Regulation 3 Consignment to a Member State: single consignment

Subject to regulations 4 and 5, a holder shall not transport, or cause or permit to be transported, a consignment of hazardous waste from Great Britain to a destination in a Member State, unless, before the consignment is removed from the premises at which it was produced, or at which it is stored, he has—

(a)

entered into a contract with the consignee for the disposal of the consignment;

(b)

sent to the competent authority of the Member State of destination a completed consignment note relating to the transport of the consignment;

(c)

sent a photocopy of the completed copy 1 of the note to—

(i)

the disposal authority for the area in which the consignment is currently located;

(ii)

the disposal authority for the area in which is situated the port through which the consignment is to leave Great Britain;

(iii)

the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland, where the consignment is to be transported through Northern Ireland;

(iv)

the competent authority of any Member State of transit; and

(v)

any third state of transit;

(d)

received acknowledgement of the consignment note from the competent authority referred to in paragraph (b);

(e)

either—

(i)

been informed by the disposal authority referred to in paragraph (c)(i) that it makes no objection under regulation 22; or

(ii)

received no objection from that disposal authority within the period of 20 days from the date on which a photocopy of copy 1 of the consignment note was received by that authority;

(f)

completed copy 3 of the acknowledged consignment note and sent a photocopy of it to each of the relevant persons mentioned in paragraphs (b) and (c); and

(g)

given the completed copy 3 to the carrier.