The Hazardous Waste (England and Wales)Regulations 2005

Asbestos waste

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13.—(1) These Regulations apply to asbestos waste which is domestic waste except in so far as they would, apart from this paragraph, impose obligations on a person to whom paragraph (2) applies.

(2) This paragraph applies to a person who is both the original producer of the domestic waste and either—

(a)a person who resides at the domestic premises at which the asbestos waste arises; or

(b)a person who is acting on behalf of such a person without reward.

(3) These Regulations operate in relation to asbestos waste not being domestic waste which is produced in the course of any of the activities of construction, modification, repair and maintenance (including structural works) or demolition of domestic premises or any part thereof, so as to treat any contractor engaged by a domestic occupier—

(a)as the producer; and

(b)where the contractor does not engage another person as consignor, as the consignor,

of the asbestos waste to the exclusion of the occupier.