The Hazardous Waste (England and Wales)Regulations 2005 No. 894

PART 11 E+W Replacement of Controls on Special Waste

Offences E+W

71.  In each of sections 33(9) and 38(10) and (11) of the 1990 Act for “special waste” there shall be substituted “ hazardous waste ”.

Lists of waste displaying hazardous properties E+W

72.—(1) In the cross heading before section 62 of the 1990 Act for “special waste” there shall be substituted “ hazardous waste ”.

(2) Section 62 of that Act (special provision with respect to certain dangerous or intractable waste) shall be omitted.

F1 (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 72(3) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Waste and Environmental Permitting etc. (Legislative Functions and Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1540), regs. 1(2), 8

Waste other than controlled waste E+W

73.  In section 63 of the 1990 Act (waste other than controlled waste), subsections (2) and (3) shall be omitted.

Definition of Hazardous Waste E+W

74.  In section 75 of the 1990 Act (meaning of “waste” and household, commercial and industrial waste and special waste)—

(a) in the heading for “special waste” there shall be substituted “ hazardous waste ”;

(b) after subsection (8) there shall be inserted—

“(8A) “Hazardous waste”—

(a) in the application of this Part to England, means any waste which is a hazardous waste for the purposes of the Hazardous Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2005;

(b) in the application of this Part to Wales means—

(i) any waste listed as a hazardous waste in the Hazardous Waste List;

(ii) any waste listed in regulations made under section 62A(2) above;

(iii) any other waste which displays any of the properties listed in Annex III to Council Directive 91/689/EEC.

(8B) In subsection (8A) “Hazardous Waste List” means the list referred to in the first indent of Article 1(4) of Council Directive 91/689/EEC.”; and

(c) subsection (9) shall be omitted.