Part IIU.K. Waste on Land

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Pt. II (ss. 29-78) amended: (1.4.1992) by S.I. 1992/588, reg. 8; (1.5.1994) by S.I. 1994/1056, regs. 1(3), 19, Sch. 4 para. 9 (as amended (E.W.) (15.5.3006) by S.I. 2006/937, reg. 6(10)(a))

Pt. II (ss. 29-78) modified: (1.2.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 5(5)(e) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117) and S.I. 1996/186, art.2; (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 33(5)(e) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3

Pt. II (ss. 29-78): certain functions transferred on transfer date (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, ss. 2(1)(b)(ii), 21(1)(b)(ii), 56(1) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3, S.I. 1995/2649, art. 2 and S.I. 1995/1983, art. 2 (by which respectively s. 56 is in force from 28.7.1995, s. 21 is in force from 12.10.1995 and s. 2 is in force from 1.4.1996); S.I. 1996/136, art. 2; S.I. 1996/234), art. 2 (specifying transfer date)

Pt. II (ss. 29-78) extended (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120(2), Sch. 23 para. 13 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3

Commencement Information

I1Pt. II partly in force at 31.5.1991 see s. 164(3) and S.I. 1991/1319, art. 2

Pt. II partly in force at 13.12.1991 and for certain purposes at 01.04.1992 by S.I.1991/2829, arts. 2, 4.

Pt. II: power to make corresponding provisions conferred (27.7.1999) by 1999 c. 24, s. 2, Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 20(1)(a)

[F1Special waste ][F1Hazardous waste] and non-controlled wasteU.K.

Textual Amendments

F1Words in s. 62 cross-heading substituted (E.W.) (16.7.2005) by The Hazardous Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/894), regs. 1, 72(1) (with reg. 75)

[F262ZASpecial provision with respect to hazardous waste in England and WalesE+W

(1)The relevant national authority may, by regulations, make provision for, about or connected with the regulation of hazardous waste in England and Wales.

(2)Provision that may be made in the regulations includes provision—

(a)prohibiting or restricting any activity in relation to hazardous waste;

(b)for the giving of directions by waste regulation authorities with respect to matters connected with any activity in relation to hazardous waste;

(c)imposing requirements about how hazardous waste may be kept (including requirements about the quantities of hazardous waste which may be kept at any place);

(d)about hazardous waste that originated outside England or Wales;

(e)about the registration of hazardous waste controllers or places where activities in relation to hazardous waste are carried out;

(f)for the keeping of records by hazardous waste controllers;

(g)for the inspection of those records by waste regulation authorities or specified persons;

(h)for the provision by hazardous waste controllers of copies of, or information derived from, those records to waste regulation authorities or specified persons;

(i)for hazardous waste controllers to inform waste regulation authorities, or specified persons, when carrying out activities in relation to hazardous waste;

(j)about the circumstances in which waste which is not hazardous waste, but which shares characteristics with hazardous waste, is to be treated as hazardous waste;

(k)for, about or connected with criminal offences;

(l)for, about or connected with the imposition of civil sanctions.

(3)The regulations may not provide for an offence to be punishable—

(a)on summary conviction, by imprisonment, or

(b)on conviction on indictment, by a term of imprisonment exceeding two years.

(4)For the purposes of this section “civil sanction” means a sanction of a kind for which provision may be made under Part 3 of the Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008 (fixed monetary penalties, discretionary requirements, stop notices and enforcement undertakings).

(5)The regulations may make provision for, about or connected with the imposition of a sanction of that kind whether or not—

(a)the conduct in respect of which the sanction is imposed constitutes an offence, or

(b)the person imposing it is a regulator for the purposes of Part 3 of the Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008.

(6)The regulations may also include provision—

(a)for the supervision by waste regulation authorities—

(i)of activities in relation to hazardous waste, or

(ii)of hazardous waste controllers;

(b)about the keeping of records (which may include registers of hazardous waste controllers and places where hazardous waste may be kept or processed) by waste regulation authorities;

(c)as to the recovery of expenses or other charges for the treatment, keeping or disposal or the re-delivery of hazardous waste by waste regulation authorities or hazardous waste controllers;

(d)as to appeals to the relevant national authority from decisions of waste regulation authorities.

(7)This section is subject to section 114 of the Environment Act 1995 (delegation or reference of appeals etc).

(8)Regulations under this section may confer functions (including functions involving the exercise of a discretion) on the relevant national authority or a waste regulation authority.

(9)The regulations may—

(a)make different provision for different purposes;

(b)make incidental, supplementary, consequential, transitional or saving provision.

(10)For the purposes of this section “mixing” in relation to hazardous waste means—

(a)diluting it (with any substance);

(b)mixing it with other hazardous waste of a different type, or that has different characteristics;

(c)mixing it with any other substance or material (whether waste or not).

(11)In this section—

Textual Amendments

F2S. 62ZA inserted (24.1.2022 for E., 7.3.2022 for W.) by Environment Act 2021 (c. 30), s. 60(2) (with s. 144); S.I. 2022/48, reg. 2(j); S.I. 2022/223, regs. 1(2), 2(b)