Environmental Protection Citation, commencement and extent 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Waste Batteries (Scotland) Regulations 2009 and come into force on 6th July 2009. 2 These Regulations extend to Scotland only. Interpretation 2 In these Regulations— “ the 1990 Act ” means the Environmental Protection Act 1990 ; “ the 1995 Act ” means the Environment Act 1995 ; ... “ the 2000 Regulations ” means the Pollution Prevention and Control (Scotland) Regulations 2000 ; “ the 2003 Regulations ” means the Landfill (Scotland) Regulations 2003 ; “ automotive battery ” means any battery used for automotive starter, lighting or ignition power; “ Batteries Directive ” means Directive 2006/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on batteries and accumulators , as last amended by Directive (EU) 2018/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council ; “battery” means any source of electrical energy generated by direct conversion of chemical energy and consisting of one or more primary battery cells (non-rechargeable) or one or more secondary battery cells (rechargeable; an accumulator), but does not include— equipment connected with the protection of essential security interests, arms, munitions and war material, with the exclusion of products that are not intended for specifically military purposes, or equipment designed to be sent into space; “ battery pack ” means any set of batteries that are connected together or encapsulated within an outer casing so as to form a complete unit that the end-user is not intended to split up or open; “ industrial battery ” means any battery or battery pack which is— designed exclusively for industrial or professional uses; used as a source of power for propulsion in an electric vehicle; unsealed but is not an automotive battery; or sealed but is not a portable battery; “ landfill ” means a landfill to which the 2003 Regulations apply; “ landfill permit ” has the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the 2003 Regulations; “ portable battery ” means any battery or battery pack which— is sealed; can be hand-carried by an average natural person without difficulty; and is neither an automotive nor an industrial battery; “ recycling ” means the reprocessing in a production process of waste materials for their original purpose or for other purposes, but excluding energy recovery; “ site licence ” has the same meaning as in Part II of the 1990 Act; “ treatment ” means any activity carried out on waste batteries after they have been handed over to a facility for sorting, preparation for treatment or preparation for disposal; and “waste battery” means any battery which the holder discards or intends or is required to discard. Collection of waste portable batteries 3 1 Section 33 of the 1990 Act is amended as follows. 2 In subsection (1), after “(2)” insert “ , (2B) ” . 3 After subsection (2A) insert— 2B Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1) above do not apply to the deposit or keeping of a waste portable battery or accumulator at a collection point set up to comply with Article 8(1)(a) of Directive 2006/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on batteries and accumulators (in this section, “the Batteries Directive”). 2C In subsection (2B) above, “ portable battery or accumulator ” has the meaning given by Article 3(3) of the Batteries Directive, but does not include any battery or accumulator excluded from the scope of that Directive by Article 2(2). . Amendment of the 1994 Regulations 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of the 1995 Act 5 In section 56(1) of the 1995 Act, in the definition of “environmental licence” in the application of Part 1 of that Act to SEPA, after paragraph (j) insert— ja registration in respect of an activity falling within paragraph 17, 18, 36 or 39 of Schedule 3 to those Regulations, where the waste which is the subject of the activity consists of or includes waste batteries or accumulators to which Directive 2006/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on batteries and accumulators applies, and those batteries or accumulators have been collected in accordance with Article 8 of that Directive, . Amendment of the 2000 Regulations 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of the 2003 Regulations 7 1 The 2003 Regulations are amended as follows. 2 In regulation 2(1)— a after the definition of “the 2000 Regulations” insert— “ Batteries Directive ” means Directive 2006/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on batteries and accumulators; “ battery ” means any source of electrical energy generated by direct conversion of chemical energy and consisting of one or more primary battery cells (non-rechargeable) or one or more secondary battery cells (rechargeable; an accumulator), but does not include any battery excluded from the scope of the Batteries Directive by Article 2(2) of that Directive; ; b after the definition of “holder” insert— “ industrial battery ” means any battery or battery pack which is— designed exclusively for industrial or professional uses; used as a source of power for propulsion in an electric vehicle; unsealed but is not an automotive battery; or sealed but is not a portable battery; ; c after the definition of “operator” insert— “ portable battery ” means any battery or battery pack which— is sealed; can be hand-carried by an average natural person without difficulty; and is neither an automotive battery nor an industrial battery; ; and d after “treatment” insert “ , except in relation to waste batteries, ” . 3 After regulation 2(1) insert— 1A In relation to batteries and subject to regulation 2(1), expressions defined in Article 3 of the Batteries Directive have the same meanings in these Regulations as in that Directive. . 4 In regulation 11— a insert after sub-paragraph (1)(f)— fa as from 1st January 2010, waste industrial or automotive batteries; ; and b insert after paragraph (2)— 2A Sub-paragraph (1)(fa) does not prohibit the acceptance of residues of any batteries that have undergone both treatment and recycling, provided that the treatment and recycling— a used best available techniques, in terms of the protection of health and the environment; and b complied, as a minimum, with Community legislation, in particular as regards health and safety and waste management. . Transitional provisions: storage and treatment 8 1 Any site licence which is in force on 6th July 2009 and which authorises the storage or treatment or both of waste batteries is modified so as to include, as a new condition of the licence, the following condition— The treatment of any waste batteries shall include, as a minimum, the removal of all fluids and acids. Such treatment and any storage, including temporary storage, of batteries shall take place in sites with impermeable surfaces and suitable weatherproof covering or in suitable containers. . 2 In the event of any inconsistency between the condition set out in paragraph (1) and any other condition in the licence, that other condition shall be superseded by the condition set out in paragraph (1) to the extent of such inconsistency. Transitional provisions: incineration 9 1 Any site licence or permit under the 2000 Regulations which is in force on 1st January 2010 and which authorises the incineration of waste is modified so as to include, as a new condition of the licence or permit, the following condition— The incineration of waste industrial and automotive batteries is prohibited. This prohibition does not apply to the residues of any batteries that have undergone both treatment and recycling, provided that the treatment and recycling— a used best available techniques, in terms of the protection of health and the environment; and b complied, as a minimum, with Community legislation, in particular as regards health and safety and waste management. . 2 In the event of any inconsistency between the condition set out in paragraph (1) and any other condition in the licence or permit, that other condition shall be superseded by the condition set out in paragraph (1) to the extent of such inconsistency. Transitional provisions: landfill 10 1 Any landfill permit which is in force on 1st January 2010 is modified so as to include, as a new condition of the permit, the following condition— The landfill of waste industrial and automotive batteries is prohibited. This prohibition does not apply to the residues of any batteries that have undergone both treatment and recycling, provided that the treatment and recycling— a used best available techniques, in terms of the protection of health and the environment; and b complied, as a minimum, with Community legislation, in particular as regards health and safety and waste management. . 2 In the event of any inconsistency between the condition set out in paragraph (1) and any other condition in the permit, that other condition shall be superseded by the condition set out in paragraph (1) to the extent of such inconsistency. RICHARD LOCHHEAD A member of the Scottish Executive St Andrew's House, Edinburgh