Paragraph 12 Registration of professional collectors and transporters of waste
It is an offence for an establishment or undertaking falling within sub-paragraph (a), (b), (f), (g), (i) or (j) of regulation 2(1) of the Controlled Waste (Registration of Carriers and Seizure of Vehicles) Regulations 1991f1 to collect or transport waste as a normal and regular part of its activities unless it is registered with the waste regulation authority in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph.
Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply in cases where the establishment or undertaking is carrying on the activities mentioned in those sub-paragraphs pursuant to, and in accordance with the terms and conditions of, a permit.
The waste regulation authority must establish and maintain a register of establishments and undertakings registering with it under the provisions of this paragraph.
The register must contain the following particulars in relation to each such establishment or undertaking—
the name of the establishment or undertaking;
the address of its principal place of business; and
the address of any place at or from which it carries on business.
The waste regulation authority must enter the relevant particulars in the register in relation to an establishment or undertaking if it receives notice of them in writing from that establishment or undertaking.
A person guilty of an offence under sub-paragraph (1) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
The waste regulation authority must—
secure that any register maintained by it under this paragraph is open to inspection by members of the public free of charge at all reasonable hours; and
afford to members of the public reasonable facilities for obtaining, on payment of reasonable charges, copies of entries in the register.
Registers under this paragraph may be kept in any form.
Where a person is registered as a professional collector or transporter of waste under Schedule 4 paragraph 12 to the 1994 Regulations on 27th March 2011, that registration shall be treated as a registration under this paragraph.
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S.I. 1991/1624, as relevantly amended by S.I. 1992/588 regulation 10(1); S.I. 1994/1056 regulation 23(2) and (4); S.I. 1998/605 regulation 2(2)(a) and S.S.I. 2005/22 regulation 4.