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49.—(1) A producer or holder of hazardous waste, and where different from the producer [F1or holder], a [F2consignor or broker of, or dealer in, hazardous waste], must keep a record of the quantity, nature, origin and, where relevant, the destination, frequency of collection, mode of transport and treatment method of the waste.
(2) Where the waste is transported the duty in paragraph (1) includes a requirement to keep a record of particulars sufficient to identify the carrier.
[F3(3) Any person required to keep a record by paragraph (1) must preserve it—
(a)while the person is a holder of the waste or (if not a holder) has control of the waste; and
(b)for 3 years after the date on which the waste is transferred to another person.]
(4) The information to be recorded pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this regulation must be recorded [F4chronologically] in a register kept by the producer, holder[F5, dealer, broker] or consignor, as the case may be, for the purpose.
(5) The register required to be kept and retained by a producer, holder[F6, dealer, broker] or consignor under paragraph (4) of this regulation must be kept—
(a)in relation to the register required to be kept by a producer or holder—
(i)at the premises notified pursuant to regulation 24;
(ii)if he or she no longer occupies those premises, at his or her principal place of business (or such other address as agreed with the [F7NRBW] for that purpose); or
(iii)if no premises were notified in relation to the waste, at his or her principal place of business (or such other address as agreed with the [F7NRBW] for that purpose).
(b)the register required to be kept by a [F8dealer, broker or] consignor other than the producer or holder must be kept at his or her principal place of business.
(6) If the producer or holder ceases to occupy the notified premises before the period referred to in paragraph (3) expires, he or she must inform the [F9NRBW] forthwith.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 49(1) inserted (18.11.2009) by The Hazardous Waste (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2861), regs. 1(1), 15
F2Words in reg. 49(1) substituted (29.3.2011) by The Waste (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Wales) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/971), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 19(a)
F3Reg. 49(3) substituted (29.3.2011) by The Waste (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Wales) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/971), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 19(b)
F4Words in reg. 49(4) substituted (29.3.2011) by The Waste (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Wales) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/971), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 19(c)(ii)
F5Words in reg. 49(4) substituted (29.3.2011) by The Waste (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Wales) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/971), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 19(c)(i)
F6Words in reg. 49(5) substituted (29.3.2011) by The Waste (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Wales) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/971), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 19(d)(i)
F7Word in reg. 49(5)(a) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/755), art. 1(2), Sch. 5 para. 30(f) (with Sch. 7)
F8Words in reg. 49(5) substituted (29.3.2011) by The Waste (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Wales) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/971), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 19(d)(ii)
F9Word in reg. 49(6) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/755), art. 1(2), Sch. 5 para. 30(f) (with Sch. 7)
50.—(1) An establishment or undertaking which transports hazardous waste must keep a record of the quantity, nature, origin and, where relevant, the destination, frequency of collection, mode of transport and treatment method of the waste in accordance with the following requirements of this regulation.
(2) The establishment or undertaking must keep the records to be made pursuant to this regulation for at least twelve months commencing on the date of delivery of the waste to its destination.
(3) The information required to be recorded pursuant to paragraph (1) must be entered [F10chronologically] in a register and the register kept at the carrier's principal place of business.
Textual Amendments
F10Word in reg. 50(3) inserted (29.3.2011) by The Waste (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Wales) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/971), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 20
51.—(1) The following provisions of this regulation apply in relation to registers required to be kept under regulations 47 to 50.
(2) A person who is required to keep a register must enter in the register each copy received by them of—
(a)any consignment note (including F11..., where consignments are not accepted, the original note, a copy of any explanation of the reasons for rejection prepared pursuant to regulation 42 and the consignment note prepared pursuant [F12to] regulation 43 F13...),
(b)any consignee's return to the producer, holder or consignor received pursuant to regulation 54; and
(c)any carrier's schedule given to him or her pursuant to regulation 37.
(3) A person who is required to keep a register or retain records until his or her waste permit is surrendered or revoked must send those records or that register to the [F14NRBW] when the permit is surrendered or revoked.
(4) Every register kept or record made pursuant to regulation 15 or 16 of the 1996 Regulations, and every record made pursuant to regulation 13 or 14 of the Control of Pollution (Special Waste) Regulations 1980, must—
(a)be kept with the register kept pursuant to regulation 47 to 49 by the person required to keep that register for so long as is mentioned in the relevant regulation; and
(b)be sent by that person together with that register if it is sent to the [F15NRBW].
Textual Amendments
F11Words in reg. 51(2)(a) omitted (29.3.2011) by virtue of The Waste (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Wales) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/971), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 21(a)
F12Word in reg. 51(2)(a) inserted (29.3.2011) by The Waste (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Wales) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/971), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 21(c)
F13Words in reg. 51(2)(a) omitted (29.3.2011) by virtue of The Waste (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Wales) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/971), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 21(b)
F14Words in reg. 51(3) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/755), art. 1(2), Sch. 5 para. 30(g) (with Sch. 7)
F15Words in reg. 51(4)(b) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/755), art. 1(2), Sch. 5 para. 30(g) (with Sch. 7)
52.—(1) An establishment or undertaking to which hazardous waste is delivered for disposal or recovery, as the case may be, has the duty, owed to any previous holder of the waste, to supply to that previous holder on request documentary evidence that the disposal or recovery operation concerned has been carried out, indicating where applicable, the relevant entry listed in [F16Annex I or Annex II], as the case may be, to the Waste Directive.
