The Special Waste Regulations 1996

[F1 Consignment notes: provisions as to furnishingE+W+S

12.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2), (3) and (6), a copy of a consignment note required by regulation 5 or 8 to be furnished to an Agency must be furnished not more than one month and not less than 72 hours before the removal of the consignment.

(2) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (6), a copy of a consignment note required to be furnished by regulation 8(2)(a)(ii) shall be furnished not less than 72 hours before the removal of the first consignment to which the consignment note relates.

(3) The copy of the consignment note mentioned in paragraphs (1) and (2) may be furnished to the Agency within 72 hours before the removal where—

(a)the consignment is to be delivered to other specified premises pursuant to a proposal under regulation 10(6)(c);

(b)the consignment cannot lawfully remain where it is for 72 hours.

(4) The requirements of paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be treated as satisfied if—

(a)a facsimile of the copy is furnished to the Agency by telephonic, electronic or other similar means of transmission in compliance with the time limits set out in those paragraphs, and

(b)the copy is furnished to the Agency before or, in accordance with paragraph (5) below, forthwith upon removal of the consignment.

(5) A copy of a consignment note or a written explanation of reasons for refusing to accept delivery of any special waste is furnished to an Agency in accordance with this paragraph if it, and any document required to be furnished with it, is—

(a)delivered to the Agency, or

(b)posted to the Agency by pre-paid first class post,

within one day of the receipt, removal or refusal to accept delivery of the special waste in question, as the case may be.

(6) In reckoning any period of hours for the purposes of paragraphs (1), (2) and (3), the hours of any Saturday, Sunday, Good Friday, Christmas Day, bank holiday or other public holiday shall be disregarded.]