Statutory Instrument 1996 No. 2019

The Special Waste (Amendment) Regulations 1996

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1996 No. 2019

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

The Special Waste (Amendment) Regulations 1996

The Secretary of State, being a Minister designated^[1] for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972^[2] in relation to measures relating to the regulation and control of the transit, import and export of waste (including recyclable materials) and the prevention, reduction and elimination of pollution caused by waste, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 2(2) of that Act, section 17 of the Control of Pollution Act 1974^[3], section 62(1) to (3) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990^[4] and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement
    1.    These Regulations may be cited as the Special Waste (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 31st August 1996.

Amendment of the Special Waste Regulations 1996
    2.    The Schedule to these Regulations, which contains amendments to the Special Waste Regulations 1996^[5], shall have effect,

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State.

Paul Beresford

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment

1st August 1996

[1] S.I. 1993/2661 and 1992/2870. back

[2] 1972 c. 68. back

[3] 1974 c. 40; section 17 is prospectively repealed by Part II of Schedule 16 to the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43). back

[4] 1990 c. 43; section 62 was amended by paragraph 80 of Schedule 22 to the Environment Act 1995 (c. 25). back

[5] S.I. 1996/972. back

Explanatory Note