SCHEDULE 2Amendments to the Hazardous Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2005

PART 1Amendments

7.

In regulation 9—

(a)

in paragraph (1)—

(i)

for “Annexes I, II and III”, substitute “ Annex III ”,

(ii)

omit “to the Hazardous Waste Directive”;

(b)

after paragraph (1), insert—

“(1A)

The Secretary of State must not decide to treat waste as non-hazardous under paragraph (1) if it has been diluted or mixed with the aim of lowering the initial concentrations of hazardous substances to a level below the thresholds for defining waste as hazardous.”.