(2) Any request for information under this regulation must be in writing and must specify the period (which may not be less than seven days) within which the information is to be supplied.
Textual Amendments
F16Words in reg. 52(1) substituted (29.3.2011) by The Waste (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Wales) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/971), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 22
53.—(1) Every consignee must make a return, in these Regulations referred to as a consignee quarterly return, to the [F17NRBW] of information relating to all consignments of hazardous waste received by him or her in any quarter in accordance with paragraph (4).
(2) The return must include—
(a)rejected consignments;
(b)hazardous waste delivered by pipeline where regulation 41 applies; and
(c)in the case of multiple collections, each individual consignment collected.
(3) Where in any quarter hazardous waste is disposed of by depositing it within the curtilage of the premises at which it is produced, the producer must make a return in respect of that quarter of information relating to the deposit to the [F17NRBW], in accordance with paragraph (4).
(4) A return to be made pursuant to this regulation in respect of a quarter must be made no later than the time specified in the right hand column of the table below in relation to the quarter specified in the left hand column:
Quarter in which the hazardous waste was received, or deposited, as the case may be | Return to be received by the [F17NRBW] not later than |
---|---|
Ending on 31 March | 30 April in the same year as the quarter falls |
Ending on 30 June | 31 July in the same year as the quarter falls |
Ending on 30 September | 31 October in the same year as the quarter falls |
Ending on 31 December | 31 January in the year next following the year in which quarter falls |
(5) The [F17NRBW] may prescribe a format for returns to be made under this regulation and, where for the time being a format is prescribed pursuant to this paragraph—
(a)the [F17NRBW] must publish the format on its website and in such other manner as it may consider appropriate for informing persons required to submit such returns of its content; and
(b)the [F17NRBW] is not obliged to consider a return as properly made for the purposes of these Regulations unless it is made in that format, or in a format substantially to like effect.
(6) If the [F17NRBW] prescribes a fee payable by a consignee by charging scheme made under section 41 of the Environment Act 1995 as a means of recovering its costs incurred in performing functions in relation to the consignments included on the consignee quarterly returns, a consignee may recover from a consignor any fees paid under these Regulations in relation to consignments sent by that consignor.
Textual Amendments
F17Words in reg. 53 substituted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/755), art. 1(2), Sch. 5 para. 30(h) (with Sch. 7)
54.—(1) Without prejudice to any duty under these Regulations on the part of the consignee to send any document or copy thereof to the producer, holder or consignor, a consignee must send to a producer or holder identified in the relevant part of a consignment note—
(a)a return in a form corresponding to that set out in Schedule 8 or a form substantially to like effect within one month of the end of the quarter in which the waste concerned was accepted; or
(b)a copy of the consignment note together with a description of the method of disposal or recovery undertaken in relation to the waste, within one month of the end of the quarter in which the waste concerned was accepted.
(2) Where hazardous waste was delivered by pipeline in a case to which regulation 41 applies, paragraph (1) applies so that the return required under sub-paragraph (a) or the information required under sub-paragraph (b) is to be supplied within one month of the end of the quarter in which the waste concerned was piped.
(3) Where regulation 42 applies, this regulation does not apply to the consignment or part concerned.
55.—(1) A person who is required to retain any record pursuant to any of the foregoing provisions of this Part must, at any time during the period in which the record is required to be retained produce that record to the [F18NRBW] or emergency services on request.
(2) A producer, holder, previous holder, consignor, carrier or consignee of hazardous waste must supply to the [F18NRBW] on request such information as the [F18NRBW] may reasonably require for the purposes of performing its functions in connection with these Regulations and for the purposes of monitoring the production, movement, storage, treatment, recovery and disposal of hazardous waste.
(3) An establishment or undertaking to which hazardous waste is delivered for recovery or disposal, as the case may be, has the duty to supply to the [F18NRBW] on request documentary evidence that the disposal or recovery operation concerned has been carried out, indicating, where applicable, the relevant entry listed in [F19Annex I or Annex II], as the case may be, of the Waste Directive.
(4) A person who is required to supply information to the [F18NRBW] pursuant to this regulation must supply that information in such form as the [F18NRBW] may reasonably request.
(5) The power conferred by paragraph (4) includes power to require the production in a visible and legible documentary form of any information held in electronic form.
(6) Any request for information under this regulation is to be in writing and must specify the period within which the information is to be supplied.
Textual Amendments
F18Words in reg. 55 substituted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/755), art. 1(2), Sch. 5 para. 30(j) (with Sch. 7)
F19Words in reg. 55(3) substituted (29.3.2011) by The Waste (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Wales) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/971), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 22