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2001 No. 3545 (W.289)

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION,WALES

The Special Waste (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2001

  Made 29th October 2001 
  Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(2)

The National Assembly for Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary for State by sections 34(5) and 62(1) to (3) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990[1] and now vested in it[2], hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement, interpretation and application
     1.  - (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Special Waste (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2001.

    (2) These Regulations shall come into force - 

    (3) These Regulations apply to Wales.

Amendment of the Special Waste Regulations 1996
    
2. The Special Waste Regulations 1996[3] are amended as follows.

Updated approved classification and labelling guide and approved supply list
     3. In regulation 1(4) (interpretation) - 

Consignment notes: cases in which pre-notification is not required
     4. In regulation 6(1)(e) (consignment notes: cases in which pre-notification is not required), omit "motor vehicle".

Consignment notes: procedure where pre-notification is not required
    
5. In regulation 7 (consignment notes: procedure where pre-notification is not required) insert after paragraph (a) - 

Consignment notes: carrier's rounds
    
6. In regulation 8, (consignment notes: carrier's rounds):

Consignment notes: duty of consignee not accepting delivery of a consignment
    
7. In regulation 10 (consignment notes etc.: duty of consignee not accepting delivery of a consignment) in paragraph (3)(c), after "regulation 8," insert "(annotated to show which consignment is not accepted)".

Consignment notes: rejected consignments
    
8. After Regulation 10 insert - 

Fees
    
9. In regulation 14 (fees) - 

Form of consignment note
     10. In Schedule 1, Part I (form of consignment note) - 

Carrier's schedule
    
11. In Schedule 1, for Part II (carrier's schedule) substitute the Schedule to the these Regulations.



Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998[
6].


Jane E. Hutt
Assembly Secretary

29th October 2001



ATLODEN/SCHEDULE

FORM OF SCHEDULE




Special Waste Regulation Form


EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)


These Regulations amend the Special Waste Regulations 1996 [S.I. 1996/972] ("the Principal Regulations") in relation to Wales.

Regulation 3 updates references in regulation 1 of the Principal Regulations to the current editions of the approved classification and labelling guide and the approved supply list under the Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) Regulations 1994. The 1994 Regulations have most recently been amended by the Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) (Amendment) Regulations 2000 [S.I. 2000/2381] and copies of the new (Fourth) edition of the approved labelling guide and of the new (Sixth) edition of the approved supply list may be obtained from HSE Books, PO Box 1999, Sudbury, Suffolk CO10 2WA.

Regulation 4 amends regulation 6(1) of the Principal Regulations by removing the "motor vehicle" battery limitation in respect of loads of lead acid batteries for which pre-notification is not required.

Regulation 5 amends regulation 7 of the Principal Regulations so that for a second and subsequent consignment in a succession of consignments of special waste the code identifying the first consignment in that succession must be entered on the consignment note in addition to the relevant code for the consignment in question.

Regulation 6(a) amends regulation 8(1)(d) of the Principal Regulations by extending from 24 hours to 72 hours the time in which a carrier's round must be completed. Regulation 6(b) removes the "motor vehicle" battery limitation from the lead acid battery loads exception in regulation 8(2)(ii) of the Principal Regulations requiring the carrier to provide the Agency, for the place of delivery, with a copy of the consignment note before the removal of the first waste on the round.

Regulation 7 amends regulation 10(3)(c) of the Principal Regulations so as to require that, where a consignee rejecting a delivery has received a consignment note, the copy of any carrier's schedule which he forwards to the Environment Agency ("the Agency") for the new destination is annotated to indicate which loads were not accepted.

Regulation 8 inserts a new regulation 10A. Regulation 10A provides that a new consignment note must be prepared where a load is rejected by the consignee and is redirected to premises other than those from which it was collected or where it was produced and sets out the procedure to be followed for the new consignment note. It also allows a carrier to sign Part D of the consignment note where they have the written authority of the consignor.

Regulation 9(a) amends regulation 14(1) of the Principal Regulations so that fees are set by the Agency in a charging scheme under section 41 of the Environment Act 1995, rather than by the Secretary of State. Regulation 9(b) amends regulation 14(2)(a) by removing the first condition for a second or subsequent carrier's round in a succession of rounds to be exempted from payment of a fee for the assignment of a code (that the carrier is also the consignee in relation to every consignment in all the rounds). Regulation 9(c) amends the conditions in regulation 14(2)(a)(iii) of the Principal Regulations by making it clear that the total weight limit of 400kg applies to each round in the succession.

Regulation 10 makes minor amendments to the prescribed form of consignment note in Schedule 1 to the Principal Regulations.

Regulation 11 substitutes a new prescribed form of carrier's schedule in Schedule 1 to the Principal Regulations. Additional information required is the postcode of the address of origin, the time of the carrier's signature, and a description of waste removed.


Notes:

[1] 1990 c.43; section 62 was amended by paragraph 80 of Schedule 22 to the Environment Act 1995 (c.25). The Secretary of State can exercise these powers and those under the Control of Pollution Act 1974 ("the 1974 Act") only in relation to England; see article 2 of, and the entries relating to the 1974 Act and the Environmental Protection Act in Schedule 1 to, the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672) and section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46).back

[2] The powers of the Secretary of State in so far as exercisable in relation to Wales have been transferred to the National Assembly for Wales: see Article 2 of and Schedule 1 to the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672).back

[3] S.I. 1996/972 as amended by S.I. 1996/2019 and 1997/251.back

[4] The definition of approved supply list was amended by paragraph 2 to the Schedule to S.I. 1996/2019.back

[5] 1995 c.25.back

[6] 1998 c.38.back



Cymraeg (Welsh)



ISBN 0 11090357 9


  Prepared 7 November 2001


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