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Offence of transporting controlled waste without registeringN.I.
38.—(1) Subject to the following provisions of this Article, if any person who is not a registered carrier of controlled waste, in the course of any business of his or otherwise with a view to profit, transports any controlled waste to or from any place in Northern Ireland he shall be guilty of an offence.
(2) A person shall not be guilty of an offence under this Article in respect of—
(a)the transport of controlled waste within the same premises between different places in those premises;
(b)the transport to a place in Northern Ireland of controlled waste which has been brought from a country or territory outside Northern Ireland and is not landed in Northern Ireland until it arrives at that place;
(c)the transport by air or sea of controlled waste from a place in Northern Ireland to a place outside Northern Ireland.
(3) Regulations may provide that a person shall not be required for the purposes of this Article to be a registered carrier of controlled waste if—
(a)he is a prescribed person or a person of such a description as may be prescribed; or
(b)without prejudice to sub-paragraph (a), he is a person in relation to whom the prescribed requirements [F1under the law of any part of the United Kingdom or any EU] member State are satisfied.
(4) In proceedings against any person for an offence under this Article in respect of the transport of any controlled waste it shall be a defence for that person to show—
(a)that the waste was transported in an emergency of which notice was given, as soon as practicable after it occurred, to the Department; [F2or]
(b)that he neither knew nor had reasonable grounds for suspecting that what was being transported was controlled waste and took all such steps as it was reasonable to take for ascertaining whether it was such waste; F3. . .
(c)F3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(5) A person guilty of an offence under this Article shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
(6) In this Article “emergency”, in relation to the transport of any controlled waste, means any circumstances in which, in order to avoid, remove or reduce any serious danger to the public or serious risk of damage to the environment, it is necessary for the waste to be transported from one place to another without the use of a registered carrier of such waste.
F1Words in art. 38(3)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Environment (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/584), regs. 1, 11; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Word in art. 38(4)(a) inserted (25.6.2007) by Waste (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/611 (N.I. 3)), arts. 1(3), 13(1)(a) (with art. 13(2)); S.R. 2007/294, art. 2, Sch.
F3Art. 38(4)(c) and preceding word repealed (25.6.2007) by Waste (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/611 (N.I. 3)), arts. 1(3), 13(1)(b), 20, Sch. (with art. 13(2)); S.R. 2007/294, art. 2, Sch.
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