{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/waste-management-licensing-regulations-1994/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/waste-management-licensing-regulations-1994/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1994/1056",
  "legislation_title": "The Waste Management Licensing Regulations 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/waste-management-licensing-regulations-1994",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION\nMade 12th April 1994\nLaid before Parliament 13th April 1994\nComing into force\n— except for regulations 4 and 5 1st May 1994\nRegulations 4 and 5 10th August 1994\nThe Secretary of State for the Environment as respects England, the Secretary of State for Wales as respects Wales and the Secretary of State for Scotland as respects Scotland, being Ministers designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to measures relating to the prevention, reduction and elimination of pollution of water and the prevention, reduction and elimination of pollution caused by waste, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 2(2) of that Act, sections 30(4) and 104(1) of the Control of Pollution Act 1974, sections 1(3)(a), 2, 8(2) and 9(1) of the Control of Pollution (Amendment) Act 1989, sections 29(10), 33(3), 35(6), 36(1), 39(3), 40(3), 43(8), 45(3), 50(3), 54(14), 64(1), (4) and (8), 74(6), 75(8) and 156 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (having in particular had regard in exercising their powers under section 33(3) of that Act to the matters specified in section 33(4) of that Act) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf hereby make the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1989/2393 and 1992/2870."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c. 68."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1974 c. 40."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "See the definition of “prescribed”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "1989 c. 14."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "1990 c. 43."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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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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