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SCHEDULE 22 Minor and consequential amendments

The Environmental Protection Act 1990

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In section 63 of that Act (waste other than controlled waste) for subsection (2) (offences relating to the deposit of waste which is not controlled waste but which, if it were such waste, would be special waste) there shall be substituted—

2

A person who deposits, or knowingly causes or knowingly permits the deposit of, any waste—

a

which is not controlled waste, but

b

which, if it were controlled waste, would be special waste,

in a case where he would be guilty of an offence under section 33 above if the waste were special waste and any waste management licence were not in force, shall, subject to subsection (3) below, be guilty of that offence and punishable as if the waste were special waste.