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Regulation 10 Specific waste to be treated as non-hazardousI1

Northern Ireland

(1)

The Department may decide, in exceptional cases, on the basis of documentary evidence provided in an appropriate way by the holder, and having regard to F1Annex III and the limit values of concentration in the List of Wastes, that a specific waste produced in Northern Ireland and indicated in the List as being hazardous does not display any of the properties listed in Annex IIIF2....

F3(1A)

The Department shall not 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 waste produced in England, Wales or Scotland and indicated in the List of Wastes as hazardous waste and which is for the time being determined to be non-hazardous pursuant to F4Article 7(3) of the Waste Directive , shall be treated for all purposes as non-hazardous in Northern Ireland.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in reg. 10(1) substituted (8.4.2011) by The Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. 2011/127), regs. 1(1), 51(1)(a) (with reg. 9(2))

F2

Words in reg. 10(1) revoked (8.4.2011) by The Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. 2011/127), regs. 1(1), 51(1)(b) (with reg. 9(2))

F3

Reg. 10(1A) inserted (8.4.2011) by The Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. 2011/127), regs. 1(1), 51(2) (with reg. 9(2))

F4

Words in reg. 10(2) substituted (1.6.2015) by The Hazardous Waste (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/238), regs. 1(1), 5(6)

Commencement

I1

Reg. 10 in operation at 16.7.2005, see reg. 1(1)