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Changes over time for: Section 3
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Point in time view as at 31/12/2020.
Changes to legislation:
There are currently no known outstanding effects for the The Landfill (Scotland) Regulations 2003, Section 3.
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Application of regulationsS
3.—(1) Subject to regulation 4, these Regulations apply to landfills.
(2) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), for the purposes of this regulation a landfill is a waste disposal site for the deposit of the waste onto or into land.
(3) Landfills include–
(a)subject to paragraph (4), any site which is used for more than a year for the temporary storage of waste; and
(b)any internal waste disposal site, that is to say a site where a producer of waste is carrying out its own waste disposal at the place of production.
(4) Landfills do not include–
(a)any facility where waste is unloaded in order to permit its preparation for further transport for recovery, treatment or disposal elsewhere;
(b)any site where waste is stored as a general rule for a period of less than three years prior to recovery or treatment; or
(c)any site where waste is stored prior to disposal for a period of less than one year.
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