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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/landfill-scotland-regulations-2003/schedule-5/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/landfill-scotland-regulations-2003/schedule-5/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2003/208",
  "legislation_title": "The Landfill (Scotland) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/landfill-scotland-regulations-2003",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Existing landfills : transitional provisions",
  "text": "(1) The following provisions of these Regulations impose obligations directly on the operator of any landfill which is for the time being classified as a landfill for hazardous waste pending determination of an application made pursuant to paragraph 1(6)–\n(a) on or after the relevant date–\n(i) regulation 11 (prohibition of acceptance of certain wastes); and\n(ii) regulation 14 (waste acceptance procedures);\n(b) on or after 16th July 2004, regulation 12(1) and (2) (waste acceptance requirements).\n(2) For the purposes of applying regulation 11(1)(g) under sub-paragraph 3(1)(a)(i) in relation to the period beginning on the relevant date and ending on 15th July 2004, only the criteria in paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 are to be treated as relevant waste acceptance criteria.\n(3) The operator of a landfill which is not classified as a landfill for hazardous waste shall only accept hazardous waste at that landfill on or after the relevant date in the circumstances specified in regulation 12(3)(c) and (4).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2003/208/schedule/5/paragraph/3",
    "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."
}