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The Special Waste Regulations 1996

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Consignment notes: standard procedure

5.—(1) Except in a case to which regulation 6, 8 or 9 applies, this regulation applies where a consignment of special waste is to be removed from the premises at which it is being held.

(2) Before the consignment is removed—

(a)five copies of the consignment note shall be prepared, and, on each copy, Parts A and B shall be completed and the relevant code entered;

(b)the consignor shall ensure that one of those copies (on which Parts A and B have been completed and the relevant code entered) is furnished to the Agency for the place to which the consignment is to be transported;

(c)the carrier shall complete Part C on each of the four remaining copies; and

(d)the consignor—

(i)shall complete Part D on each of those copies;

(ii)shall retain one copy (on which Parts A to D have been completed and the relevant code entered); and

(iii)shall give the three remaining copies (on which Parts A to D have been completed and the relevant code entered) to the carrier.

(3) The carrier shall ensure that the copies which he has received—

(a)travel with the consignment; and

(b)are given to the consignee on delivery of the consignment.

(4) Subject to regulation 10, on receiving the consignment the consignee shall—

(a)complete Part E on the three copies of the consignment note given to him;

(b)retain one copy;

(c)give one copy to the carrier; and

(d)forthwith furnish one copy to the Agency for the place to which the consignment has been transported.

(5) The carrier shall retain the copy of the consignment note given to him by the consignee.

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