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Regulation 2 Technical CompetenceI1

England, Wales and Scotland Not yet in force

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

For Table 1 in regulation 4 of the Waste Management Licensing Regulations 1994f1, there shall be substituted:

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Table 1

Type of facilityRelevant certificate of technical competence
Note: The certificates shown in italics will cease to be awarded on 9th October 1997.
A landfill site which receives special waste.Managing landfill operations: special waste (level 4).
A landfill site which receives biodegradable waste or which for some other reason requires substantial engineering works to protect the environment but which in either case does not receive special waste.
1

Managing landfill operations: biodegradable waste (level 4); or

2

Managing landfill operations: special waste (level 4).

Any other type of landfill site with a total capacity exceeding 50,000 cubic metres.
1

Landfill operations: inert waste (level 3); or

2

Managing landfill operations: biodegradable waste (level 4); or

3

Managing landfill operations: special waste (level 4).

A site on which waste is burned in an incinerator designed to incinerate waste at a rate of more than 50 kilograms per hour but less than 1 tonne per hour.Managing incinerator operations: special waste (level 4).
A waste treatment plant where clinical or special waste is subjected to a chemical or physical process.
1

Managing treatment operations: clinical or special waste (level 4); or

2

Managing treatment operations: special waste (level 4) (see note).

A waste treatment plant where biodegradable waste, but no clinical or special waste, is subjected to a chemical or physical process.
1

Managing treatment operations: biodegradable waste (level 4); or

2

Managing treatment operations: clinical or special waste (level 4); or

3

Managing treatment operations: special waste (level 4) (see note).

A waste treatment plant where waste, none of which is biodegradable, clinical or special waste, is subjected to a chemical or physical process.
1

Treatment operations: inert waste (level 3); or

2

Managing treatment operations: biodegradable waste (level 4); or

3

Managing treatment operations: clinical or special waste (level 4); or

4

Managing treatment operations: special waste (level 4) (see note).

A transfer station where—

  1. (a)

    clinical or special waste is dealt with; and

  2. (b)

    the total quantity of waste at the station at any time exceeds 5 cubic metres.

1

Managing transfer operations: clinical or special waste (level 4); or

2

Managing transfer operations: special waste (level 4) (see note).

A transfer station where—

  1. (a)

    biodegradable waste, but no clinical or special waste, is dealt with; and

  2. (b)

    the total quantity of waste at the station at any time exceeds 5 cubic metres.

1

Managing transfer operations: biodegradable waste (level 4); or

2

Managing transfer operations: clinical or special waste (level 4); or

3

Managing transfer operations: special waste (level 4) (see note).

Any other type of waste transfer station where the total quantity of waste at the station at any time exceeds 50 cubic metres.
1

Transfer operations: inert waste (level 3); or

2

Managing transfer operations: biodegradable waste (level 4); or

3

Managing transfer operations: clinical or special waste (level 4); or

4

Managing transfer operations: special waste (level 4) (see note).

A civic amenity site.
1

Civic amenity site operations (level 3); or

2

Managing transfer operations: biodegradable waste (level 4); or

3

Managing transfer operations: clinical or special waste (level 4); or

4

Managing transfer operations: special waste (level 4) (see note).

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Annotations

Commencement

I1

Reg. 2 in force at 9.10.1997, see reg. 1

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 1994/1056; regulation 4 was amended by S.I. 1996/634.