UK Statutory Instrument
1994
United Kingdom
The Waste Management Licensing Regulations 1994
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What this Act requires
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Schedules
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The number (if any) of the site licence, and the...
A map or plan— (a) showing the location of the...
A description of the different activities involving the treatment, keeping...
Where the site is a landfill or lagoon—
Where the site is not a landfill or lagoon—
Any other information which the applicant wishes the waste regulation...
The full name, address and daytime telephone, fax and telex...
The full name of the person who is to manage...
Details of the financial provision which the proposed transferee has...
Any other information which the applicant wishes the waste regulation...
The number (if any) of the waste management licence and,...
In the case of mobile plant, sufficient information to identify...
Where the proposed transferee is an individual, his full name,...
Where the proposed transferee is a registered company or other...
Where the proposed transferee is a partnership—
If the proposed transferee has a business name different from...
Where the proposed transferee has appointed an agent to deal...
Details of any conviction of the proposed transferee or of...
(1) The use, under an authorisation granted under Part I...
(1) Any recovery operation carried on within the curtilage of...
Carrying on at any place, in respect of a kind...
(1) Composting biodegradable waste at the place where the waste...
(1) The manufacture from— (a) waste which arises from demolition...
(1) The manufacture of finished goods from any of the...
(1) The beneficial use of waste if—
The carrying on, in accordance with the conditions and requirements...
(1) The storage in a secure place on any premises...
(1) The storage on any premises in a secure container...
(1) The storage on a site of waste which arises...
(1) The operation, under an authorisation granted under Part I...
(1) Laundering or otherwise cleaning waste textiles with a view...
(1) Chipping, shredding, cutting or pulverising waste plant matter (including...
(1) The recovery, at any premises, of silver from waste...
(1) The keeping or treatment of animal by-products in accordance...
(1) Crushing, grinding or other size reduction of waste bricks,...
(1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) to (4) below, the deposit...
(1) The recovery or disposal of waste, at the place...
(1) Baling, compacting, crushing, shredding or pulverising waste at the...
The storage of returned goods that are waste, for a...
(1) The disposal of waste at the place where it...
The carrying on of any of the following operations—
(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, burning waste on land...
The discharge of waste onto the track of a railway...
The burial on premises of waste arising from the use...
(1) The keeping or deposit of waste consisting of excavated...
(1) The keeping or deposit on land at the place...
(1) The deposit of waste consisting of excavated material from...
(1) ~The temporary storage of waste consisting of garbage, including...
(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, the burial of a...
The deposit or storage of samples of waste, including samples...
(1) The secure storage at a pharmacy, pending their disposal...
(1) The cleaning, washing, spraying or coating of waste consisting...
(1) The storage of non-liquid waste at any place other...
(1) The temporary storage of waste, pending its collection, on...
(1) The treatment, keeping or disposal by any person at...
(1) The treatment, keeping or disposal by any person at...
(1) Burning waste as a fuel in an appliance if...
(1) Burning waste oil as a fuel in an engine...
(1) The spreading of any of the wastes listed in...
(1) The storage, in a secure container or lagoon (or,...
(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (3) below, the spreading of waste...
Any materials, substances or products which are not contained in...
Interpretation
Registers
Applications for registration
Registration as a broker and amendment of entries
Revocation of registration
Appeals
Duration of registration
Cessation of registration
sch. 4 para. 12
- Register as a waste carrier or broker with the waste regulation authority
sch. 4 para. 14
- Keep records of waste disposal or recovery and provide to authorities on request
Browse 40 other sections — procedural / definitional / commencement
sch. 4 para. 13
Citation, commencement, interpretation and extent
Interpretation of Schedule 4
Application for a waste management licence or for the surrender or transfer of a waste management licence
Duties of competent authorities
Relevant offences
Meaning of “competent authority” etc.
Technical competence
Relevant objectives
Technical competence-transitional provisions
Preparation of offshore waste management plan
Notice of appeal
Matters to be covered by permits
Time limit for making an appeal
Modifications of provisions relating to development plans
Reports of hearings
Modifications of Part I of the Environmental Protection Act 1990
Notification of determination
Modifications of Part II of the Environmental Protection Act 1990
Particulars to be entered in public registers
Modifications of Part I of the Control of Pollution Act 1974
Information to be excluded or removed from a register
References to “waste” in Planning and Water legislation
Mobile plant
Registration by professional collectors and transporters of waste, and by dealers and brokers
Health at work
Duty to carry out appropriate periodic inspections
Waste oils
Record keeping
Groundwater
Contaminated materials, substances or products resulting from remedial action with...
Exclusion of activities under other control regimes from waste management licensing
Exemptions from waste management licensing
Registration in connection with exempt activities
Waste Framework Directive
Registration of brokers
Amendment of the Deposits in the Sea (Exemptions) Order 1985
Amendment of the Collection and Disposal of Waste Regulations 1988
Amendment of the Controlled Waste (Registration of Carriers and Seizure of Vehicles) Regulations 1991
Amendment of the Controlled Waste Regulations 1992
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