The Controlled Waste (Registration of Carriers and Seizure of Vehicles) Regulations 1991

Applications for registration

4.—(1) An application for registration or for the renewal of a registration as a carrier of controlled waste shall be made to the regulation authority for the area in which the applicant has or proposes to have his principal place of business in Great Britain; but if the applicant does not have or propose to have a place of business inGreat Britain, the applicant may apply to any regulation authority.

(2) Subject to paragraphs (3) to (5), a person shall not make an application for registration or for the renewal of a registration whilst—

(a) a previous application of his is pending; or

(b) he is registered.

(3) Paragraph (2) shall not prevent a person from applying for the renewal of a registration where his application his made within the period of six months mentioned in regulation 11(4).

(4) An application for registration or for the renewal of a registration in respect of a business which is or is to be carried on by a partnership shall be made by all of the partners or prospective partners.

(5) A prospective partner in a business carried on by a a partnership whose members are already registered may make an application for registration as a partner in that business to the regulation authority with whom the business is registered.

(6) An application for registration shall be made on a form corresponding to the form in Part I of Schedule 2, or on a form substantially to the like effect, and shall contain the information required by that form.

(7) An application for the renewal of a registration shall be made on aform corresponding to the form in Part II of Schedule 2, or on a form substantially to the like effect, and shall contain the information required by that form.

(8) A regulation authority shall provide a copy of the appropriate application form free of charge to any person requesting one.

(9) A regulation authority shall charge an applicant in respect of their consideration of his application—

(a) in the case of an application for registration, £95;

(b) in the case of an application for the renewal of a registration, £65,

and the applicant shall pay the charge when he makes the application.

(10) A regulation authority shall, on receipt of an application for registration or for the renewal of a registration, ensure that the register contains a copy of the application.

(11) A regulation authority may remove from their register a copy of an application included under paragraph (10) at any time more than six years after the application was made.