UK Statutory Instrument 1994 United Kingdom

The Transfrontier Shipment of Waste Regulations 1994

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2 compliance obligations

Who this Act binds

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  • Any Person 1

Plus 1 non-business duty on Crown ministers, regulators, local authorities or tribunals — shown collapsed under each section below.

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What this Act requires

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s.009

Power of competent authority of destination o ensure disposal of waste

  • Comply with notice to dispose or recover waste in an environmentally sound manner Any Person
s.020

Registration of dealers and brokers

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Waste regulation authority must register dealers and brokers Statutory regulator
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s.001

Citation and commencement

s.002

Interpretation

s.003

Competent authorities of dispatch and destination

s.004

Competent authority of transit

s.005

Correspondent

s.006

Transmission of notification by competent authority of dispatch

s.007

Financial guarantees or equivalent insurance

s.008

Power of competent authority of dispatch to ensure return of waste

s.010

Power of customs officer to detain shipment

s.011

Objections to shipments of waste in accordance with a waste management plan made by the Secretary of State

s.012

Offences

s.013

Offences by corporations

s.014

Defences

s.015

Penalties

s.016

Provision of information etc.

s.017

Notices

s.018

Amendment of the Control of Pollution (Special Waste) Regulations 1980 and the Pollution Control (Special Waste) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1981

s.019

Amendment of the Controlled Waste (Registration of Carriers and Seizure of Vehicles) Regulations 1991 and the Waste Management Licensing Regulations 1994

s.021

Revocations

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