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PART 11 E+WReplacement of Controls on Special Waste

Definition of Hazardous WasteE+W

74.  In section 75 of the 1990 Act (meaning of “waste” and household, commercial and industrial waste and special waste)—

(a)in the heading for “special waste” there shall be substituted “ hazardous waste ”;

(b)after subsection (8) there shall be inserted—

(8A) “Hazardous waste”—

(a)in the application of this Part to England, means any waste which is a hazardous waste for the purposes of the Hazardous Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2005;

(b)in the application of this Part to Wales means—

(i)any waste listed as a hazardous waste in the Hazardous Waste List;

(ii)any waste listed in regulations made under section 62A(2) above;

(iii)any other waste which displays any of the properties listed in Annex III to Council Directive 91/689/EEC.

(8B) In subsection (8A) “Hazardous Waste List” means the list referred to in the first indent of Article 1(4) of Council Directive 91/689/EEC.; and

(c)subsection (9) shall be omitted.