{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2016/schedule-9/paragraph-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2016/schedule-9/paragraph-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2016/1154",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2016",
  "path": "schedule/9/paragraph/6",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Records",
  "text": "(1) The operator of a materials facility must record the following information obtained for the purposes of paragraphs 4 and 5—\n(a) the measurements taken under paragraph 4(1) and, for each batch of material of which the total weight is comprised—\n(i) the date the batch was received, and\n(ii) the name and address of the supplier (or of each supplier) for the batch concerned;\n(b) details of all the samples and measurements taken for the purposes of paragraph 4(2) including the weight in kilograms of each sample and its composition and the date the sample was taken;\n(ba) details of the methodology used in each case to ensure that the composition of the sample is representative for the purposes of paragraph 4(9);\n(c) the measurements taken under paragraph 5(1) and details of where the other waste material that leaves the facility in each reporting period is sent and of the date it is sent;\n(d) the measurements taken under paragraph 5(2) and details of where the ... waste material that leaves the facility in each reporting period is sent and of the date it is sent;\n(e) the measurements taken under paragraph 5(3) and details of where the specified output material that leaves the facility in each reporting period is sent and of the date it is sent;\n(f) details of all the samples and measurements taken for the purposes of paragraph 5(4) including the weight in kilograms of each sample and its composition, the date the sample was taken and any other details identifying the batch of specified output material from which it was taken;\n(g) details of the amount in tonnes of specified output material that is produced by the materials facility in a reporting period, by reference to the grade of glass, aluminium, steel, paper , card and plastic ... material that makes up that batch of material;\n(h) details of the methodology used in each case to ensure that the composition of the sample is representative for the purposes of paragraph 5(11).\n(2) The information recorded under sub-paragraph (1) must—\n(a) be retained by the operator of a materials facility for a minimum of 4 years from the date that it is first recorded in the case of information recorded before 1st October 2024 and for a minimum of 7 years from the date that it is first recorded in the case of information recorded on or after 1st October 2024, and\n(b) be produced for inspection by the regulator if required during the period in which the information concerned is required to be retained.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 9 Pt. 2 para. 6(1) inserted (1.10.2024) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1156), regs. 1(2), 2(9)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 9 Pt. 2 para. 6(1)(a) and Sch. 9 Pt. 2 para. 6(1)(a)(i)(ii) inserted (1.10.2024) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1156), regs. 1(2), 2(9)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 9 Pt. 2 para. 6(1)(b) substituted (1.10.2024) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1156), regs. 1(2), 2(9)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Sch. 9 Pt. 2 para. 6(1)(ba) inserted (1.10.2024) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1156), regs. 1(2), 2(9)(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 9 Pt. 2 para. 6(1)(c) inserted (1.10.2024) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1156), regs. 1(2), 2(9)(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 9 Pt. 2 omitted (1.10.2024) by virtue of The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1156), regs. 1(2), 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 9 Pt. 2 para. 6(1)(d) inserted (1.10.2024) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1156), regs. 1(2), 2(9)(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 9 Pt. 2 para. 6(1)(e) inserted (1.10.2024) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1156), regs. 1(2), 2(9)(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Sch. 9 Pt. 2 para. 6(1)(f) substituted (1.10.2024) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1156), regs. 1(2), 2(9)(f)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 9 Pt. 2 para. 6(1)(g) substituted (1.10.2024) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1156), regs. 1(2), 2(9)(g)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 9 Pt. 2 para. 6(1)(g) inserted (1.10.2024) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1156), regs. 1(2), 2(9)(g)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F12",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 9 Pt. 2 para. 6(1)(g) omitted (1.10.2024) by virtue of The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1156), regs. 1(2), 2(9)(g)(iii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F13",
      "text": "Sch. 9 Pt. 2 para. 6(1)(h) inserted (1.10.2024) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1156), regs. 1(2), 2(9)(h)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F14",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 9 Pt. 2 para. 6(2)(a) inserted (1.10.2024) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1156), regs. 1(2), 2(10)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F15",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 9 Pt. 2 para. 6(2)(b) substituted (1.10.2024) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1156), regs. 1(2), 2(10)(b)"
    }
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1154/schedule/9/paragraph/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-05T03:41:31.926820+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."
}