The Landfill (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2004

Amendment of Part 1 (Preliminary)

4.—(1) In regulation 2—

(a) at the appropriate places, insert—

““SIC Code” means a code included in “The United Kingdom Standard Industrial Classification of Economic Activities 2003”, published by the Office for National Statistics on 31st December 2002 and implemented on 1st January 2003(1);”; and

“stable, non-reactive hazardous waste” means hazardous waste, the leaching behaviour of which will not change adversely in the long-term, under landfill design conditions or foreseeable accidents—

(a)

in the waste alone (for example, by biodegradation);

(b)

under the impact of long-term ambient conditions (for example, water, air, temperature, mechanical constraints); or

(c)

by the impact of other wastes (including waste products such as leachate and gas);”; and

(b)

for the definition of “relevant waste acceptance criteria” substitute—

““relevant waste acceptance criteria” means, in relation to a landfill, the waste acceptance criteria under Parts 1 and 3 of Schedule 1 which apply to the class of landfill to which that landfill belongs;”.

(2) At the end of regulation 4(b) insert “in a landfill”.

(1)

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