{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transfrontier-shipment-of-hazardous-waste-regulations-1988/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transfrontier-shipment-of-hazardous-waste-regulations-1988/regulation-6.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/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Consignment to a third state: single consignment",
  "text": "Subject to regulations 7 and 8, 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 third 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) obtained the agreement of that state to the receipt of that consignment in that country for disposal;\n(b) entered into a contract with the consignee for the disposal of the consignment;\n(c) sent a completed consignment note relating to the transport of the consignment—\n(i) where the consignment will pass through one or more Member States of transit, and that state or the last of those states exercises, under Article 4(2) of the Directive, the right to acknowledge such consignment notes or to object, to the competent authority of that state; or\n(ii) in any other case, to the Secretary of State;\n(d) sent a photocopy of the completed copy 1 of the note to—\n(i) where paragraph (c)(i) applies, the Secretary of State;\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) where the consignment is to be transported through Northern Ireland, the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland;\n(iv) the competent authority of any Member State of transit;\n(v) any third state of transit; and\n(vi) the third state of destination;\n(e) received acknowledgement of the consignment note from the person to whom the completed note was sent in accordance with paragraph (c);\n(f) where paragraph (c)(i) applies, either—\n(i) been informed by the Secretary of State that he has no objection; or\n(ii) received no objection from him within the period of 20 days from the date on which he received a photocopy of copy 1 of the consignment note;\n(g) completed copy 3 of the acknowledged consignment note and sent a photocopy of it to each of the relevant persons mentioned in paragraphs (c) and (d); and\n(h) 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/6",
    "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."
}