Regulation 35 Waste informationF11

This regulation takes effect as if it were made in exercise of the power in section 34(5) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990.

When controlled waste is transferred in accordance with section 34(1)(c) of that Act the written description of the waste F1(“written information”) must—

Until the end of the period of 6 months beginning with the day on which these Regulations are made, F5the written information may omit the F6matters required by paragraph (2)(a)(iv) and (d).

The F7written information may be in electronic form if the person producing it can do so in a visible and legible documentary form.

Where the F8written information is in electronic form, the signature required by paragraph (2)(b) must be an electronic signature (and “electronic signature” means data in electronic form which are attached to or logically associated with thewritten information and which serve as a method of authentication).

The transferor and the transferee must keep F9the written information, or a copy of it, for at least 2 years and produce it to an officer of the F10appropriate body or of a waste collection authority on demand within 7 days.

This regulation does not apply where the waste transferred is hazardous waste and the consignment note and, where appropriate, schedule required by the Hazardous Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2005 or the Hazardous Waste (Wales) Regulations 2005 are completed and dealt with in accordance with those Regulations.

In this regulation “SIC code” means a code included in the UK Standard Industrial Classification of Industrial Activities 2007 (SIC 2007) published by the Office for National Statistics on 14th December 2007 M1.