The Waste (Wales) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2020

Amendment of the Hazardous Waste (Wales) Regulations 2005

4.—(1) The Hazardous Waste (Wales) Regulations 2005(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2(1)(a), for “Council Regulation (EU) 2017/997” substitute “Directive (EU) 2018/851”.

(3) In regulation 5(2), in the definition of “management”, after “recovery” insert “(including sorting)”.

(4) For regulation 19(4) substitute—

“(4) Paragraph (1) applies to the mixing of waste oil only where such mixing would impede regeneration or another recycling operation delivering an equivalent or a better overall outcome than regeneration.

(5) In paragraph (4)—

“recycling” means any recovery operation by which waste materials are reprocessed into products, materials or substances whether for the original or other purposes, including the reprocessing of organic material but not including energy recovery or reprocessing into materials that are to be used as fuels;

“regeneration” means any recycling operation whereby base oils can be produced by refining waste oils, in particular by removing the contaminants, the oxidation products and the additives contained in such oils.”.

(5) In regulation 20—

(a) in paragraph (1)—

(i) for “This regulation” substitute “Paragraph (2)”;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (b)(i), omit “and economically”;

(b) after paragraph (2) insert—

“(2A) Where separation is not required pursuant to paragraph (2), the holder must make arrangements for mixed hazardous waste to be treated at a facility authorised by a waste permit to treat that waste.”.

(6) In regulation 47(5B)—

(a) for “Council Directive 2011/97/EU” substitute “Directive (EU) 2018/850”;

(b) at the end insert “or (3)”.

(7) In regulation 48(6B)—

(a) “for Council Directive 2011/97/EU” substitute “Directive (EU) 2018/850”;

(b) at the end insert “or (3)”.

(1)

S.I. 2005/1806 (W. 138) amended by S.I. 2009/2861 (W. 250), 2011/971 (W. 141), 2013/755 (W. 90), 2018/721 (W. 140) and 2019/414 (W. 96). There are other amendments not relevant to these Regulations.