Paragraph 2 Additional criteria for acceptance of waste at landfills for hazardous wasteI1

Northern Ireland Not yet in force

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Sch. 1 para. 5(4)(c)(i) word substituted by Landfill 2007 reg. 6
Sch. 1 para. 5(1)(g) words added by Environment 2018 Sch. 1 para. 8(a)
Sch. 1 para. 18(1) words substituted by Environment 2018 Sch. 1 para. 8(b)
Sch. 1 para. 5(1)(g) words omitted by Environmental Protection 2019 Sch. 1 para. 4(3)
Sch. 1 para. 1 coming into force by Landfill 2003 reg. 1
Sch. 1 para. 2 coming into force by Landfill 2003 reg. 1
Sch. 1 para. 3 coming into force by Landfill 2003 reg. 1
Sch. 1 para. 4 coming into force by Landfill 2003 reg. 1
Sch. 1 substituted by Landfill 2004 Sch.
Sch. 1 para. 8(c) inserted by Landfill 2007 reg. 7
Sch. 1 para. 11 Table 3 words inserted by Landfill 2007 reg. 8
Sch. 1 para. 12(a) word deleted by Landfill 2007 reg. 9
Sch. 1 para. 14 substituted by Landfill 2007 reg. 10
Sch. 1 para. 17 substituted by Landfill 2007 reg. 11
Sch. 1 para. 19 substituted by Landfill 2007 reg. 12
Sch. 1 para. 20 substituted by Landfill 2007 reg. 13
Sch. 1 para. 16A inserted by Landfill 2013 reg. 3(3) Sch. 1

Waste may only be accepted at a landfill for hazardous waste if –

(a)

it is listed on the Hazardous Waste List of the European Waste Catalogue^f1 or has similar characteristics to those so listed; and

(b)

its total content or leachability –

(i)

does not present a short term occupational risk or an environmental risk; and

(ii)

would not prevent the stabilisation of the landfill within its projected lifetime taking account of its after care period following closure.

Annotations

f1: Council Decision 2000/532/EC (O.J. No. L226, 6.9.2000, p. 3) as amended by Council Decision 2001/119/EC (O.J. No. L47, 16.2.01, p. 32) and 2001/573/EC (O.J. L203, 28.7.01, p. 18)