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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-authorisations-scotland-regulations-2018/schedule-13/paragraph-16",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2018/219",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-authorisations-scotland-regulations-2018",
  "path": "schedule/13/paragraph/16",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "General criteria for the acceptance of waste at all landfill",
  "text": "Waste may only be accepted at a landfill if it does not compromise the protection—\n(a) of the surrounding environment, in particular groundwater and surface water,\n(b) of environmental protection systems such as liners, leachate and gas collection and treatment systems at the landfill,\n(c) of the desired waste-stabilisation processes within the landfill,\n(d) against human health hazards.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 13 inserted (1.11.2025) by The Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/165), reg. 1(2), sch. 4 (with sch. 23)"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2018/219/schedule/13/paragraph/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:11:56.403037+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}