The Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011 No. 988

PART 11 U.K. Final provisions

Registration: reduction of administrative burden U.K.

46.—(1) This regulation applies to the Environment Agency in relation to registration of—

(a) carriers and brokers of, and dealers in, controlled waste (see Part 8); and

(b) establishments and undertakings carrying on exempt waste operations under Schedule 2 to the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010 M1 .

(2) The Environment Agency must, where possible, use existing records held by it to obtain information for the registration process in order to reduce the administrative burden.

Marginal Citations

M1 S.I. 2010/675 to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

Radioactive waste U.K.

47.— [F1 (1) This regulation applies to radioactive waste—

(a) which is a specified waste; and

(b) in respect of which a person—

(i) is carrying on a radioactive substances activity described in paragraph 11(2)(b) or (c) or (4) of Part 2 of Schedule 23 to the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010; and

(ii) is exempt from the requirement for an environmental permit under regulation 12(3) of those Regulations for that activity.]

(2) Radioactive waste to which this regulation applies must be treated as waste for the purposes of these Regulations.

(3) Sections 33 to 34C of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 apply to radioactive waste to which this regulation applies.

(4) In this regulation—

“environmental permit” has the meaning given in regulation 13(1) of the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010;

[F2 “radioactive substances exemption” means an exemption under Part 7 of Schedule 23 to the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010 from the requirement for an environmental permit under regulation 12 of those regulations in respect of a radioactive substances activity;]

“radioactive waste” and “radioactive substances activity” have the meanings given in [F3 paragraphs 3 and 11] of Part 2 of Schedule 23 to the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010;

F4 ...

[F2 “specified waste” means—

(a)

NORM waste (as that term is defined in Part 7 of Schedule 23 to the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010; or

(b)

the waste described in the first, second or sixth row of column 1 of table 6 in Part 7 of Schedule 23 to the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 47(1) substituted (1.10.2011) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2043), reg. 1(b), Sch. 2 para. 6(2)

F2 Words in reg. 47(4) inserted (1.10.2011) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2043), reg. 1(b), Sch. 2 para. 6(3)(c)

F3 Words in reg. 47(4) substituted (1.10.2011) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2043), reg. 1(b), Sch. 2 para. 6(3)(a)

F4 Words in reg. 47(4) omitted (1.10.2011) by virtue of The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2043), reg. 1(b), Sch. 2 para. 6(3)(b)

Amendments and revocations U.K.

48.—(1) Schedule 2 (amendments to the Hazardous Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2005) has effect.

(2) Schedule 3 (amendments to the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010) has effect.

(3) Schedule 4 (amendments to other legislation) has effect.

(4) Schedule 5 (revocations) has effect.