{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/waste-foot-and-mouth-disease-england-regulations-2001/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/1478",
  "legislation_title": "The Waste (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (England) Regulations 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/waste-foot-and-mouth-disease-england-regulations-2001",
  "path": "note",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nSection 57 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 confers on the Secretary of State a power to require waste to be accepted, treated, disposed of or delivered. These Regulations add to the types of waste which may be covered by a direction under section 57. Directions may cover the carcases (or parts of carcases, including blood) of certain types of animal which have been slaughtered as a direct or indirect result of measures taken to deal with foot-and-mouth disease. The relevant types of animal are cattle (if born on or after 1st August 1996), sheep, goats, other ruminating animals and swine. Directions may also be given in relation to ash or rendered material resulting from the incineration or rendering of the carcases (or parts of carcases) of cattle (of any age), sheep, goats, other ruminating animals and swine where such animals have been slaughtered as a result of foot-and-mouth measures.\nThe extension by these Regulations of the types of waste which may be covered by a direction under section 57 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 described above will have effect in every county area of England except Greater London, the Isle of Wight and Bristol. A person will not be guilty of a criminal offence under certain provisions of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, the Environmental Protection Act 1990 and the Water Resources Act 1991 by reason only of anything necessarily done or omitted to comply with a direction under section 57 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990.\nThe Regulations will cease to have effect on 13th October 2001.\nA person convicted of failing to comply with a direction under section 57 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 without reasonable excuse is liable to a fine of up to £5000.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/1478/note",
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  "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."
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