# The Special Waste Regulations 1996, Regulation 13: Consignment notes: importers and exporters

Extent: E+W+S

(1) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), regulations 5 to 12 shall apply to special waste imported into Great Britain from Northern Ireland or Gibraltar as if—
(a) any reference to the consignor were a reference to the person importing the special waste;
(b) any reference to the premises at which the special waste is being held and from which it is removed were a reference to the place where it first enters Great Britain; and
(c) the special waste is removed from that place at the time when it first enters Great Britain.
(2) Subject to paragraph (4), these Regulations shall apply to special waste exported from Great Britain to Northern Ireland or Gibraltar as if—
(a) any reference to the consignee were a reference to the person exporting the waste; and
(b) the consignment of special waste is received by that person at the place where and the time when it leaves Great Britain.
(3) Paragraph (1) does not apply in a case to which either regulation 6(1)(d) or regulation 9 applies.
(4) Nothing in regulations 5 to 12 shall apply in relation to shipments of waste to which the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on shipments of waste, as last amended by Commission Regulation 2015/2002, apply.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/972/regulation/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/special-waste-regulations-1996/regulation-13
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