The Hazardous Waste (Wales) Regulations 2005

Producers', holders' and consignors' records

49.—(1) A producer or holder of hazardous waste, and where different from the producer, a consignor of hazardous waste, must keep a record of the quantity, nature, origin and, where relevant, the destination, frequency of collection, mode of transport and treatment method of the waste.

(2) Where the waste is transported the duty in paragraph (1) includes a requirement to keep a record of particulars sufficient to identify the carrier.

(3) The producer, holder or consignor, as the case may be, must preserve the records to be made pursuant to this regulation whilst he or she remains the holder of the waste and for at least three years afterwards commencing on the date on which the waste is transferred to another person.

(4) The information to be recorded pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this regulation must be recorded in a register kept by the producer, holder or consignor, as the case may be, for the purpose.

(5) The register required to be kept and retained by a producer, holder or consignor under paragraph (4) of this regulation must be kept—

(a) in relation to the register required to be kept by a producer or holder—

(i) at the premises notified pursuant to regulation 24;

(ii) if he or she no longer occupies those premises, at his or her principal place of business (or such other address as agreed with the Agency for that purpose); or

(iii) if no premises were notified in relation to the waste, at his or her principal place of business (or such other address as agreed with the Agency for that purpose).

(b) the register required to be kept by a consignor other than the producer or holder must be kept at his or her principal place of business.

(6) If the producer or holder ceases to occupy the notified premises before the period referred to in paragraph (3) expires, he or she must inform the Agency forthwith.