The Hazardous Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2015

Amendment of the Hazardous Waste (Wales) Regulations 2005

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

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

“(a) the Waste Directive (“y Gyfarwyddeb Wastraff”) means Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste(3) as last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No 1357/2014(4);” .

(3) In regulation 3(a)(5) (Annex III to the Waste Directive), omit “, as that Annex is set out in Schedule 3”.

(4) For regulation 4(1)(6) (the List of Wastes), substitute—

“(1) In these Regulations, “the List of Wastes”(“y Rhestr Wastraffoedd”) 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 regulation 6(b), for “62A(1)” substitute “62A(2)”.

(6) In regulation 8—

(a) in paragraph (1)(b), for “62A(1)” substitute “62A(2)”;

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

(7) In regulation 9—

(a) in paragraph (1)(b), for “62A(1)” substitute “62A(2)”;

(b) in paragraph (2), for “Article 3 of the List of Wastes Decision” substitute “Article 7(3) of the Waste Directive”.

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

(9) For Schedule 8 (form of consignee’s return to producer or holder) substitute the text in the Schedule to these Regulations.

(1)

S.I. 2005/1806 (W. 138), relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2011/971 (W 141) and S.I. 2011/988.

(2)

Regulation 2 was substituted by S.I. 2011/971 (W 141).

(3)

OJ No L 312, 22.11.2008, p. 3.

(4)

OJ No L 365 19.12.14, p. 89.

(5)

Regulation 3 was substituted by S.I. 2011/971 (W. 141).

(6)

As amended by S.I. 2011/971 (W. 141).

(7)

Schedule 3 was Substituted by S.I. 2011/971 (W 141).