The Special Waste (Scotland) Regulations 1997

Statutory Instruments

1997 No. 257 (S.18)

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

The Special Waste (Scotland) Regulations 1997

Made

7th February 1997

Laid before Parliament

7th February 1997

Coming into force

1st May 1997

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 74(6) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990F1 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Annotations:

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Amendments (Textual)

F1 1990 c.43.

Citation, commencement and extent

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Special Waste (Scotland) Regulations 1997, shall extend to Scotland only and shall come into force on 1st May 1997.

Certificate of technical competence

2.—(1) This regulation applies in relation to waste defined as special waste under regulation 2 of the Special Waste Regulations 1996 F2 which was not so defined under regulation 2 of the Control of Pollution (Special Waste) Regulations 1980 F3 (“waste now defined as special waste").

(2) A persons treated as technically competent for the purposes of section 74(3)(b) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 pursuant to regulation 2(2) of the Waste Management Licensing (Scotland) Regulations 1996 F4 shall also be treated as technically competent for the purposes of operations concerning waste now defined as special waste.

(3) Subject to the condition in paragraph (4) below, a person treated as technically competent for the purposes of section 74(3)(b) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 pursuant to regulation 2(1) and 2(3) of the Waste Management Licensing (Scotland) Regulations 1996 shall also be treated as technically competent for the purpose of operations concerning waste now defined as special waste.

(4) The condition referred to in paragraph (3) above is that before 1st September 1997 the person applies to the Waste Management Industry Training and Advisory Board for a certificate of technical competence at level 4 in respect of special waste.

Annotations:

Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.

Amendments (Textual)

F2 S.I. 1996/972, amended by S.I. 1996/2019.

F3 S.I. 1980/1709, amended by S.I. 1988/1790.

F4 S.I. 1996/916.

Lindsay

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office

St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh

7th February 1997

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Regulation 2 of the Waste Management Licensing (Scotland) Regulations 1996 provides for managers of specified waste facilities operated by local authorities who meet certain criteria to be treated as technically competent for the purposes of section 74(3)(b) of the Environment Protection Act 1990. These Regulations provide for such managers to be treated as technically competent in respect of facilities which deal with waste defined special waste under regulation 2 of the Special Waste Regulations 1996.