The Transfrontier Shipment of Waste Regulations 1994

Financial guarantees or equivalent insurance

7.—(1) No person shall ship waste into or out of the United Kingdom unless a certificate has been issued in relation to the shipment under this regulation.

(2) An application for a certificate under this regulation shall be made to the authority which is the competent authority of dispatch, destination or transit in the United Kingdom (as the case may be) in relation to the shipment.

(3) A competent authority which receives an application under paragraph (2) above shall issue the certificate requested if it is satisfied that there is in force in respect of the shipment, or will be at the time the waste is shipped into or out of the United Kingdom (as the case may be), a financial guarantee or equivalent insurance satisfying the requirements of Article 27.

(4) A competent authority shall make its decision on an application under paragraph(2) above—

(a) in respect of a shipment to which Article 3 applies, within 20 days following receipt of the application if it is a competent authority of dispatch or transit or within 30days if it is a competent authority of destination;

(b) in respect of a shipment to which Article 6 applies, within 30 days following receipt of the application;

(c) in respect of a shipment to which Article 15 applies, within 70 days following receipt of the application;

(d) in respect of a shipment to which Article 20 applies, within 60 days following receipt of the application if it is a competent authority of transit or 70 days if it is a competent authority of destination;

(e) in respect of a shipment to which Article 23 applies, within 60 days following receipt of the application if it is the last competent authority of transit within the Community or otherwise within 20 days.

(5) A certificate issued under this regulation shall certify that the competent authority is satisfied as mentioned in paragraph (3) above.