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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hazardous-waste-miscellaneous-amendments-wales-regulations-2018/note",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2018/721",
  "legislation_title": "The Hazardous Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2018",
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  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend legislation which refers to Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste and repealing certain Directives (OJ No L 312, 22.11.2008, p. 3).\nThe amendments made by these Regulations are necessary in order to implement Council Regulation (EU) 2017/997 of 8 June 2017 amending Annex III to Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the hazardous property HP 14 ‘Ecotoxic’ (OJ No L 150, 14.6.2017, p. 1).\nThe Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of regulatory impact assessments was considered in relation to these Regulations. As a result, it was not considered necessary to carry out a regulatory impact assessment as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with these Regulations.",
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  "version": "current",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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