The End-of-Life Vehicles (Storage and Treatment) (Scotland) Regulations 2003

Amendments to the Waste Management Licensing Regulations 1994S

7.—(1) The Waste Management Licensing Regulations 1994 are amended as described in paragraphs (2), (3) and (4).

(2) In regulation 1(3) (interpretation) , after the definition of “waste management licence”, insert–

““waste motor vehicle” has the meaning given in regulation 2 (interpretation) of the End-of-Life Vehicles (Storage and Treatment) (Scotland) Regulations 2003;”.

(3) In regulation 18 (registration in connection with exempt activities), after sub-paragraph (4A)(c) insert–

“(cc)in the case of waste motor vehicles, it has first verified, further to its inspection of each such place–

(i)the type of waste to be treated;

(ii)the quantities of waste to be treated;

(iii)the general technical requirements to be complied with; and

(iv)the safety precautions that are to be taken,

in order to achieve the objectives referred to in Article 4 of the Directive, and a registration further to such verification shall continue subject to the requirement that verification upon inspection be made annually in respect of it;”.

(4) In Schedule 3 (activities exempt from waste management licensing)–

(a)after sub-paragraph 41(1A), insert–

“(1B) Subject to sub-paragraph (1A), sub-paragraph (1) shall only apply to waste motor vehicles where such temporary storage conforms with the obligations and the minimum technical requirements described, respectively, in paragraph 1 to each of Parts 1 and 2 of the Schedule to the End-of-Life Vehicles (Storage and Treatment) (Scotland) Regulations 2003.”;

(b)in paragraph 45(1), after “Subject to sub-paragraph (3) below” insert “ and to regulations 4 and 6 of the End-of-Life Vehicles (Storage and Treatment) (Scotland) Regulations 2003 ”;

(c)in paragraph 45, in Table 4A–

(i)for the entries relating to motor vehicles, for the entry in–

(aa)column 1 (kind of waste), substitute “ Depolluted motor vehicles ”; and

(bb)column 2 (activities), substitute “ Dismantling, rebuilding, restoring or reconditioning ”; and

(ii)for the entries relating to lead acid motor vehicle batteries–

(aa)for the entry in column 1, substitute–

“Lead acid motor vehicle batteries (including those whose contents are special waste) not forming part of, nor contained in, a motor vehicle”; and

(bb)in column 2, omit “(including removal from motor vehicles)”;

(d)in paragraph 45(2), for paragraph (f), substitute–

“(f)in the case of waste motor vehicles, they are, where appropriate, stored on an impermeable pavement”;

(e)in paragraph 45, in Table 4B–

(i)for the entries relating to motor vehicles–

(aa)for the entry in column 1 (kind of waste), substitute “ Motor vehicles, stored where appropriate on an impermeable pavement ”; and

(bb)in column 2 (maximum total quantity), omit “400 vehicles”; and

(ii)for the entries relating to lead acid motor vehicle batteries, in the entry in column 1, for “whether or not forming part of or contained in, a motor vehicle” substitute “ not forming part of, nor contained in, a motor vehicle ”; and

(f)in paragraph 45(6), after “shears” insert “ , and “depolluted” in relation to waste motor vehicles has the meaning given in regulation 2 of the End-of-Life Vehicles (Storage and Treatment) (Scotland) Regulations 2003 ”.