# The Landfill (Scotland) Regulations 2003 (revoked) S.S.I. 2003/235 · made 10 April 2003 · revised to 1 November 2025 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/landfill-scotland-regulations-2003-revoked/pdf/ssi_20030235_en.pdf ## Introductory text This Scottish Statutory Instrument supersedes S.S.I. 2003/208 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that instrument. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Made 10th April 2003 Coming into force in accordance with article 1(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part I: PRELIMINARY ## 1 Citation, commencement and extent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Application of regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Cases where regulations do not apply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Exemptions from certain provisions of regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 List of sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Extension of categories of landfill subject to the 2000 Regulations etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part II: LANDFILL PERMITS ## 9 Classification of landfills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Conditions to be included in landfill permits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10A Permits relating to storage of metallic mercury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Prohibition of acceptance of certain wastes at landfills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Waste which may be accepted in the different classes of landfill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Costs of disposal of waste in landfill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Waste acceptance procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Initial site inspections by SEPA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Control and monitoring of operational landfill sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Closure and after care procedures for landfills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Closure Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part III: MISCELLANEOUS ## 19 Offences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Transitional Provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Amendments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1: PROVISIONS OF THESE REGULATIONS FROM WHICH LANDFILLS FALLING WITH REGULATION 6 ARE EXEMPT ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 2: WASTE ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA ## 1 Criteria for acceptance of waste which apply to all kinds of landfill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Additional criteria for acceptance of waste at landfills for hazardous waste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Additional criteria for acceptance of waste at landfills for non-hazardous waste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Additional criteria for acceptance of waste at landfills for inert waste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 3: GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL LANDFILLS ## 1 Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Water control and leachate management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Protection of soil and water and leachate collection and sealing systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Gas control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Nuisances and hazards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Stability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Site security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Temporary storage of metallic mercury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 4: MINIMUM MONITORING PROCEDURES FOR LANDFILLS ## 1 Application of this Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Emission data: water, leachate and gas control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Protection of groundwater : Sampling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Protection of groundwater : Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Protection of groundwater :Trigger levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Topography of the site: data on the landfill body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Specific requirements for metallic mercury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 5: TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS ## 1 Existing landfills : transitional provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 6: AMENDMENTS TO OTHER LEGISLATION ## 1 Amendment to the Environment Act 1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Amendment to the Environmental Protection (Duty of Care) Regulations 1991 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Amendment to the 2000 Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 The Waste Management Licensing Regulations 1994 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2003/235 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/landfill-scotland-regulations-2003-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.