The Controlled Waste (Registration of Carriers and Seizure of Vehicles) Regulations 1991

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—1. These Regulations may be cited as the Controlled Waste (Registration of Carriers and Seizures of Vehicles) Regulations 1991 and shall come into force on 14th October 1991.

(2) In these regulations—

“the 1989 Act” means the Control of Pollution (Amendment) Act 1989;

“another relevant person” has the meaning given by section 3(5) of the 1989 Act;

“date of expiry” means, in relation to a carrier’s registration, the date on which the period of three years mentioned in regulation 11(2) expires;

“disposed of”, in relation to an appeal, has the meaning given by section 4(8) of the 1989 Act;

“notice” means notice in writing;

“prescribed offence” means an offence under an enactment listed in Schedule 1;

“relevant period” has the meaning given by section 4(1) of the 1989 Act.

(3) For the purposes of these Regulations, an application for registration or for the renewal of a registration as a carrier of controlled waste shall be treated as pending—

(a)whilst it is being considered by the regulation authority; or

(b)if it has been refused or the relevant period from the making of the application has expired without the applicant having been registered, whilst either—

(i)the period for appealing in relation to that application has not expired; or

(ii)the application is the subject of an appeal which has not been disposed of.