Amendment of the Hazardous Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2005U.K.

3.—(1) The Hazardous Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2005 M1 are amended as follows.

(2) For paragraph (1)(a) of regulation 2 M2 (the Waste Directive and the meaning of waste), substitute—

(a)the Waste Directive” means Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste;.

(3) In paragraph (a) of regulation 3 M3 (Annex III to the Waste Directive), omit “, as that Annex is set out in Schedule 3”.

(4) For paragraph (1) of regulation 4 M4 (the List of Wastes), substitute—

(1) In these Regulations, “the List of Wastes” means the list of wastes established by Commission Decision 2000/532/EC replacing Decision 94/3/EC establishing a list of wastes pursuant to Article 1(a) of Council Directive 75/442/EEC on waste and Council Decision 94/904/EC establishing a list of hazardous waste pursuant to Article 1(4) of Council Directive 91/689/EEC on hazardous waste, as amended from time to time..

(5) In paragraph (2) of regulation 8 (specific waste to be treated as hazardous), for “Article 3 of the List of Wastes Decision”, substitute “ Article 7(2) of the Waste Directive ”.

(6) In paragraph (2) of regulation 9 (specific waste to be treated as non-hazardous), for “Article 3 of the List of Wastes Decision”, substitute “ Article 7(3) of the Waste Directive ”.

(7) Omit Schedule 3 M5 (Annex III to the Waste Directive).

(8) For Schedule 8 (form of consignee's return to producer or holder), substitute the text at Schedule 1 (new Schedule 8).

Marginal Citations

M1S.I. 2005/894, amended by S.I. 2011/988; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.

M2Regulation 2 was substituted by S.I. 2011/988.

M3Regulation 3 was substituted by S.I. 2011/988.

M4Paragraph (1) of regulation 4 was amended by S.I. 2011/988.

M5Schedule 3 was substituted by S.I. 2011/988.