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The Digital Waste Tracking (Wales) Regulations 2026

The Digital Waste Tracking (Wales) Regulations 2026 s 2

s 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations— “ the 1990 Act ” (“ Deddf 1990 ”) means the Environmental Protection Act 1990; “ the 2005 Regulations ” (“ Rheoliadau 2005 ”) means the Hazardous Waste (Wales) Regulations 2005 ; “ the 2016 Regulations ” (“ Rheoliadau 2016 ”) means the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 ; “ approved software ” (“ meddalwedd a gymeradwywyd ”) means software that has been approved by the designated person under regulation 3(3); “ consignment note ” (“ nodyn traddodi ”) means the document set out in Schedule 4 (form of consignment note) to the 2005 Regulations; “ controlled waste ” (“ gwastraff a reolir ”) has the meaning given in section 75(4) of the 1990 Act; “ designated person ” (“ person dynodedig ”) means the Welsh Ministers; “ digital waste record ” (“ cofnod digidol o wastraff ”) means an electronic record that is created using approved software; “ digital waste record number ” (“ rhif cofnod digidol o wastraff ”) means a unique identifying number assigned to a digital waste record; “ digital waste tracking system ” (“ system tracio gwastraff yn ddigidol ”) has the meaning given in regulation 3(2); “ digital waste tracking system fee ” (“ ffi’r system tracio gwastraff yn ddigidol ”) means the annual fee payable under regulation 5; “ digitally excluded operator number ” (“ rhif gweithredwr sydd wedi ei allgáu’n ddigidol ”) means the unique identifying number assigned to a digitally excluded operator by— Natural Resources Wales under regulation 9(2)(a), the Environment Agency under any provision made by the Secretary of State under section 34CA(6) of the 1990 Act, the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland under any provision made by that Department under article 5G(6) of the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 , or the Scottish Environment Protection Agency under any provision made by the Scottish Ministers under section 34CA(6) of the 1990 Act; “ digitally excluded person ” (“ person sydd wedi ei allgáu’n ddigidol ”) means a person— who is a practising member of a religious society or order whose beliefs are incompatible with using electronic communications or keeping electronic records, or for whom it is not reasonably practicable to use electronic communications or to keep electronic records for any reason (including age, disability or location); “ end of the quarter ” (“ diwedd y chwarter ”) means one of the following days, being the end of a quarter— 31 March, 30 June, 30 September, or 31 December; “ enforcement cost recovery notice ” (“ hysbysiad adennill cost gorfodaeth ”) has the meaning given in regulation 20(1); “ environmental permit ” (“ trwydded amgylcheddol ”) has the meaning given in regulation 13(1) of the 2016 Regulations; “ hazardous controlled waste ” (“ gwastraff a reolir sy’n beryglus ”) means controlled waste that is also hazardous waste; “ hazardous waste ” (“ gwastraff peryglus ”) has the meaning given in section 75(8B) of the 1990 Act ; “ household waste ” (“ gwastraff cartrefi ”) has the meaning given in section 75(5) of the 1990 Act; “ operator of a permitted facility ” (“ gweithredwr cyfleuster trwyddedig ”) means the person who is authorised under an environmental permit to operate a permitted facility; “ permitted facility ” (“ cyfleuster trwyddedig ”) means a regulated facility where a waste operation is carried out; “ quarter ” (“ chwarter ”) means any period of 3 months ending on 31 March, 30 June, 30 September or 31 December; “ regulated facility ” (“ cyfleuster rheoleiddiedig ”) has the meaning given in regulation 8 of the 2016 Regulations; “ specified information ” (“ gwybodaeth benodedig ”) has the meaning given in regulation 4(5)(a); “ specified steps ” (“ camau penodedig ”) has the meaning given in regulation 4(4); “ waste disposal authority ” (“ awdurdod gwaredu gwastraff ”) means, for any county or county borough in Wales, the council of the county or county borough; “ waste operation ” (“ gweithrediad gwastraff ”) has the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the 2016 Regulations.

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