The Landfill (Scotland) Regulations 2003

Cases where regulations do not apply

4.  These Regulations do not apply to–

(a) the spreading of sludges (including sewage sludges and sludges resulting from dredging operations) and similar matter on the soil for the purposes of fertilisation or improvement;

(b) the use of suitable inert waste for redevelopment, restoration and filling-in work or for construction purposes;

(c) the deposit of–

(i) non-hazardous dredging sludges alongside the bank or towpath of a small waterway from which they have been dredged where that activity falls within the exemption from waste management licensing in paragraph 25 of Schedule 3 to the Waste Management Licensing Regulations 1994(1);

(ii) non-hazardous sludges in surface waters, including the bed and its sub-soil;

(d) any landfill which finally ceased to accept waste for deposit before 16th July 2001.

(1)

S.I. 1994/1056; relevant amendments were made by S.I. 1995/288.