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They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Modifications etc. (not altering text)C1Pt. II (ss. 29-78) amended: (1.4.1992) by S.I. 1992/588, reg. 8; (1.5.1994) by S.I. 1994/1056, regs. 1(3), 19, Sch. 4 para. 9 (as amended (E.W.) (15.5.3006) by S.I. 2006/937, reg. 6(10)(a))Pt. II (ss. 29-78) modified: (1.2.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 5(5)(e) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117) and S.I. 1996/186, art.2; (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 33(5)(e) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3Pt. II (ss. 29-78): certain functions transferred on transfer date (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, ss. 2(1)(b)(ii), 21(1)(b)(ii), 56(1) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3, S.I. 1995/2649, art. 2 and S.I. 1995/1983, art. 2 (by which respectively s. 56 is in force from 28.7.1995, s. 21 is in force from 12.10.1995 and s. 2 is in force from 1.4.1996); S.I. 1996/136, art. 2; S.I. 1996/234), art. 2 (specifying transfer date)Pt. II (ss. 29-78) extended (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120(2), Sch. 23 para. 13 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3Commencement InformationI1Pt. II partly in force at 31.5.1991 see s. 164(3) and S.I. 1991/1319, art. 2Pt. II partly in force at 13.12.1991 and for certain purposes at 01.04.1992 by S.I.1991/2829, arts. 2, 4.Pt. II: power to make corresponding provisions conferred (27.7.1999) by 1999 c. 24, s. 2, Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 20(1)(a) PreliminaryE+W+S29 Preliminary.E+W+S(1)The following provisions have effect for the interpretation of this Part.
(6)The “disposal” of waste includes its disposal by way of deposit in or on land and, subject to subsection (7) below, waste is “treated” when it is subjected to any process, including making it re-usable or reclaiming substances from it and “recycle” (and cognate expressions) shall be construed accordingly.
(8)“Land” includes land covered by waters where the land is above the low water mark of ordinary spring tides and references to land on which controlled waste [F4or extractive waste] is treated, kept or deposited are references to the surface of the land (including any structure set into the surface).
(9)“Mobile plant” means, [F5subject to subsection (10) below,] plant which is designed to move or be moved whether on roads or other land.
[F6Regulations made by the Secretary of State may prescribe descriptions of plant which are to be treated as being, or as not being, mobile plant for the purposes of this Part.]
[F7[F8(12)“The Environmental Permitting Regulations” means the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010.]
(13)The following expressions have the same meaning as in [F9the Environmental Permitting Regulations]—
[F10“extractive waste”;
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F1S. 29(1A) inserted (E.W.) (7.4.2005) by Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 (c. 16), s. 51F2Words in s. 29(3) inserted (E.W.) (7.7.2009) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations (S.I. 2009/1799), reg. 28, {Sch. 2 para. 1(2)(a)}F3Words in s. 29(4) inserted (E.W.) (7.7.2009) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations (S.I. 2009/1799), reg. 28, {Sch. 2 para. 1(2)(b)}F4Words in s. 29(8) inserted (E.W.) (7.7.2009) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations (S.I. 2009/1799), reg. 28, {Sch. 2 para. 1(2)(c)}F5Words in s. 29(9) repealed (E.W.) (6.4.2008) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3538), regs. 73, 74(2), Sch. 21 para. 3(2), Sch. 23 (with reg. 72, Sch. 4)F6S. 29(10) repealed (E.W.) (6.4.2008) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3538), regs. 73, 74(2), Sch. 21 para. 3(3), Sch. 23 (with reg. 72, Sch. 4)F7S. 29(12)(13) added (E.W.) (6.4.2008) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3538), reg. 73, Sch. 21 para. 3(4) (with reg. 72, Sch. 4)F8S. 29(12) substituted (E.W.) (6.4.2010) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/675), regs. 1(1)(b), 107, Sch. 26 para. 5(3) (with Sch. 4)F9Words in s. 29(13) substituted (E.W.) (6.4.2010) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/675), regs. 1(1)(b), 107, Sch. 26 para. 5(4)(a) (with Sch. 4)F10Words in s. 29(13) inserted (E.W.) (7.7.2009) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations (S.I. 2009/1799), reg. 28, {Sch. 2 para. 1(2)(d)}Commencement InformationI2S. 29 wholly in force at 31.5.1991 see s. 164(3) and S.I. 1991/1319, art. 230 Authorities for purposes of this Part.E+W+S[F11(1)Any reference in this Part to a waste regulation authority—
and any reference in this Part to the area of a waste regulation authority shall accordingly be taken as a reference to the area over which the Environment Agency or the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, as the case may be, exercises its functions or, in the case of any particular function, the function in question.]
