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The Special Waste Regulations 1996

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. 1. Citation, commencement, extent, application and interpretation

  3. 2.Meaning of special waste

  4. 3. Certain radioactive waste to be special waste

  5. 4. Coding of consignments

  6. 5. Consignment notes: standard procedure

  7. 6. Consignment notes: cases in which pre-notification is not required

  8. 7. Consignment notes: procedure where pre-notification is not required

  9. 8. Consignment notes: carrier’s rounds

  10. 9. Consignment notes: removal of ships’ waste to reception facilities

  11. 10. Consignment notes etc.: duty of consignee not accepting delivery of a consignment

  12. 11. Consignment notes: duties of the Agencies

  13. 12. Consignment notes: provisions as to furnishing

  14. 13. Consignment notes: importers and exporters

  15. 14. Fees

  16. 15. Registers

  17. 16. Site records

  18. 17. Restrictions on mixing special waste

  19. 18. Offences

  20. 19. Responsibilities of the Agencies

  21. 20. Transitional provisions for certificates of technical competence

  22. 20A.Transitional provisions and “grandfather rights”

  23. 20A.Transitional provisions and “grandfather rights”

  24. 21. Amendment of regulations relating to the assessment of environmental effects

  25. 22. Amendment of the Controlled Waste (Registration of Carriers and Seizure of Vehicles) Regulations 1991

  26. 23. Amendment of the Environmental Protection (Duty of Care) Regulations 1991

  27. 24. Amendment of the Controlled Waste Regulations 1992

  28. 25. Amendment of the Waste Management Licensing Regulations 1994

  29. 26. Revocations and savings

  30. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      1. PART I FORM OF CONSIGNMENT NOTE

      2. PART II FORM OF SCHEDULE

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      SPECIAL WASTE

      1. PART I HAZARDOUS WASTE LIST

      2. PART II HAZARDOUS PROPERTIES

      3. PART III THRESHOLDS FOR CERTAIN HAZARDOUS PROPERTIES

        1. In the waste: —the total concentration of substances classified as...

      4. PART IV RULES FOR THE INTERPRETATION OF THIS SCHEDULE

        1. 1.Except in the case of a substance listed in the...

        2. 2.Any reference in Part III of this Schedule to a...

        3. 3.Any reference in Part III of this Schedule to the...

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      AMENDMENTS TO THE WASTE MANAGEMENT LICENSING REGULATIONS 1994

  31. Explanatory Note

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