Amendment of the Waste Management Licensing Regulations 19942.

(1)

The Waste Management Licensing Regulations 19943 shall be amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 18(4A)(d)4, for the words “a fee of £400” there shall be substituted “the charge prescribed for the purpose by a charging scheme under section 41 of the Environment Act 19955”.

(3)

In Schedule 3 (activities exempt from waste management licensing)—

(a)

in paragraph 45(3)(b)6 for the words “the annual fee” there shall be substituted “the charge”; and

(b)

in paragraph 45(3)(d) for the words “a fee of £150 is paid annually” there shall be substituted “the charge prescribed for the purpose by a charging scheme under section 41 of the Environment Act 1995 is paid”.

(4)

In Schedule 5 (registration of brokers of controlled waste)—

(a)

in paragraph 3(6) (form of application for registration), for the words from “on a form corresponding to the form in Part II of this Schedule” to the end there shall be substituted “on a form provided for the purpose by the waste regulation authority, and shall be accompanied by such information as may reasonably be required by that authority.”;

(b)

in paragraph 3(7) (form of application for renewal of registration), for the words from “on a form corresponding to the form in Part III of this Schedule” to the end there shall be substituted “on a form provided for the purpose by the waste regulation authority, and shall be accompanied by such information as may reasonably be required by that authority.”;

(c)

for paragraph 3(11) (which specifies fees to be charged by a waste regulation authority in respect of applications in connection with registration) there shall be substituted—

“(11)

The applicant shall pay the charge prescribed for the purpose by a charging scheme under section 41 of the Environment Act 1995 when he makes his application.”;

(d)

Parts II and III of the Schedule (forms of application) are revoked.