# The Waste Management Licensing (Amendment) Regulations 1997, Regulation 2: Technical Competence

Extent: E+W+S
Status: prospective

For Table 1 in regulation 4 of the Waste Management Licensing Regulations 1994, there shall be substituted:
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Table 1
Type of facility
Relevant 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—
(a) clinical or special waste is dealt with; and
(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—
(a) biodegradable waste, but no clinical or special waste, is dealt with; and
(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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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/2203/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/waste-management-licensing-amendment-regulations-1997/regulation-2
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