8.—(1) Any site licence which is in force on 30th March 2007 and which authorises the storage or treatment (or both) of WEEE (“an existing site licence”) is modified so as to include, as a new condition of the licence, the following condition–
“The storage or treatment (or both) of any WEEE shall be carried out in accordance with such requirements of Article 6(1), (3), (4) and Annexes II and III of Directive 2002/96/EC as are applicable to the activity in question.”.
(2) In the event of any inconsistency between the condition set out in paragraph (1) and any other condition in the licence, that other condition shall be superseded by the condition set out in paragraph (1) to the extent of such inconsistency.
(3) The provisions of sections 37 (variation of licences) and 37A (consultation before certain variations) of the 1990 Act shall not apply in relation to any modification of the conditions of an existing site licence under paragraph (1).