{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transfrontier-shipment-of-hazardous-waste-regulations-1988/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transfrontier-shipment-of-hazardous-waste-regulations-1988/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1562",
  "legislation_title": "The Transfrontier Shipment of Hazardous Waste Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transfrontier-shipment-of-hazardous-waste-regulations-1988",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Consignment to a Member State: single consignment",
  "text": "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—\n(a) entered into a contract with the consignee for the disposal of the consignment;\n(b) sent to the competent authority of the Member State of destination a completed consignment note relating to the transport of the consignment;\n(c) sent a photocopy of the completed copy 1 of the note to—\n(i) the disposal authority for the area in which the consignment is currently located;\n(ii) the disposal authority for the area in which is situated the port through which the consignment is to leave Great Britain;\n(iii) the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland, where the consignment is to be transported through Northern Ireland;\n(iv) the competent authority of any Member State of transit; and\n(v) any third state of transit;\n(d) received acknowledgement of the consignment note from the competent authority referred to in paragraph (b);\n(e) either—\n(i) been informed by the disposal authority referred to in paragraph (c)(i) that it makes no objection under regulation 22; or\n(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;\n(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\n(g) given the completed copy 3 to the carrier.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1562/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:58:44.493766+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."
}