# The Waste Management Licensing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003, Regulation 24: Amendment of the Special Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998

Extent: N.I.

(1) The Special Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 shall be amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 1(4) the following definitions shall be inserted at the appropriate places –
“the 2003 Regulations” means the Waste Management Licensing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003;
“waste management licence” shall include a disposal licence and a resolution passed under Article 13 of the 1978 Order;.
(3) In regulation 14 (registers), for paragraphs (5), (6) and (7) there shall be substituted the following –
“(5) Subject to paragraphs (6) and (7), consignment notes and carrier’s schedules required by paragraph (3) to be kept by a person shall be retained until his waste management licence for the site in question is surrendered or revoked entirely, at which time he shall send the register to the Department for the site; and the Department shall retain the register for not less than three years after its receipt.
(6) Where, by virtue of regulation 16(1)(a) or (b) of the 2003 Regulations, Article 4(1)(a), (b) and (c) of the 1997 Order does not apply to any of the activities carried on at a site at which special waste is received, paragraph 5 shall have effect as if any reference to the surrender or revocation of a person’s waste management licence were a reference to the surrender or revocation of his authorisation under the Industrial Pollution Control (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 for the site in question.
(6A) Where, by virtue of regulation 16(1)(c) or (d) of the 2003 Regulations, Article 4(1)(a), (b) and (c) of the 1997 Order does not apply to any of the activities carried on at a site at which special waste is received, paragraph (5) shall have effect as if any reference to the surrender or revocation of a person’s waste management licence were a reference to the surrender or revocation of his permit under the Pollution Prevention and Control Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 for the site in question.
(7) Where, in circumstances other than those mentioned in paragraph (6) or (6A), Article 4(1)(a) and (b) of the 1997 Order does not apply to any of the activities carried on at a site at which special waste is received, each consignment note and carrier’s schedule required to be kept in a register shall be kept in that register for not less than three years from the date on which the consignment of special waste to which it relates was received at the site to which it was transported.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/493/regulation/24 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/waste-management-licensing-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/regulation-24
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