# The Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011, Paragraph 18


In regulation 48—
(a) in paragraph (3)(c), for “Annex IIA or IIB of the Waste Directive”, substitute “Annex I or II of the Waste Directive (as the case may be)”;
(b) after paragraph (6)(a), omit “and”;
(c) in paragraph (6)(b), at the beginning, insert “subject to paragraph (6A),”;
(d) after paragraph (6), insert—
“(6A) If the person required to make or retain a register has a waste permit pursuant to which the site is operated, the period for retention of a consignment note required to be kept by regulation 51(2)(a) is—
(a) for 5 years after the disposal or recovery of the waste; or
(b) if the permit authorises disposal of waste in a landfill (in addition to other treatment), until the permit is surrendered or revoked.
(6B) In paragraph (6A), “landfill” has the meaning given in Article 2(g) of Council Directive 1999/31/EC on the landfill of waste, but does not include any waste excluded from the scope of that Directive by Article 3(2).”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2011/9780111506462/schedule/2/paragraph/18 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-waste-england-and-wales-regulations-2011/schedule-2/paragraph-18
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