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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-waste-management-licensing-scotland-regulations-2011/schedule-1/paragraph-39",
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  "legislation": "sdsi/2011/9780111012147",
  "legislation_title": "The Waste Management Licensing (Scotland) Regulations 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-waste-management-licensing-scotland-regulations-2011",
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  "number": "39",
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  "text": "(1) The secure storage at a pharmacy or at the premises of a medical, nursing or veterinary practice or a needle exchange facility, of the wastes listed in Table 15 (including those which are special waste) which have been returned to those places from care services, households or by individuals if—\n(a) the total quantity of such returned waste at the pharmacy or premises does not at any time exceed 10 cubic metres;\n(b) the total amount of such waste returned in any 24 hour period does not exceed 5 kilograms or, as the case may be, 5 litres; and\n(c) any waste so returned to the pharmacy or premises is not stored there for longer than 3 months.\n(2) The secure storage at the premises of a medical, nursing or veterinary practice of the wastes listed in Table 15 (including special waste) produced in carrying on that practice if—\n(a) in the case of liquid waste, it is stored in a secure container and the total volume of that waste does not at any time exceed 23,000 litres;\n(b) in any other case, either—\n(i) it is stored in a secure container and the total volume of that waste does not at any time exceed 80 cubic metres; or\n(ii) it is stored in a secure place and the total volume of that waste does not at any time exceed 50 cubic metres; and\n(c) no such waste is stored at those premises for longer than one year.\n(3) In the case of any waste batteries, secure storage under sub-paragraph (1) or (2) must take place in accordance with the treatment conditions.\n(4) In this paragraph, “care services” has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001.\nTable 15\nCodes\nTypes of waste\n(1)Codes referred to in the European Waste Catalogue.\n(2)Includes special waste.\nWastes from electrical and electronic equipment (16 02)\n16 02 09\nTransformers and capacitors containing PCBs\n16 02 10\nDiscarded equipment containing or contaminated by PCBs other than those mentioned in 16 02 09\n16 02 11\nDiscarded equipment containing chlorofluorocarbons, HCFC, HFC\n16 02 12\nDiscarded equipment containing free asbestos\n16 02 13\nDiscarded equipment containing hazardous components other than those mentioned in 16 02 09 to 16 02 12\n16 02 14\nDiscarded equipment other than those mentioned in 16 02 09 to 16 02 13\n16 02 15\nHazardous components removed from discarded equipment\n16 02 16\nComponents removed from discarded equipment other than those mentioned in 16 02 15\nBatteries and accumulators (16 06)\n16 06 01\nLead batteries\n16 06 02\nNi-Cd batteries\n16 06 03\nMercury-containing batteries\n16 06 04\nAlkaline batteries (except 16 06 03)\n16 06 05\nOther batteries and accumulators\nWastes from natal care, diagnosis, treatment or prevention of disease in humans (18 01)\n18 01 01\nSharps (except 18 01 03 – waste whose collection and disposal is subject to special requirements in order to prevent infection)\n18 01 02\nBody parts and organs including blood bags and blood preserves (except 18 01 03)\n18 01 03\nWastes whose collection and disposal is subject to special requirements in order to prevent infection\n18 01 04\nWastes whose collection and disposal is not subject to special requirements in order to prevent infection (for example dressings, plaster casts, linen, disposable clothing, diapers)\n18 01 07\nChemicals other than those mentioned in 18 01 06 (chemicals consisting of or containing dangerous substances)\n18 01 08\nCytotoxic and cytostatic medicines\n18 01 09\nMedicines other than those mentioned in 18 01 08\nWastes from research, diagnosis, treatment or prevention of disease involving animals (18 02)\n18 02 01\nSharps (except 18 02 02 – wastes whose collection and disposal is subject to special requirements in order to prevent infection)\n18 02 02\nWastes whose collection and disposal is subject to special requirements in order to prevent infection\n18 02 03\nWastes whose collection and disposal is not subject to special requirements in order to prevent infection\n18 02 06\nChemicals other than those mentioned in 18 02 05 (chemicals consisting of or containing dangerous substances)\n18 02 07\nCytotoxic and cytostatic medicines\n18 02 08\nMedicines other than those mentioned in 18 02 07\nSeparately collected fractions (20 01)\n20 01 31\nCytotoxic and cytostatic medicines\n20 01 32\nMedicines other than those mentioned in 20 01 31 (cytotoxic and cytostatic medicines)\n20 01 33\nBatteries and accumulators included in 16 06 01, 16 06 02 or 16 06 03 and unsorted batteries and accumulators containing these batteries\n20 01 34\nBatteries and accumulators other than those mentioned in 20 01 33\n20 01 35\nDiscarded electrical and electronic equipment other than those mentioned in 20 01 21 and 20 01 23 containing hazardous components\n20 01 36\nDiscarded electrical and electronic equipment other than those mentioned in 20 01 21, 20 01 23 and 20 01 35\n20 01 99\nOther fractions not otherwise specified",
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  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2001 asp 8, as relevantly amended by the Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 13) Part 6 section 29; the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 4) Part 1 Chapter 1 section 7; the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 14) Part 4 section 82(1) and by S.S.I. 2010/21 Schedule 1 paragraph 6(2)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "(1)Codes referred to in the European Waste Catalogue."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "(2)Includes special waste."
    }
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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