(2)For the purposes of this Part the following authorities are waste disposal authorities, namely—
(a)for any non-metropolitan county in England, the county council;
(b)in Greater London, the following—
(i)for the area of a London waste disposal authority, the authority constituted as the waste disposal authority for that area;
(ii)for the City of London, the Common Council;
(iii)for any other London borough, the council of the borough;
(c)in the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester, the following—
(i)for the metropolitan district of Wigan, the district council;
(ii)for all other areas in the county, the authority constituted as the Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority;
(d)for the metropolitan county of Merseyside, the authority constituted as the Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority;
(e)for any district in any other metropolitan county in England, the council of the district;
[F12(f)for any county or county borough in Wales, the council of the county or county borough;]
(g)in Scotland, [F13a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994].
(3)For the purposes of this Part the following authorities are waste collection authorities—
(a)for any district in England F14. . . not within Greater London, the council of the district;
(i)for any London borough, the council of the borough;
(iii)for the Temples, the Sub-Treasurer of the Inner Temple and the Under Treasurer of the Middle Temple respectively;
[F15(bb)for any county or county borough in Wales, the council of the county or county borough;]
(c)in Scotland, [F16a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994].
(4)In this section references to particular authorities having been constituted as waste disposal F17. . . are references to their having been so constituted by the M1Waste Regulation and Disposal (Authorities) Order 1985 made by the Secretary of State under section 10 of the M2Local Government Act 1985 and the reference to London waste disposal authorities is a reference to the authorities named in Parts I, II, III, IV and V of Schedule 1 to that Order and this section has effect subject to any order made under the said section 10 F18. . ..
(5)In this Part “waste disposal contractor” means a person who in the course of a business collects, keeps, treats or disposes of waste, being either—
(a)a company formed for all or any of those purposes by a waste disposal authority whether in pursuance of section 32 below or otherwise; or
(b)either a company formed for all or any of those purposes by other persons or a partnership or an individual;
and “company”[F19means a company as defined in section 1(1) of the Companies Act 2006] and “formed”, in relation to a company formed by other persons, includes the [F20alteration of the company's articles so as to add, remove or alter a statement of the company's objects].
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Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F23S. 32 repealed (18.10.2005 for E. and 16.3.2006 for W.) by Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 (c. 16), ss. 47, 107, 108, Sch. 5 Pt. 4; S.I. 2005/2896, art. 3(g)(k) (with art. 6 (as amended (1.4.2006) by S.I. 2006/1002, art. 2)); S.I. 2006/768, art. 2(a)(d) (with art. 5 (as amended (17.10.2006) by S.I. 2006/2797, art. 11)) Prohibition on unauthorised or harmful depositing, treatment or disposal of wasteE+W+S33 Prohibition on unauthorised or harmful deposit, treatment or disposal etc. of waste.E+W(1)Subject to [F24subsections (1A), (1B), (2) and (3) below] and, in relation to Scotland, to section 54 below, a person shall not—
(a)deposit controlled waste [F25or extractive waste], or knowingly cause or knowingly permit controlled waste [F25or extractive waste] to be deposited in or on any land unless [F26an environmental permit] authorising the deposit is in force and the deposit is in accordance with the licence;
[F27(b)submit controlled waste, or knowingly cause or knowingly permit controlled waste to be submitted, to any listed operation (other than an operation within subsection (1)(a)) that—
(c)treat, keep or dispose of controlled waste [F28or extractive waste] in a manner likely to cause pollution of the environment or harm to human health.
[F29(1A)Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1) above do not apply in relation to a waste operation that is an exempt waste operation.
