The Waste Management Licensing Regulations 1994

Amendment of the Controlled Waste (Registration of Carriers and Seizure of Vehicles) Regulations 1991

23.—(1) The Controlled Waste (Registration of Carriers and Seizure of Vehicles) Regulations 1991(1) shall be amended as follows.

(2) For regulation 2(1)(c) there shall be substituted—

“(c) any wholly owned subsidiary of the British Railways Board which has applied in accordance with these Regulations for registration as a carrier of controlled waste but only—

(i) if it is registered under paragraph 12 of Schedule 4 to the Waste Management Licensing Regulations 1994; and

(ii) whilst its application is pending;”.

(3) At the end of regulation 2(1), there shall be added—

“(i) a person who—

(i) is the holder of a knacker’s yard licence or a licence under article 5(2)(c) or 6(2)(d) of the Animal By-Products Order 1992; or

(ii) has obtained an approval under article 8 of that Order; or

(iii) is registered under article 9 or 10 of that Order,

in relation to the transport of animal by-products in accordance with Schedule 2 to that Order in connection with the activity to which the licence, approval or registration relates.”

(4) In regulation 2(2), the following definitions shall be inserted at the appropriate places—

• ““animal by-products” has the same meaning as in article 3(1) of the Animal By-Products Order 1992;”

• ““knacker’s yard licence”—

  (a)

  in relation to England and Wales, has the same meaning as in section 34 of the Slaughterhouses Act 1974(2);

  (b)

  in relation to Scotland, means a licence under section 6 of the Slaughter of Animals (Scotland) Act 1980(3);”

• ““registered broker of controlled waste” has the same meaning as in regulation 20 of, and Schedule 5 to, the Waste Management Licensing Regulations 1994;”

• ““wholly owned subsidiary” has the same meaning as in section 736 of the Companies Act 1985(4).”.

(5) At the beginning of regulation 4(9), there shall be inserted “Subject to paragraph 3(11)(a) and (b) of Schedule 5 to the Waste Management Licensing Regulations 1994,”.

(6) After regulation 4(9)(b), there shall be inserted—

“(c) in the case of an application by a registered broker of controlled waste for registration as a carrier of controlled waste, £25,”.

(1)

S.I. 1991/1624.

(2)

1974 c. 3.

(3)

1980 c. 13.

(4)

1985 c. 6.