# The Special Waste Regulations 1996, Regulation 4: Coding of consignments

Extent: E+W+S

(1) Subject to paragraph (3), an Agency shall assign or supply forthwith to any person, on request, for the purpose of assigning to a consignment of special waste or, where the consignment is one in a carrier’s round, to the consignments in that round, a code unique to that consignment or round, as the case may be.
(2) A code assigned or supplied in accordance with paragraph (1) may consist of letters, numbers or symbols, or any combination of letters, numbers and symbols, or a bar code which enables the consignment or carrier’s round, as the case may be, to be identified electronically.
(3) The Agency need not assign or supply a code for a consignment or round until any fee required in respect of it under regulation 14(1) has been paid.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/972/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/special-waste-regulations-1996/regulation-4
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