4.—(1) [F2Subject to paragraph (3),] an Agency shall assign or supply forthwith to any person, on request, for the purpose of assigning to a consignment of special waste or, where the consignment is one in a carrier’s round, to the consignments in that round, a code unique to that consignment or round, as the case may be.
(2) A code assigned or supplied in accordance with paragraph (1) may consist of letters, numbers or symbols, or any combination of letters, numbers and symbols, or a bar code which enables the consignment or carrier’s round, as the case may be, to be identified electronically.
[F3(3) The Agency need not assign or supply a code for a consignment or round until any fee required in respect of it under regulation 14(1) has been paid.]]
Textual Amendments
F1Regulations revoked (E.) (16.7.2005) by The Hazardous Waste (England and Wales)Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/894), reg. 76 (with reg. 75) and Regulations revoked (W.) (16.7.2005) by The Hazardous Waste (Wales) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/1806), reg. 72(1) (with reg. 72(2))
F2Words in reg. 4(1) inserted (31.8.1996) by The Special Waste (Amendment) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/2019), reg. 1, Sch. para. 4(a)
F3Reg. 4(3) added (31.8.1996) by The Special Waste (Amendment) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/2019), reg. 1, Sch. para. 4(b)