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Explanatory note

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These Regulations:

(a)

amend the Hazardous Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/894) (“the 2005 Regulations”) to remove from the offence provision in those Regulations an incorrect reference to three regulations (regulation 3(2));

(b)

correct two cross-references in the 2005 Regulations, in one case by substitution of the correct reference (regulation 3(3)), and in the other by making a consequential amendment to the Waste Management Licensing Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/1056) and omitting a provision in the 2005 Regulations (regulations 2(2) and 3(4));

(c)

make minor corrections to the Large Combustion Plants (National Emission Reduction Plan) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/2325).

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.