1. Where hazardous waste has been removed from premises situated in England, Scotland, Wales, or Gibraltar and is transported into Northern Ireland, any consignment note that accompanies that hazardous waste and which either contains or purports to contain the same information in substantially the same format as that set out in either of the notes referred to in subsections (a) or (b) below, shall be treated for the purposes of these Regulations as if it was a consignment note raised in compliance or purported compliance with the provisions of these Regulations:
(a)the Annex to Commission Decision 94/774 of 24th November 1994 concerning the standard consignment note referred to in Council Regulation (EEC) No. 259/93 on the supervision and control of shipments of waste within, into and out of the European Community; or
(b)the form of consignment note set out in Schedule 4 of these Regulations.