(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These regulations amend the Landfill (Scotland) Regulations 2003 (the “principal Regulations”).
Regulation 3 clarifies the definition of waste in regulation 2 of the principal Regulations. For the purposes of the principal Regulations “waste” is to be defined by reference to the definition of waste in Council Directive 75/442/EEC on waste and shall include any substance or category of substance listed in the European Waste Catalogue.
Regulation 4 amends regulation 19 of the principal Regulations so as to enable the prosecution of Scottish partnerships and partners of a Scottish Partnership or persons purporting to act in that capacity for offences under the principal Regulations.
Regulation 5 corrects a numerical error.