[F30(1B)Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to the carrying on of any waste operation which is or forms part of an operation which—
[F31(2)Subject to subsection (2A) below, paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1) above do not apply in relation to household waste from a domestic property which is treated, kept or disposed of within the curtilage of the property.
(4)The Secretary of State, in exercising his power under subsection (3) above, shall have regard in particular to the expediency of excluding from [F32the prohibitions in subsection (1)]—
(6)A person who contravenes subsection (1) above F33. . . commits an offence.
(b)F34. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[F35(c)that the acts alleged to constitute the contravention were done in an emergency in order to avoid danger to human health in a case where—
[F36(8)A person who commits an offence under this section is liable—
(a)[F37Subject to subsection (9) below,] on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or a fine not exceeding £50,000 or both;
[F38F39(9)A person (other than an establishment or undertaking) who commits a relevant offence shall be liable—
[F40(11)For the purposes of subsection (1)(a) above, the deposit of waste in or on land includes any listed operation involving such a deposit.
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Extent InformationE1This version of this provision extends to England and Wales only; a separate version has been created for Scotland onlyAmendments (Textual)F24Words in s. 33(1) substituted (E.W.) (6.4.2008) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3538), reg. 73, Sch. 21 para. 4(2)(a) (with reg. 72, Sch. 4)F25Words in s. 33(1) inserted (E.W.) (7.7.2009) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations (S.I. 2009/1799), reg. 28(1), {Sch. 2 para. 1(3)} (with reg. 28(2))F26Words in s. 33(1)(a) substituted (E.W.) (6.4.2008) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3538), reg. 73, Sch. 21 para. 4(2)(b) (with reg. 72, Sch. 4)F27S. 33(1)(b) substituted (E.W.) (6.4.2008) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3538), reg. 73, Sch. 21 para. 4(2)(c) (with reg. 72, Sch. 4)F28Words in s. 33(1) inserted (E.W.) (7.7.2009) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations (S.I. 2009/1799), reg. 28(1), {Sch. 2 para. 1(3)}F29S. 33(1A)(1B) inserted (E.W.) (6.4.2008) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3538), reg. 73, Sch. 21 para. 4(3) (with reg. 72, Sch. 4)F30S. 33(1B) substituted (E.W.) (6.4.2010) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/675), regs. 1(1)(b), 107, Sch. 26 para. 5(5) (with Sch. 4)F31S. 33(2)(2A) substituted (E.W.) (15.5.2006) for s. 33(2) by The Waste Management (England and Wales) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/937), reg. 2(2)(a)F32Words in s. 33(4) substituted (E.W.) (6.4.2008) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3538), reg. 73, Sch. 21 para. 4(4) (with reg. 72, Sch. 4)F33Words in s. 33(6) repealed (E.W.) (6.4.2008) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3538), regs. 73, 74(2), Sch. 21 para. 4(5), Sch. 23 (with reg. 72, Sch. 4)F34S. 33(7)(b) repealed (E.W.) (7.6.2005) by Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 (c. 16), ss. 40(1), 108(4)(f), Sch. 5 Pt. 4 (with s. 40(2))F35S. 33(7)(c) substituted (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120(1), Sch. 22 para. 64 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3F36S. 33(8) substituted (E.W.) (7.6.2005) for s. 33(8)(9) by Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 (c. 16), ss. 41(1), 108(4)(g) (with s. 41(2)(3))F37Words in s. 33(8)(a) inserted (E.W.) (15.5.2006) by The Waste Management (England and Wales) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/937), reg. 2(2)(b)F38S. 33(9)(10) inserted (E.W.) (15.5.2006) by The Waste Management (England and Wales) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/937), reg. 2(2)(c)F39By The Hazardous Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/894), regs. 1, 71 (with reg. 75), it is provided that in s. 33(9) the words "hazardous waste" shall be substituted (E.W.) (16.7.2005) for the words "special waste"F40S. 33(11)-(13) added (E.W.) (6.4.2008) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3538), regs. 73, Sch. 21 para. 4(6) (with reg. 72, Sch. 4)Modifications etc. (not altering text)C2S. 33 restricted (E.) (13.4.2001) by S.I. 2001/1478, reg. 3(b)C3S. 33(1)(a) excluded (E.W.) (6.4.2008) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3538),