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The Special Waste Regulations 1996

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. 1. Citation, commencement, extent, application and interpretation

  3. 1A.Annex III to the Waste Directive

  4. 1B.The List of Wastes

  5. 2.Meaning of special waste

  6. 2ZA.Determination that a waste is hazardous waste

  7. 2ZB.Specific waste to be treated as hazardous waste

  8. 2ZC.Specific waste to be treated as non-hazardous

  9. 2ZD.Provisions common to regulations 2ZB and 2ZC

  10. 2ZE.Requisite bodies

  11. 2ZF.Modification of the Waste Directive

  12. 2A.Application of Regulations

  13. 2B.Domestic Asbestos Waste

  14. 3. Certain radioactive waste to be special waste

  15. 4. Coding of consignments

  16. 4A.Packaging and labelling of special waste

  17. 5. Consignment notes: standard procedure

  18. 6. Consignment notes: cases in which pre-notification is not required

  19. 7. Consignment notes: procedure where pre-notification is not required

  20. 8. Consignment notes: carrier’s rounds

  21. 9. Consignment notes: removal of ships’ waste to reception facilities

  22. 10. Consignment notes etc.: duty of consignee not accepting delivery of a consignment

  23. 10A.Consignment notes: requirement for a new consignment note

  24. 11. Consignment notes: duties of the Agencies

  25. 12. Consignment notes: provisions as to furnishing

  26. 13. Consignment notes: importers and exporters

  27. 14. Fees

  28. 15. Registers

  29. 15A.Registers: special waste producers

  30. 16. Site records

  31. 17. Restrictions on mixing special waste

  32. 17A.Duty to separate mixed wastes

  33. 18. Offences

  34. 19. Responsibilities of the Agencies

  35. 19A.Mutual recognition of consignment notes

  36. 20. Transitional provisions for certificates of technical competence

  37. 20A.Transitional provisions and “grandfather rights”

  38. 21. Amendment of regulations relating to the assessment of environmental effects

  39. 22. Amendment of the Controlled Waste (Registration of Carriers and Seizure of Vehicles) Regulations 1991

  40. 23. Amendment of the Environmental Protection (Duty of Care) Regulations 1991

  41. 24. Amendment of the Controlled Waste Regulations 1992

  42. 25. Amendment of the Waste Management Licensing Regulations 1994

  43. 26. Revocations and savings

  44. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      1. PART I FORM OF CONSIGNMENT NOTE

      2. PART II FORM OF SCHEDULE

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      SPECIAL WASTE

      1. PART I HAZARDOUS WASTE LIST

      2. PART II HAZARDOUS PROPERTIES

      3. PART III THRESHOLDS FOR CERTAIN HAZARDOUS PROPERTIES

        1. . . . . . . . . . ....

      4. PART IV RULES FOR THE INTERPRETATION OF THIS SCHEDULE

        1. 1.Except in the case of a substance listed in the...

        2. 2.Any reference in Part III of this Schedule to a...

        3. 3.Any reference in Part III of this Schedule to the...

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      AMENDMENTS TO THE WASTE MANAGEMENT LICENSING REGULATIONS 1994

  46. Explanatory Note

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