The Special Waste Regulations 1996

Consignment notes: carrier’s rounds

8.—(1) This regulation applies to a carrier’s round or to a succession of such rounds by the same carrier starting and ending within a twelve month period in respect of which:

(a) every consignor is a person specified in the consignment note or in the schedule prepared in accordance with paragraph (2)(b)(iii) or whose particulars are notified in writing to the Agency not less than 72 hours before the removal of the first waste on the carrier’s round;

(b) the premises from which the special waste is removed are:

(i) specified in the consignment note or in the schedule prepared in accordance with paragraph (2)(b)(iii) or notified in writing to the Agency not less than 72 hours before the removal of the first waste on the carrier’s round; and

(ii) so located that the Agency for each of those premises is the same;

(c) the special waste is of a description specified in the consignment note; and

(d) in the case of a single round other than a round that satisfies the requirements of regulation 14(2)(a), the time between the collection of the first consignment and delivery to the consignee is no more than 24 hours.

(2) Before the first removal of waste, the carrier shall,

(a) on any carrier’s round which is not in a succession or on the first round in such a succession, ensure that

(i) Parts A and B of the consignment note are completed and that the relevant code is entered;

(ii) one copy of the consignment note is furnished to the Agency for the place to which the special waste is to be transported;

(b) on every round—

(i) prepare four copies of the consignment note in addition to one copy for each consignor from whom waste is to be collected during the round;

(ii) complete on those copies Parts A and B, the carrier’s particulars and particulars of transport in Part C, the code assigned or supplied under regulation 4 in respect of the round and, if it is a second or subsequent round, the code in respect of the first round; and

(iii) ensure that four copies of a schedule are prepared in the form set out in Part II of Schedule 1 to these Regulations, or in a form substantially to the like effect, in addition to one consignor’s copy for each site from which waste is to be collected during that round.

(3) The consignor shall, before the removal of waste from a site, complete on all the copies that part of the schedule indicated on it as for completion by him.

(4) The carrier shall ensure, before the removal of the waste, that—

(a) the part of the schedule indicated on it as for completion by him is completed on all the copies; and

(b) he has all copies of the schedule (on which the part to be completed by the consignor has been completed) except the copy to be retained by the consignor under paragraph (5).

(5) The consignor shall retain in respect of each site one copy of the consignment note and of that part of the schedule on which the parts to be completed by him and by the carrier have been completed.

(6) The carrier shall ensure that the copies of the consignment note and of the schedule which he has received—

(a) are completed with respect to that round;

(b) travel with the waste to which they refer;

(c) are given to the consignee on delivery of the waste.

(7) Subject to regulation 10, on receiving the waste collected on each round, the consignee shall—

(a) complete Part E on the three copies of the consignment note given to him;

(b) retain one copy of the consignment note and one copy of the schedule;

(c) give to the carrier a copy of the consignment note and a copy of the schedule; and

(d) forthwith furnish to the Agency for the place to which the consignment has been transported one copy of the consignment note and one copy of the schedule.

(8) The carrier shall retain the copies given to him in accordance with paragraph (7)(c).