The Waste Management Licensing Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2004

Amendment of the Waste Management Licensing Regulations 1994

18.  After paragraph 45 (recovery of scrap metal), insert–

“46.— (1) Subject to sub paragraphs (3) and (4), the burning at a dock of waste consisting of–

(a) plant tissue waste, in pursuance of a notice given under regulation 22 of the Plant Health (Great Britain) Order 1993(1); or

(b) wood of any kind used to wedge or support parts of cargo, including packing material, spacers and pallets, in pursuance of a notice given under regulation 21 of the Plant Health (Forestry) (Great Britain) Order 1993(2).

(2) Subject to sub paragraph (3), the storage at the dock where it was unloaded of waste intended to be burned under paragraph (1).

(3) The total quantity of waste stored or burned, in any period of 24 hours, shall not exceed 15 tonnes.

(4) The waste shall be burnt on a hard-standing, within a secure location at the dock where it was unloaded.”.

(1)

S.I. 1993./1320; amended by S.I. 1993/3213, 1995/1358 and 2929, 1996/25, 1165 and 3242, 1997/1145 and 2907, 1998/349 and 1121, S.S.I. 1999/22, S.S.I. 2001/249, S.S.I. 2002/164 and S.S.I. 2003/224.

(2)

S.I. 1993/1283.