{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/landfill-scotland-regulations-2003/regulation-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/landfill-scotland-regulations-2003/regulation-18.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2003/208",
  "legislation_title": "The Landfill (Scotland) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/landfill-scotland-regulations-2003",
  "path": "regulation/18",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Closure Notices",
  "text": "(1) Where SEPA has taken a reasoned decision under regulation 17(3)(c), it shall serve a closure notice under this regulation (“a closure notice”) on the operator of the landfill.\n(2) A closure notice shall–\n(a) state SEPA’s reasons for requiring initiation of the closure procedure;\n(b) specify the steps the operator is required to take to initiate the procedure;\n(c) the period within which they must be taken; and\n(d) the date after which waste may not be accepted on the site.\n(3) SEPA may withdraw a closure notice at any time.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2003/208/regulation/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:36:52.309976+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}