Regulation 3 Transfer NotesI1

Scotland

(1)

The transferor and the transferee must ensure that a document as described in paragraphs (3) and (4) is completed in writing and signed by each of them in respect of the waste being transferred (“a transfer note”).

(2)

A transfer note must be prepared at the same time as the written description is transferred in accordance with section 34(1)(c) of the Act.

(3)

A transfer note must—

(a)

give the name and address (including the postcode) of the transferor and the transferee;

(b)

give the date and place (including the postcode) of the transfer;

(c)

state whether the transferor is the producer of the waste;

(d)

state whether the transferor is the importer of the waste;

(e)

describe the type, composition and quantity of the waste being transferred (including, where the waste is in a container, the type of container);

(f)

identify the waste being transferred by reference to the appropriate six-digit code in the European Waste Catalogue; and

(g)

identify the activity carried out by the transferor in respect of the waste being transferred by reference to the SIC code for that activity.

(4)

A transfer note must where the transferor or transferee is a person described in column 1 of the Table—

(a)

state that the transferor or transferee is such a person; and

(b)

include the additional information where specified in column 2 of the Table.

TABLE

Category of person	Additional information
A waste collection authority.
F1...
. . .
A person to whom section 33(1)(a) and (b) of the Act^f1 does not apply by virtue of regulations under subsection (3) of that section.
. . .
F2A person authorised under a permit or registration under the Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Regulations 2018	The relevant authorisation number (if any) issued by the competent authority.
A person who has notified SEPA under Part 3 of the Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Regulations 2018.	The relevant authorisation number (if any) issued by the competent authority.

(5)

In this regulation—

“European Waste Catalogue” means the list set out in Commission Decision 2000/532/EC establishing a list of wastes, as that instrument may be amended from time to time; and
“SIC code” means the code for an activity in the UK Standard Industrial Classification of Economic Activities 2007 (SIC 2007)^f2, as amended from time to time.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in reg. 3 table omitted (1.11.2025) by virtue of The Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/165), reg. 1(2), sch. 22 para. 25(a) (with sch. 23)
F2: Words in reg. 3 table inserted (1.11.2025) by The Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/165), reg. 1(2), sch. 22 para. 25(b) (with sch. 23)

Commencement

I1: Reg. 3 in force at 1.3.2014, see reg. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1: As amended by S.S.I. 2009/247.
f2: Published on 14th December 2007 (ISBN 0116216417) and effective from 1st January 2008.