The Control of Pollution (Special Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 1988

• Citation: S.I. 1988/1790
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Control of Pollution (Special Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 14th November 1988.

Section 2 Amendment of the Transfrontier Shipment of Hazardous Waste Regulations 1988

Regulation 30 of the Transfrontier Shipment of Hazardous Waste Regulations 1988 is hereby revoked.

Section 3 Amendment of the Control of Pollution (Special Waste) Regulations 1980

For regulation 7 of the Control of Pollution (Special Waste) Regulations 1980 there shall be substituted the following—

(7)

(1) Subject to paragraph (2)—

(a) these Regulations shall apply to a person who imports special waste into Great Britain as they apply to a producer and as if the waste were produced at the place where it first enters Great Britain; and

(b) regulation 6 shall apply to a person who exports special waste from Great Britain as it applies to a disposer.

(2) These Regulations, except for regulations 14, 15 and 16, shall not apply to consignments of hazardous waste within the meaning of the Transfrontier Shipment of Hazardous Waste Regulations 1988.