Regulation 18 Amendment of the Control of Pollution (Special Waste) Regulations 1980 and the Pollution Control (Special Waste) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1981

For regulation 7 of the Control of Pollution (Special Waste)

Regulations 1980^f1there shall be substituted the following regulation—

“Importers and Exporters

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(1)

Subject to paragraph (2)—

(a)

these Regulations shall apply to a person who imports special waste into Great Britain from Northern Ireland as they apply to a producer and as if the waste were produced at the place where it first enters Great Britain; and

(b)

regulation 6 shall apply to a person who exports special waste from Great Britain to Norhern Ireland as it applies to a disposer.

(2)

Regulations 4 to 12 and 17 shall not apply in relation to shipments of waste to which the provisions of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 259/93(c), other than Title III, apply.”

In regulation 17 of the Control of Pollution (Special Waste)

Regulations 1980 for “abroad” there shall be substituted “Northern Ireland”.

For regulation 8 of the Pollution Control (Special Waste)

Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1981^f2there shall be substituted the following regulation—

“Importers and Exporters

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(1)

Subject to paragraph (2)—

(a)

these Regulations shall apply to a person who imports special waste into Northern Ireland from Great Britain as they apply to a producer and as if the waste were produced at the place where it first enters Northern Ireland; and

(b)

regulation 7 shall apply to a person who exports special waste from Northern Ireland to Great Britain as it applies to a disposer.

(2)

Regulations 5 to 13 and 18 shall not apply in relation to shipments of waste to which the provisions of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 259/93(e), other than Title III, apply.”

In regulation 18 of the Pollution Control (Special Waste)

Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1981 for “abroad”, there shall be substituted “Great Britain”.