after paragraph (5), insert—

“(5A)

If the person required to make or retain a register has a waste permit pursuant to which the site is operated, the period for retention of a consignment note required to be kept by regulation 51(2)(a) is—

(a)

for 5 years after the deposit of the waste; or

(b)

if the permit authorises disposal of waste in a landfill, until the permit is surrendered or revoked.

(5B)

In paragraph (5A), “landfill” has the meaning given in Article 2(g) of Council Directive 1999/31/EC on the landfill of waste, but does not include any operation excluded from the scope of that Directive by Article 3(2).”.