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Part IVS Specified Risk Material

Collection centres and incineratorsS

Collection centresS

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IncineratorsS

63.—(1) Any person delivering specified risk material to a licensed incinerator shall state in writing to the operator of the incinerator concerned the place from which that specified risk material was collected for delivery to that incinerator.

(2) No person shall operate an incinerator incinerating specified risk material unless–

(a)the incinerator has been licensed as having suitable facilities to incinerate specified risk material in accordance with paragraph (4) below;

[F2(b)that person disposes of the ash by burial at a landfill site for which there exists a current waste management licence granted under section 35 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, a permit granted under the Pollution Prevention and Control (Scotland) Regulations 2000 or a permit under the Pollution Prevention and Control (England and Wales) Regulations 2000;]

(c)the incinerator is equipped with a refractory lining.

(3) The operator of a licensed incinerator shall make a consignment record on the arrival of specified risk material at the premises and shall keep that record for a period of not less than two years from the date of arrival.

(4) The operator of a licensed incinerator shall incinerate all specified risk material delivered to that operator to a standard specified in the licence and in such a way that all moisture is removed, the material is reduced to ash and the ash is disposed of in accordance with the terms of the licence.

(5) No person shall remove specified risk material from a licensed incinerator unless it has been completely incinerated.