23.—(1) The Environment Act 1995 M1 is amended (in relation to England and Wales) as follows.
(2) In section 56(1), in the definition of “environmental licence”—
(a)omit paragraph (c);
(b)for paragraph (h) substitute—
“(h)registration of a person as a broker of controlled waste under any provision which gives effect in England and Wales to Article 12 of Directive 2006/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste,”;
(c)for paragraph (j) substitute—
“(j)registration under Schedule 2 to the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2007 of an establishment or undertaking in relation to an operation which for the purposes of those Regulations is a notifiable exempt waste operation, or an exempt waste operation falling within paragraph 45(1) or 45(3) of Schedule 3 to those Regulations,”.
(3) In Schedule 20, in paragraph 4(3), for paragraph (d) substitute—
“(d)regulation 53(1) of the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2007,”.
Marginal Citations
M11995, c. 25. Section 56(1) was amended by the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999 (c. 24), section 6(1) and Schedule 2, and by S.I. 2000/1973, 2005/925, 2005/1728 and 2006/3289. Paragraph 4 of Schedule 20 was amended by S.I. 2000/1973.