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In regulation 47— (a) after paragraph (5)(b), omit “and”; (b) in paragraph (5)(c), at the beginning, insert “ subject to paragraph (5A), ” ; (c) 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).