The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2007

Registration of exempt waste operations

4.—(1) Every exemption registration authority must establish and maintain a register of exempt waste operations in relation to which it is the exemption registration authority.

(2) The exemption registration authority must ensure the register contains the information required by sub-paragraph (3) in every case where—

(a) the authority receives notice of that information in writing;

(b) in the case of a notifiable exempt waste operation, the establishment or undertaking has given notice under paragraph 3(1)(b); and

(c) in the case of an exempt waste operation falling within paragraph 45(1) or 45(3) of Schedule 3 (which makes provision in relation to recovery and storage of scrap metal and waste motor vehicles), any extra requirement under paragraph 6 is complied with.

(3) The information required is—

(a) the name and address of the establishment or undertaking carrying on an exempt waste operation;

(b) the waste operation which constitutes the exempt waste operation; and

(c) the place where the exempt waste operation is carried on.

(4) The exemption registration authority may enter the information required by sub-paragraph (3) on the register if it receives notice which is not in writing.

(5) Every exemption registration authority must—

(a) ensure that its register is open to inspection by members of the public free of charge at all reasonable hours; and

(b) provide reasonable facilities to members of the public for obtaining a copy of an entry on payment of a reasonable charge.

(6) A register may be kept in any form.