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Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005

Section 35 Unregistered transportation: defence of acting under employer’s instructions

126.Under section 1 of the Control of Pollution (Amendment) Act 1989, it is an offence for anyone who is not a registered carrier of controlled waste to transport such waste within Great Britain in the course of any business of his or otherwise with a view to profit. Controlled waste is defined as household, industrial and commercial waste.

127.Section 35(1) amends section 1 of the Control of Pollution (Amendment) Act 1989 so as to remove the defence (at section 1(4)(c)) of acting under one’s employer’s instructions.

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