# The Hazardous Waste (England and Wales)Regulations 2005, Regulation 9: Specific waste to be treated as non-hazardous

Extent: E+W

(1) The Secretary of State may decide, in exceptional cases, on the basis of documentary evidence provided by the holder, and having regard to Annex III and the limit values of concentration in the List of Wastes, that a specific batch of waste in England which—
(a) is listed as hazardous waste in the List of Wastes;
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c) though of a type not listed as a hazardous waste in the List of Wastes, is treated as hazardous pursuant to regulation 8(2),
does not display any of the properties listed in Annex III ... and accordingly that it shall be treated for all purposes as non-hazardous in England.
(1A) The Secretary of State must not decide to treat waste as non-hazardous under paragraph (1) if it has been diluted or mixed with the aim of lowering the initial concentrations of hazardous substances to a level below the thresholds for defining waste as hazardous.
(2) A specific batch of waste produced in Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland and listed as a hazardous waste in the List of Wastes and which is for the time being determined ... to be non-hazardous pursuant to paragraph (3), shall, subject to any determination made under regulation 8, be treated for all purposes as non-hazardous in England.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2), a specific batch of waste is determined to be non-hazardous if it is the subject of a decision—
(a) in relation to Wales, by the Welsh Ministers under regulation 9 of the Hazardous Waste (Wales) Regulations 2005;
(b) in relation to Northern Ireland, by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs under regulation 10 of the Hazardous Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005;
(c) in relation to Scotland, by the Scottish Ministers that the Scottish Ministers consider that the waste displays none of the hazardous properties listed in Annex III.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/894/regulation/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/hazardous-waste-england-and-walesregulations-2005/regulation-9
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