—\n(a) section 5 or 6 of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985 (deposits in the sea or incineration); or\n(b) an item numbered 1 to 6 or 11 to 13 in section 66(1) of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (which specifies licensable marine activities).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 7(1) was amended by S.I. 1999/1756, article 2 and paragraph 10 of the Schedule."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Sections 5 and 6 were amended by the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43), sections 146 and 162 and Part 8 of Schedule 16. Section 5 was also amended by section 1(1) and Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993 ."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2011/9780111506462/regulation/26",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:54:04.914050+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}