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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-waste-management-licensing-scotland-regulations-2011/schedule-1/paragraph-9",
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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": "9",
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  "text": "(1) Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph—\n(a) the treatment of land (including the restoration of quarries) with any of the wastes listed in Part I of Table 3;\n(b) the treatment of land (including the restoration of quarries) with any of the wastes listed in Part II of that Table where such treatment results in benefit to agriculture or ecological improvement;\n(c) the secure storage, at the place where it is to be used and for a period not exceeding 6 months, of waste intended to be used in reliance upon the exemption conferred by paragraph (a) or (b).\nTable 3\nCodes\nTypes of waste\n(1)Codes referred to in the European Waste Catalogue.\n(2)Wastes containing dangerous substances are not included.\n(3)The wastes listed do not include all of the wastes specified in the European Waste Catalogue under the code referred to.\nPART I Wastes from physical and chemical processing of non-metalliferous minerals (01 04)\n01 04 08\nWaste gravel and crushed rocks\n01 04 09\nWaste sand and clays\nWastes from sugar processing (02 04)\n02 04 01\nSoil from cleaning and washing beet\nWastes from power stations and other combustion plants (except wastes from waste management facilities, off-site waste water treatment plants and the preparation of water intended for human consumption and water for industrial use) (10 01)\n10 01 02\nPulverised fuel ash\n10 01 03\nFly ash from peat and untreated wood\nWastes from manufacture of ceramic goods, bricks, tiles and construction products (10 12)\n10 12 08\nWaste ceramics, bricks, tiles and construction products (after thermal processing)\nWastes from manufacture of cement, lime and plaster and articles and products made from them (10 13)\n10 13 14\nWaste concrete and concrete sludge\nConcrete, bricks, tiles and ceramics (17 01)\n17 01 01\nConcrete\n17 01 02\nBricks\n17 01 03\nTiles and ceramics\n17 01 07\nMixtures of concrete, bricks, tiles and ceramics\nSoil (including excavated soil from contaminated sites), stones and dredging spoil (17 05)\n17 05 08\nTrack ballast\nWastes from anaerobic treatment of waste (19 06)\n19 06 03\nLiquor consisting only of biodegradable waste\n19 06 04\nDigestate consisting only of biodegradable waste\n19 06 05\nLiquor from anaerobic treatment of animal and vegetable waste\n19 06 06\nDigestate from anaerobic treatment of animal and vegetable waste\nWastes arising from waste water treatment plants not otherwise specified (19 08)\n19 08 99\nWastes not otherwise specified (specifically stone filter media)\nWastes from the preparation of water intended for human consumption or water for industrial use (19 09)\n19 09 99\nWastes not otherwise specified (specifically slow sand filter sand)\nWastes from the mechanical treatment of waste (for example. sorting, crushing, compacting, pelletising) not otherwise specified (19 12)\n19 12 09\nMinerals (for example sand, stones)\nWastes from soil and groundwater remediation (19 13)\n19 13 02\nSolid waste from soil remediation\nGarden and park wastes (including cemetery waste) (20 02)\n20 02 02\nSoil and stones\nPART II Wastes from pulp, paper and cardboard production and processing (03 03)\n03 03 05\nDe-inked sludges from paper recycling\n03 03 07\nDe-inked paper pulp from paper recycling\n03 03 09\nLime mud waste\nWastes from the manufacture, formulation, supply and use of fine chemicals and chemical products not otherwise specified (07 07)\n07 07 12\nSludges from on site effluent treatment other than those containing dangerous substances\nSoil (including excavated soil from contaminated sites), stones and dredging spoil (17 05)\n17 05 04\nSoil and stones\n17 05 06\nDredging spoil\nWastes from aerobic treatment of solid wastes (19 05)\n19 05 03\nOff-specification compost consisting only of biodegradable waste\nWastes from waste water treatment plants not otherwise specified (19 08)\n19 08 05\nSludges from treatment of urban waste water\n19 08 99\nWastes not otherwise specified (specifically stone filter media)\nWastes from the preparation of water intended for human consumption or water for industrial use (19 09)\n19 09 02\nSludges from water clarification\n19 09 99\nWastes not otherwise specified (specifically slow sand filter sand)\nWastes from soil and groundwater remediation (19 13)\n19 13 04\nSludges from soil remediation\n(2) Sub paragraph (1) does not apply to the use of waste at a site designed or adapted for the final disposal of waste by landfill at any time when such disposal is the subject of a waste management licence or a permit granted under regulation 7 of the 2000 Regulations.\n(3) Sub paragraph (1) applies only where—\n(a) the waste is used for the purpose of reclamation, restoration or improvement of land which has been subject to industrial or other man made development;\n(b) the waste is suitable for use for the purposes mentioned in sub paragraph (a);\n(c) the waste is used in accordance with the requisite planning permission (if any);\n(d) the waste is used to a depth not exceeding the lesser of 2 metres or the final cross sections shown on the plan submitted under regulation 25(2) or 26(2) of these Regulations; and\n(e) the waste used does not exceed 20,000 cubic metres per hectare.",
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "(1)Codes referred to in the European Waste Catalogue."
    },
    {
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      "label": "f2",
      "text": "(2)Wastes containing dangerous substances are not included."
    },
    {
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      "label": "f3",
      "text": "(3)The wastes listed do not include all of the wastes specified in the European Waste Catalogue under the code referred to."
    }
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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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