The Hazardous Waste (Wales) Regulations 2005

Records of tipped (discharged) hazardous wasteE+W

47.—(1) Any person who tips (discharges) hazardous waste (whether by way of disposal or storage) in or on any land must record and identify the waste in accordance with the following requirements of this regulation and regulation 51.

(2) A record must include either—

(a)a site plan marked with a grid, or

(b)a site plan with overlays on which the deposits of the tipped (discharged) waste are shown in relation to the contours of the site.

(3) Records made under this regulation are to be kept in a register.

(4) Deposits must be identified by reference to both—

(a)the relevant description and six digit code in the List of Wastes, together with a description of the composition of the waste; and

(b)the consignment note relating to such waste, save that where waste is disposed of within the curtilage of the premises at which it is produced the deposits must be described by reference to the quarterly return made to the [F1NRBW] by the hazardous waste producer under regulation 53.

(5) A person who is required to compile or retain a register pursuant to this regulation must—

(a)update the register as soon as reasonably practicable and in any event within 24 hours of the receipt, or deposit, as the case may be, of the waste;

(b)keep the register on the site where the tipping takes place; F2...

(c)[F3subject to paragraph (5A),] retain the records—

(i)for three years after deposit of the waste; or

(ii)if he or she has a waste permit pursuant to which the site is operated, until that permit is surrendered or revoked.

[F4(5A) If the person required to make or retain a register has a waste permit pursuant to which the site is operated, the period for retention of a consignment note required to be kept by regulation 51(2)(a) is—

(a)for 5 years after the deposit of the waste; or

(b)if the permit authorises disposal of waste in a landfill, until the permit is surrendered or revoked.

(5B) In paragraph (5A), “landfill” has the meaning given in Article 2(g) of Council Directive 1999/31/EC on the landfill of waste, [F5as last amended by [F6Directive (EU) 2018/850]] but does not include any operation excluded from the scope of that Directive by Article 3(2) [F7or (3)].]

(6) In reckoning any period of hours for the purposes of this regulation or regulation 48, only the days or hours of any business day are to be counted.

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