The Pet Cemeteries (England and Wales) Regulations 2007 No. 2596

Amendment of the Pollution Prevention and Control (England and Wales) Regulations 2000 E+W

3.—(1) The Pollution Prevention and Control Regulations 2000(1) are amended as follows.

(2) After paragraph (b) of Part A(1) of Section 5.2 in Part 1 of Schedule 1 (disposal of waste by landfill) insert—

“Interpretation of Part A(1)

1.   Nothing in this Part applies to the disposal of waste in a pet cemetery receiving 10 tonnes of waste or less in any day or with a total capacity of 25,000 tonnes or less.

2.   For the purposes of paragraph 1 “pet cemetery” means a landfill for the disposal of material consisting entirely of the remains of dead domestic pets.”.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 3 in force at 1.10.2007, see reg. 1(b)

(1)

S.I. 2000/1973; relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2002/1559.