Scottish Statutory Instrument 2000 Scotland

The Environmental Protection (Disposal of Polychlorinated Biphenyls and other Dangerous Substances) (Scotland) Regulations 2000

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SEPA

What's here

9 compliance obligations

Penalty landscape

1 of 9 obligations carry up to 2 years imprisonment. 8 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

Who this Act binds

Business-side actors with duties under this Act, ranked by how often they appear.

  • Any Person 6
  • Applicant 1

Plus 2 non-business duties on Crown ministers, regulators, local authorities or tribunals — shown collapsed under each section below.

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Any Person also bound by 2338 other Acts (top 5 shown)
Applicants also bound by 294 other Acts (top 5 shown)

What this Act requires

Sections that create concrete duties on businesses or carry penalties. Procedural and definitional sections are folded into the “Browse other sections” expander at the bottom of each group. Click any section title to read the source text on legislation.gov.uk.

Part I — GENERAL

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s.001

Citation, commencement and extent

s.002

Interpretation and notices

Part II — HOLDING, LABELLING, DECONTAMINATION AND DISPOSAL

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s.003

Prohibition on holding without registration

s.004

Prohibition on holding irrespective of registration

s.005

Labelling of contaminated equipment

Part III — REGISTRATION OF HOLDERS OF CONTAMINATED EQUIPMENT

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s.006

Registration

s.007

Cancellation of registration or particulars

s.008

Appeals

Part IV — INVENTORIES OF CONTAMINATED EQUIPMENT

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s.009

Inventories of contaminated equipment

s.010

Information for inventories

Part V — MISCELLANEOUS

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s.011

Information for the public

s.012

Payment of charges

s.013

Offences and penalties

s.014

Revocation of Regulations

Schedules

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s.sch002

Each item of decontaminated equipment must be clearly marked with...

Other sections — not classified into a Part

These sections sit outside the numbered Parts — usually provisions added or moved by later amendments.

s.006

Registration

  • Register contaminated PCB equipment with SEPA Applicant
s.008

Appeals

  • Appeal a registration refusal or cancellation Any Person
s.011

Information for the public

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • SEPA must maintain a public register of PCB disposal records Statutory regulator
s.012

Payment of charges

  • Pay SEPA charges when applying for or receiving services Any Person
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Enforcement and responsible bodies

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SEPA

Scottish Environment Protection Agency

Scotland's principal environmental regulator. Protects and improves Scotland's environment. Issues environmental permits for waste, emissions, water abstraction, and radioactive substances. Enforces environmental …

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