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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hazardous-waste-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-2015/schedule-2/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2015/1360",
  "legislation_title": "The Hazardous Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hazardous-waste-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-2015",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Modifications relating to hazardous waste codes",
  "text": "(1) Any reference in a permit or standard rule to an outdated hazardous waste code is taken to be a reference to the equivalent updated code in accordance with the following correlation table—\nOutdated code\nUpdated code\nH1 (explosive)\nHP1 (explosive)\nH2 (oxidizing)\nHP2 (oxidising)\nH3-A (highly flammable)\nHP3 (flammable)\nH3-B (flammable)\nHP3 (flammable)\nH4 (irritant)\nHP4 (irritant – skin irritation and eye damage)\nH5 (harmful)\nHP5 (specific target organ toxicity (STOT)/aspiration toxicity); and\nHP6 (acute toxicity)\nH6 (toxic)\nHP5 (specific target organ toxicity (STOT)/aspiration toxicity); and\nHP6 (acute toxicity)\nH7 (carcinogenic)\nHP7 (carcinogenic)\nH8 (corrosive)\nHP8 (corrosive)\nH9 (infectious)\nHP9 (infectious)\nH10 (toxic for reproduction)\nHP10 (toxic for reproduction)\nH11 (mutagenic)\nHP11(mutagenic)\nH12 (waste which releases toxic or very toxic gases in contact with water, air or an acid)\nHP12 (release of an acute toxic gas)\nH13 (sensitizing)\nHP13 (sensitising)\nH14 (ecotoxic)\nHP14 (ecotoxic)\nH15 (waste capable by any means, after disposal, of yielding another substance, e.g. a leachate, which possesses any of the characteristics listed above)\nHP15 (waste capable of exhibiting a hazardous property listed above not directly displayed by the original waste)\n(2) In this paragraph—\n“outdated hazardous waste code” means a code or description of a code set out in Annex III to Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste (properties of waste which render it hazardous), as adopted on 19th November 2008 ;\n“updated code” means a code or description of a code set out in Annex III to Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste, as amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No 1357/2014 replacing Annex III to Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "OJ No L 312, 22.11.2008, p.3."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "OJ No L 365, 19.12.2014, p.89."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/1360/schedule/2/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:35:15.084941+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."
}