Regulation 3
1. The qualifications required of a person if he is to be regarded as technically competent for the purposes of Article 3(3)(b) of the 1997 Order to manage a facility of a description listed in Table 1 are that that person must hold one of the certificates awarded by WAMITAB, the codes of which are specified in relation to that description of facility in that Table; and the certificates to which the codes refer are set out in Table 2.
| Number | Type of Facility | Certificate Code |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Landfill site for hazardous waste | A, D, or G |
| 2 | Landfill site for hazardous waste – single waste stream | A, D, G or H |
| 3 | Landfill site for non-hazardous waste | A, B, D, E, G or I |
| 4 | Landfill site for non-hazardous waste – single waste stream | A, B, D, E, G, H, I or J |
| 5 | Landfill site for inert waste with a total capacity of greater than 50,000 cubic metres | A, B, C, D, E, F, G, I or K |
| 6 | Landfill site for inert waste with a total capacity of greater than 50,000 cubic metres – single waste stream | A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K or L |
| 7 | Closed landfill site for hazardous waste | A, D, G or M |
| 8 | Closed landfill site for hazardous waste – single waste stream | A, D, G, H or M |
| 9 | Closed landfill site for non-hazardous waste | A, B, D, E, G, I or M |
| 10 | Closed landfill site for non-hazardous waste – single waste stream | A, B, D, E, G, H, I, J or M |
| 11 | Closed landfill site for inert waste with a total capacity of greater than 50,000 cubic metres | A, B, C, D, E, F, G, I, K or M |
| 12 | Closed landfill site for inert waste with a total capacity of greater than 50,000 cubic metres – single waste stream | A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L or M |
| 13 | Treatment plant where hazardous waste is subjected to a chemical or physical process | N, P or S |
| 14 | Treatment plant where hazardous clinical waste is subjected to a physical or chemical process | N, P, S or Ss |
| 15 | Treatment plant where hazardous waste is subjected to a chemical or physical process for the treatment of contaminated land | N, P, S or T |
| 16 | Treatment plant where non-hazardous waste is subjected to a chemical or physical process | N, P, Q, S or U |
| 17 | Treatment plant where non-hazardous waste is subjected to a composting process | N, P, Q, S, U or W |
| 18 | Treatment plant where non-hazardous waste is subjected to a chemical or physical process for the treatment of contaminated land | N, P, Q, S, T, U or V |
| 19 | Treatment plant where non-hazardous clinical waste is subjected to a chemical or physical process | N, P, S, Ss or X |
| 20 | Treatment plant where inert waste is subjected to a chemical or physical process | N, O, P, Q, R, S, U or Y |
| 21 | Transfer station for hazardous waste where the capacity of the facility is greater than 5 cubic metres | Z, DD or II |
| 22 | Transfer station for hazardous clinical waste where the capacity of the facility is greater than 5 cubic metres | Z, DD, II or JJ |
| 23 | Transfer station for non-hazardous waste where the capacity of the facility is greater than 5 cubic metres | Z, DD, EE, II or KK |
| 24 | Transfer station for non-hazardous clinical waste where the capacity of the facility is greater than 5 cubic metres | Z, DD, II, JJ or LL |
| 25 | Transfer station for inert waste where the capacity is greater than 50 cubic metres | Z, AA, DD, EE, FF, II, KK or MM |
| 26 | Civic amenity site where the amount of waste accepted is 5000 tonnes per annum or less | Z, BB, DD, EE, GG, II, KK or NN |
| 27 | Civic amenity site where the amount of waste accepted is greater than 5000 tonnes per annum | Z, DD, EE, II or KK |
| 28 | Site where waste is burned in an incinerator designed to incinerate waste at a rate of more than 50 kilograms per hour but less than 1 tonne per hour | CC, HH or OO |
Notes to Table 1:
The following certificates ceased to be awarded on 9th October 1997: A, B, C, N, O, Z, AA, BB and CC.
The following certificates ceased to be awarded on 31st March 2003: D, E, F, P, Q, R, DD, EE, FF, GG and HH.
