# The Waste (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Wales) Regulations 2011, Paragraph 17

Extent: E+W

In regulation 47—
(a) after paragraph (5)(b), omit “and”;
(b) in paragraph (5)(c), at the beginning, insert “ subject to paragraph (5A), ”;
(c) after paragraph (5), insert—
“(5A) If the person required to make or retain a register has a waste permit pursuant to which the site is operated, the period for retention of a consignment note required to be kept by regulation 51(2)(a) is—
(a) for 5 years after the deposit of the waste; or
(b) if the permit authorises disposal of waste in a landfill, until the permit is surrendered or revoked.
(5B) In paragraph (5A), “landfill” has the meaning given in Article 2(g) of Council Directive 1999/31/EC on the landfill of waste, but does not include any operation excluded from the scope of that Directive by Article 3(2).”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2011/971/schedule/paragraph/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/waste-miscellaneous-provisions-wales-regulations-2011/schedule/paragraph-17
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