Explanatory note

These Regulations amend the Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/988) (“the Waste Regulations”). The Waste Regulations transpose, for England and Wales, Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste (OJ No. L 312, 22.11.2008, p3).

Regulation 4 amends regulation 29 of the Waste Regulations by adding a new list of “relevant offences” for the purposes of refusing registration of carriers, brokers and dealers of controlled waste in accordance with regulation 29(5) and by providing for the making of copies of certificates of registration.

Regulation 6 amends regulation 35 by replacing the references in that regulation to “a transfer note” with references to “written information”.

Regulation 7 inserts a new Part relating to the production of authority for transporting controlled waste (which is the certificate of registration) where this is required under section 5(2)(a) of the Control of Pollution (Amendment) Act 1989 (c.14).

A full impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on business, the voluntary sector and the public sector is available from Waste Regulation and Crime, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Area 2B, Nobel House, 17 Smith Square, London, SW1P 3JR and is annexed to the Explanatory Memorandum which is available alongside the instrument on www.legislation.gov.uk.