UK Statutory Instrument
2007
United Kingdom
Transfrontier Shipment of Waste Regulations 2007
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Schedules
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Shipments of waste to Poland
Shipments of waste to Slovakia
Shipments of waste to Bulgaria
Shipments of waste to Romania
Transitional fees payable to the Environment Agency
Transitional fees payable to the Scottish Environment Protection Agency
Fees
Interpretation
Shipment of waste from the United Kingdom
Import of waste from third countries
Powers under the Environment Act 1995
Illegal shipments of waste
Recovery or disposal of illegal shipment
Take-back by the competent authority
Powers under the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997
Information notice
Enforcement and prohibition notices
Appeals against enforcement and prohibition notices
Powers to seize waste
Seizure procedures
Requests for assistance from other competent authorities
Powers of general customs officials
Powers of entry etc.
Supplementary
Shipments of waste that cannot be completed
Browse 72 other sections — procedural / definitional / commencement
Title and commencement
Application
Scope of the Regulations
Interpretation
The Northern Irish border, the Scottish border and the Welsh border
Offshore installations
Meaning of transport and person who transports waste
Competent authorities of destination and dispatch
Competent authority of transit
Correspondent
Notices
Transitional provisions
Waste management plan
UK Plan for Shipments of Waste: continuation and changes
Public participation procedures
Procedures following public participation
Provision of the plan to competent authorities
Objections to shipments of waste
The Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011
Protection of the environment
Compliance with notification
Requirements for shipments of notifiable waste
Requirements for shipment of waste specified in Article 3(2) and (4)
Prohibition on export of waste for disposal other than to EU or EFTA countries
Requirements for export of waste for disposal to EFTA countries
Prohibition on export of certain waste for recovery to non-EU, non-OECD Decision countries
Requirements for export of waste listed in Annex III or IIIA to non-EU, non-OECD Decision countries
Requirements for export of waste classified under more than one entry in Annex IIIetc. to non-EU, non-OECD Decision countries
Requirements for export of waste for recovery to non-EU OECD Decision countries
Miscellaneous prohibitions on export of waste
Disapplication of offences
Prohibition on the import of waste for disposal
Procedure for import of waste for disposal from a non-EU country Party to the Basel Convention
Prohibition on import of waste for recovery
Requirements for import of waste for recovery from or through a non-EU OECD Decision country
Requirements for import of waste for recovery from a non-EU, non-OECD Decision country Party to the Basel Convention
Requirements for import of waste from overseas countries or territories
Requirements for transit of waste for disposal
Requirements for transit of waste for recovery: non-EU, non-OECD Decision countries
Requirements for transit of waste for recovery: EU OECD Decision countries
Requirements for transit of waste between EU or OECD Decision countries and non-EU, non-OECD Decision countries
Illegal shipments of waste brought to a facility
Duties on operators of facilities in respect of notifiable waste
Interim recovery or disposal operations
Duties on operators of facilities in respect of waste subject to general information requirements
Duties on consignees in respect of notifiable waste
Duties on consignees in respect of waste subject to general information requirements
Duties on laboratories
Notifier’s duty to keep documents
Duties on persons who arrange the shipment of waste
Annex
Fees
Costs of take-back etc.
Approval of a financial guarantee
Supply of the financial guarantee
Power to share information
Enforcement bodies
Authorised persons
Assistance by the Secretary of State in relation to offshore installations
Enforcement powers
Compliance with notices
Obstruction
Falsely obtaining consent etc.
Offences by bodies corporate
Offences by Scottish partnerships
Acts of third parties
Penalties
Fixed penalties
Civil sanctions , England
Civil sanctions, Wales
Review
Revocations
Enforcement and responsible bodies
The regulators that administer or enforce this legislation.
Environment Agency
PrimaryEnvironmental protection in England. Regulates waste, emissions, water quality, flood risk, and environmental permits for industrial activities. Enforces environmental law and issues …
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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