The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2007

Periodic inspections

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13.—(1) Every exemption registration authority must carry out appropriate periodic inspections of establishments and undertakings carrying on exempt waste operations in respect of which it is the exemption registration authority.

(2) If an exempt waste operation falls within paragraph 45(1) or 45(3) of Schedule 3, or involves the treatment of WEEE, the exemption registration authority must discharge that duty by carrying out an inspection—

(a)within 2 months of receipt of a notice fulfilling the extra requirements in paragraph 6; and

(b)subsequently, at least every 12 months.

(3) If an exempt waste operation involves the treatment of WEEE, the inspection must be carried out for the purposes of the second paragraph of Article 6(2) of the WEEE Directive.