| Code | Relevant Certificate of Technical Competence |
|---|---|
| A | Managing Landfill Operations: Special Waste (Level IV) |
| B | Managing Landfill Operations: Biodegradable Waste (Level IV) |
| C | Landfill Operations: Inert Waste (Level III) |
| D | Managing Landfill Operations: Special Waste (Level 4) |
| E | Managing Landfill Operations: Biodegradable Waste (Level 4) |
| F | Landfill Operations: Inert Waste (Level 3) |
| G | Level 4 in Waste Management Operations – Managing Landfill Hazardous Waste |
| H | Level 4 in Waste Management Operations – Managing Landfill Hazardous Waste (Single Waste Stream) |
| I | Level 4 in Waste Management Operations – Managing Landfill Non-Hazardous Waste |
| J | Level 4 in Waste Management Operations – Managing Landfill Non-Hazardous Waste (Single Waste Stream) |
| K | Level 3 in Waste Management Operations – Inert Waste (landfill) |
| L | Level 3 in Waste Management Operations – Inert Waste (Single Waste Stream) |
| M | Level 3 in Waste Management Operations – Closed Landfill |
| N | Managing Treatment Operations: Special Waste (Level IV) |
| O | Treatment Operations: Inert Waste (Level III) |
| P | Managing Treatment Operations: Clinical or Special Waste (Level 4) |
| Q | Managing Treatment Operations: Biodegradable Waste (Level 4) |
| R | Treatment Operations: Inert Waste (Level 3) |
| S | Level 4 in Waste Management Operations – Managing Treatment Hazardous Waste |
| Ss | Level 4 in Waste Management Operations – Managing Treatment Hazardous Waste (Clinical) |
| T | Level 4 in Waste Management Operations – Managing Treatment Hazardous Waste (Remediation of Contaminated Land) |
| U | Level 4 in Waste Management Operations – Managing Treatment Non-Hazardous Waste |
| V | Level 4 in Waste Management Operations – Managing Treatment Non-Hazardous Waste (Remediation of Contaminated Land) |
| W | Level 4 in Waste Management Operations – Managing Treatment Non-Hazardous Waste (Composting) |
| X | Level 4 in Waste Management Operations – Managing Treatment Non-Hazardous Waste (Clinical) |
| Y | Level 3 in Waste Management Operations – Inert Waste (Treatment) |
| Z | Managing Transfer Operations: Special Waste (Level IV) |
| AA | Transfer Operations: Inert Waste (Level III) |
| BB | Civic Amenity Site Operations (Level III) |
| CC | Managing Incineration Operations: Special Waste (Level IV) |
| DD | Managing Transfer Operations: Clinical or Special Waste (Level 4) |
| EE | Managing Transfer Operations: Biodegradable Waste (Level 4) |
| FF | Transfer Operations: Inert Waste (Level 3) |
| GG | Civic Amenity Site Operations (Level 3) |
| HH | Managing Incinerator Operations: Special Waste (Level 4) |
| II | Level 4 in Waste Management Operations: Managing Transfer Hazardous Waste |
| JJ | Level 4 in Waste Management Operations: Managing Transfer Hazardous Waste (Clinical) |
| KK | Level 4 in Waste Management Operations: Managing Transfer Non-Hazardous Waste |
| LL | Level 4 in Waste Management Operations: Managing Transfer Non-Hazardous Waste (Clinical) |
| MM | Level 3 in Waste Management Operations: Inert Waste (Transfer) |
| NN | Level 3 in Waste Management Operations: Civic Amenity Site |
| OO | Level 4 in Waste Management Operations: Managing Incineration |
2. In Table 1 –
“civic amenity site” means a place provided by virtue of Article 22(1) of the 1978 Order or Article 25(1)(b) of the 1997 Order;
“closed landfill” means a landfill site which ceases to accept waste on or after the coming into operation of these Regulations;
“hazardous waste” means –
waste which is hazardous waste within the meaning of Article 1(4) of Council Directive 91/689/EEC(1) on hazardous waste (the “Hazardous Waste Directive”), as amended by Council Directive 94/31/EC(2); and
medicinal waste, that is to say, any waste medicinal product which is not domestic waste within the meaning of the Hazardous Waste Directive,
and in this definition, “medicinal product” means a product as defined in section 130 of the Medicines Act 1968(3) (meaning of “medicinal product” and related expressions) of a description, or falling within a class, specified in an order under section 58 of that Act(4) (medicinal products on prescription only);
“landfill site” means a waste disposal site for the deposit of waste onto or into land, including –
subject to sub-paragraph (b), any site which is used for more than a year for the temporary storage of waste; and
any internal waste disposal site, that is to say a site where a producer of waste is carrying out its own waste disposal at the place of production;
but excluding –
any facility where waste is unloaded in order to permit its preparation for further transport for recovery, treatment or disposal elsewhere;
any site where waste is stored as a general rule for a period of less than three years prior to recovery or treatment; and
any site where waste is stored for a period of less than one year prior to disposal;
“non-hazardous waste” means any waste which is not covered by the definition of hazardous waste;
“single waste stream” in relation to a waste disposal site refers to a site where the producer of all of the waste disposed of at that site is also the holder of the waste management licence, a disposal licence or a resolution for that site; and
“transfer station” means a facility where waste is unloaded in order to permit its preparation for further transport for treatment, keeping or disposal elsewhere; and
“waste” is “inert waste” if –
it does not undergo any significant physical, chemical or biological transformations;
it does not dissolve, burn or otherwise physically or chemically react, biodegrade or adversely affect other matter with which it comes into contact in a way likely to give rise to environmental pollution or harm to human health; and
its total leachability and pollutant content and the ecotoxicity of its leachate are insignificant and, in particular, do not endanger the quality of any surface water or groundwater.
O.J. No. L377, 31.12.1991, p. 20
O.J. No. L168, 2.7.1994, p. 28
1968 c. 67; section 130 is amended by paragraph 3(7) to (10) of Schedule 1, and Schedule 2, to the Animal Health and Welfare Act 1984 (c. 40)
Section 58 is amended by section 1 of the Medicine Products: Prescription by Nurses etc. Act 1992 (c. 28)