# The Hazardous Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005, Regulation 22: Coding of consignments

Extent: N.I.

(1) Subject to paragraph (3), the Department shall assign or supply forthwith to any person, on request, for the purpose of assigning to a consignment of hazardous waste or, where the consignment is one in a carrier’s round, to the consignments in that round, a code unique to that consignment or round, as the case may be.
(2) A code assigned or supplied in accordance with paragraph (1) may consist of letters, numbers or symbols, or any combination of letters, numbers and symbols, or a bar code which enables the consignment or carrier’s round, as the case may be, to be identified electronically.
(3) The Department need not assign or supply a code for a consignment or round until any fee required in respect of it under regulation 36 has been paid.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2005/300/regulation/22 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/hazardous-waste-regulations-northern-ireland-2005/regulation-22
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