Transfer Notes3
1
The transferor and the transferee must ensure that a document as described in paragraphs (3) and (4) is completed in writing and signed by each of them in respect of the waste being transferred (“a transfer note”).
2
A transfer note must be prepared at the same time as the written description is transferred in accordance with section 34(1)(c) of the Act.
3
A transfer note must—
a
give the name and address (including the postcode) of the transferor and the transferee;
b
give the date and place (including the postcode) of the transfer;
c
state whether the transferor is the producer of the waste;
d
state whether the transferor is the importer of the waste;
e
describe the type, composition and quantity of the waste being transferred (including, where the waste is in a container, the type of container);
f
identify the waste being transferred by reference to the appropriate six-digit code in the European Waste Catalogue; and
g
identify the activity carried out by the transferor in respect of the waste being transferred by reference to the SIC code for that activity.
4
A transfer note must where the transferor or transferee is a person described in column 1 of the Table—
a
state that the transferor or transferee is such a person; and
b
include the additional information where specified in column 2 of the Table.
Category of person | Additional information |
|---|---|
A waste collection authority. | |
A person who holds a— | If the waste being transferred is to be kept, treated or disposed of by that person, the relevant licence number and the name of the licensing authority. |
A person who holds a permit under the Pollution Prevention and Control (Scotland) Regulations 20128 which authorises the carrying out of a specified waste management activity within the meaning of those Regulations. | |
A person to whom section 33(1)(a) and (b) of the Act9 does not apply by virtue of regulations under subsection (3) of that section. | |
A person registered as a carrier of controlled waste under— | The name of the waste regulation authority with whom that person is registered and the registration number. |
5
In this regulation—
“European Waste Catalogue” means the list set out in Commission Decision 2000/532/EC establishing a list of wastes, as that instrument may be amended from time to time; and
“SIC code” means the code for an activity in the UK Standard Industrial Classification of Economic Activities 2007 (SIC 2007)12, as amended from time to time.