4. These Regulations do not apply to–
(a)the spreading of sludges (including sewage sludges and sludges resulting from dredging operations) and similar matter on the soil for the purposes of fertilisation or improvement;
(b)the use of suitable inert waste for redevelopment, restoration and filling-in work or for construction purposes;
[F1(ba) waste which falls within the scope of the Management of Extractive Waste (Scotland) Regulations 2010;]
(c)the deposit of–
(i)non-hazardous dredging sludges alongside the bank or towpath of a small waterway from which they have been dredged where that activity falls within the exemption from waste management licensing in paragraph 25 of [F2Schedule 1 to the Waste Management Licensing (Scotland) Regulations 2011];
(ii)non-hazardous sludges in surface waters, including the bed and its sub-soil;
(d)any landfill which finally ceased to accept waste for deposit before 16th July 2001.
Textual Amendments
F1Reg. 4(ba) inserted (1.4.2010) by The Management of Extractive Waste (Scotland) Regulations 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/60), regs. 1(1), 3(4) (with regs. 4, 5)
F2Words in reg. 4(c)(i) substituted (27.3.2011) by The Waste (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/226), reg. 1(1), Sch. para. 11