Part VITransport and disposal of specified risk material

Approved incinerators

23.—(1) A person shall not operate an incinerator to incinerate specified risk material unless—

(a)the incinerator has been approved as having suitable facilities to incinerate specified risk material in accordance with paragraph (4);

(b)he disposes of the ash in a way that does not pose a risk to human or animal health; and

(c)the incinerator is equipped with a refractory lining.

(2) Any person delivering specified risk material to an improved incinerator shall state in writing to the operator of the incinerator concerned the place from which the specified risk material was collected for delivery to that incinerator.

(3) The operator of an approved incinerator shall make a consignment record on the arrival of specified risk material at the premises and shall keep that record for two years from the date of arrival.

(4) The operator of an approved incinerator shall—

(a)incinerate all specified risk material delivered to him to a standard specified in the approval and in such a way that all moisture is removed and the material is reduced to ash; and

(b)ensure that the ash is disposed of in accordance with the terms of the approval.

(5) A person shall not remove specified risk material from an approved incinerator unless it is completely incinerated.