Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations require persons having control or management of undertakings to comply with any request made to them by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (“SEPA”) for information relating to waste associated with that undertaking and which falls within the categories set out in regulation 4. The procedure for making waste information requests is contained in regulation 3 and includes details relating to making of requests to bodies corporate, limited liability partnerships and partnerships. Failure to comply with a waste information request is to be an offence punishable on summary conviction with a fine of up to level 5 on the standard scale (currently £5,000).
The information obtained through the making of waste information requests will assist in compliance with Regulation (EC) No. 2150/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste statisticsf1.
A Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment has been prepared and placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre. Copies can be obtained from Scottish Government Environmental Quality Division, Area 1-H North, Victoria Quay, Edinburgh EH6 6QQ.
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O.J. L 332, 9.12.2002, p.1, as amended by Commission Regulations (EC) No. 574/2004 (O.J. L 90, 27.3.2004, p.15); 783/2005 (O.J. L 131, 25.5.2005, p.38); 1446/205 (O.J. L 229, 6.9.2005, p.13) and 849/2010 (O.J. L 253, 28.9. 2010, p. 2) and Regulation (EC) No. 221/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste statistics (O.J. L 87, 31.03.2009, p.157).