Statutory Rule 2002 No. 271

The Controlled Waste (Duty of Care) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002

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"European Waste Catalogue" means the list of waste belonging to the categories listed in Commission Decision 2000/532/EC[2], as amended by Commission Decision 2001/118/EC[3] and Commission Decision 2001/119/EC[4];

"scrap metal" means any old metal, and any broken, worn out, defaced or partly manufactured articles made wholly or partly of metal and any metallic wastes, and also includes old, broken, worn out or defaced tooltips or dies made of any of the materials commonly known as hard metal or of cemented or sintered metallic carbides;

"transferor" and "transferee" mean respectively, in relation to a transfer of controlled waste by a person who is subject to the duty imposed by Article 5(1) of the 1997 Order, the person who in compliance with that Article transfers a written description of the waste and the person who receives that description.

Transfer Notes
     2.  - (1) Subject to paragraph (3), the transferor and the transferee shall, at the same time as the written description of the waste is transferred, ensure that such a document as is described in paragraph (2) ("a transfer note") is completed and signed on their behalf.

    (2) A transfer note shall -

(a) identify the waste to which it relates by reference to the appropriate categories in the European Waste Catalogue and state - 


(i) its quantity and whether on transfer it is loose or in a container;

(ii) if in a container, the kind of container; and

(iii) the time and place of transfer;



(b) give the name and address of the transferor and the transferee;

(c) state whether or not the transferor is the producer or importer of the waste and, if so, which;

(d) if the transfer is to a person for authorised transport purposes, specify which of those purposes; and

(e) state as respects the transferor and the transferee which, if any, of the categories of person shown in column 1 of the following Table describes him, and provide any relevant additional information specified in column 2 of the Table.

    (3) Paragraph (1) shall not apply where the waste transferred is special waste within the meaning of the Special Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998[5] and the consignment note and, where appropriate, schedule required by those Regulations are completed and dealt with in accordance with those Regulations.


TABLE

Category of Person	Additional information
A district council as waste collection and disposal authority for the purposes of Part II of the 1997 Order.
A person who is the holder of a waste management licence under Article 6 of the 1997 Order or of a disposal licence under Article 7 of the Pollution Control and Local Government (Northern Ireland) Order 1978[6].	If the waste is to be kept, treated or disposed of by that person, the relevant licence number and the name of the licensing authority.
A person to whom Article 4(1) of the 1997 Order does not apply by virtue of regulations under paragraph (3) of that Article.
A person registered as a carrier of controlled waste under Article 39 of the 1997 Order.	His registration number.
A person who is not required to be so registered by virtue of regulations under Article 38(3) of the 1997 Order.

Duty to keep copies of written descriptions of waste and transfer notes
     3. The transferor and the transferee shall each keep the written description of the waste and the transfer note or copies thereof for a period of two years from the transfer of the controlled waste.

Duty to furnish documents
     4. A person who has been served by the Department with a notice in writing specifying or describing any document and requiring its production shall, if the document is one which at that time he is under a duty to keep under regulation 3, furnish the Department with a copy of it within the period (not being less than 7 days) specified in the notice.

Amendment of the Controlled Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002
     5. The Controlled Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002[7] shall be amended as follows: -

(a) at the end of regulation 3 there shall be added -

    " (2) Waste of the following descriptions shall be treated as household waste for the purposes only of Article 5(2) (household waste produced on domestic property) -


(a) waste arising from works of construction or demolition, including waste arising from work preparatory thereto; and

(b) septic tank sludge.";



(b) at the end of each of regulations 4 and 8 there shall be added -

    " (2) Scrap metal shall not be treated as household or, as the case may be, industrial or commercial waste, for the purposes of Article 5 at any time before the day appointed under Article 1(2) of the Order for the repeal of Articles 5 to 12 of the 1978 Order in relation to controlled waste which is scrap metal.";

(c) in regulation 6 -


(i) for "Subject to regulation 8" there shall be substituted "Subject to paragraph (2) and regulation 8"; and

(ii) at the end there shall be added -

    " (2) Waste described in paragraphs 7 and 8 of Schedule 3 shall not be treated as industrial waste for the purposes of Article 5(2) of the Order.";

(d) at the end of regulation 8 there shall be added -

    " (3) Animal by-products which are collected and transported in accordance with Schedule 2 to the Animal By-Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993 shall not be treated as industrial waste or commercial waste for the purpose of Article 5 (duty of care etc as respects waste).

    (4) In this regulation "animal by-products" has the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the Animal By-Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993."; and

(e) in Schedule 3, paragraph 17(1) for "Waste oil or waste solvent" there shall be substituted "Waste oil, waste solvent or (subject to regulation 8(2)) scrap metal,".

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on


27th August 2002.

L.S.

Dermot Nesbitt
Minister of the Environment