ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Title, commencement and extent 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the End-of-Life Vehicles (Storage and Treatment) (Scotland) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 7th January 2004. 2 These Regulations extend to Scotland only. Interpretation 2 1 In these Regulations– “ the 2011 Regulations ” means the Waste Management Licensing (Scotland) Regulations 2011; “ depollution ”, in relation to a waste motor vehicle, means the carrying out on it of any of the operations described in paragraph 3 of Part 2 of the Schedule to these Regulations that are possible (or, in the case of a component identified as containing mercury, feasible) in respect of it, and only when all such operations have been completed shall a waste motor vehicle qualify as “depolluted”; ... “ end-of-life vehicle ” means a vehicle which is waste within the meaning of section 75(2)(a) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 as read with section 75A of that Act ; “ energy recovery ” means the use of combustible waste as a means to generate energy through direct incineration with or without other waste but with recovery of the heat; ... “ recovery ” means any of the operations listed in Part III of schedule 4 of the 2011 Regulations, ; “ recycling ” means the processing in a production process of waste materials for the original purpose or for other purposes but excluding energy recovery; “ reuse ” means any operation by which components of end-of-life vehicles are used for the same purpose for which they were conceived; “ treatment ” means any activity after the end of life vehicle has been handed over to a facility for depollution, dismantling, shearing shredding, recovery or preparation for disposal of the shredder wastes, and any other operation carried out for the recovery and/or the disposal of the end-of-life vehicle and its component, and “ treated ” shall be construed accordingly; “vehicle” means— any vehicle designated as category M1 or N1 as defined in Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2018/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles , and three-wheel motor vehicles within the meaning of Article 4 and Annex 1 of Regulation ( EU ) No 168/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the approval and market surveillance of two- or three-wheel vehicles and quadricycles, as last amended by Commission Delegated Regulation ( EU ) No 134/2014, but excluding any vehicle of category L5e, ... “ waste management licence ” means a licence granted under section 35 (waste management licenses: general) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 or, as the case may be, issued under section 5 (licences to dispose of waste) of the Control of Pollution Act 1974 , and “ site licence ” means the type of waste management licence thus described in section 35(12) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990; and “ waste motor vehicle ” means a motor vehicle of any type that is waste and includes an end of life vehicle; 2 In these Regulations, references to “keeping or treatment” include, where appropriate, references to “keeping and treatment”. Modifications of conditions to existing waste management licences 3 1 Any site licence which authorises, at the time of coming into force of these Regulations, the keeping or treatment (or both) of a waste motor vehicle is modified so as now to include, as conditions to that licence, the provisions of the Schedule and, in the event of any inconsistency between any such new conditions and any prior condition in the licence, the prior condition shall be over-ridden by the new condition to the extent of such inconsistency. 2 The provisions of sections 37 (variation of licenses) and 37A (consultation before certain variations) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 shall not apply in relation to any modification of the conditions to a site licence imposed by paragraph (1) for as long as the site is authorised to accept waste motor vehicles. Requirement for site licence in respect of activities formerly exempted 4 1 Subject to paragraph (2), and to the exception contained in regulation 6, the classification of any recovery of a waste motor vehicle as set out in paragraph 45 of Schedule 3 to the Waste Management Licensing Regulations 1994 as an exempt activity (and hence not required to be authorised by a waste management licence) shall cease to have effect, and any such recovery may only be carried out after the coming into force of these Regulations if it is authorised by a site licence. 2 Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), where the recovery of a waste motor vehicle described in paragraph (1) was the subject of a registration (pursuant to regulation 18 of the Waste Management Licensing Regulations 1994) subsisting immediately prior to the coming into force of these Regulations, such recovery may nevertheless continue as an exempt activity subject to its said registration (or, upon the subsequent expiry of that registration, as if still subject to it) and without the authorisation of a site licence– a where an application for a site licence, accompanied by the appropriate charge described in regulation 8, is submitted before the applicable date, that is to say the earlier of– i the cancellation date of that registration, or ii 1st February 2004, until such time as a site licence is either granted or refused in response to that application; or b where no such application is submitted before the applicable date, until immediately before the applicable date. 3 Any recovery in respect of which an application for a site licence is made in accordance with paragraph (2) shall be subject to the condition that it conforms with such of the obligations and the minimum technical requirements described, respectively, in Parts 1 and 2 of the Schedule as are applicable to the recovery in question. 4 The condition described in paragraph (3) shall have effect as if it were a condition applied to the recovery of waste motor vehicles in Schedule 3 to the Waste Management Licensing Regulations 1994, and one to which regulation 17 of those Regulations is subject. Conditions to be included in site licences 5 1 The Scottish Environment Protection Agency shall include in any site licence that it grants for the keeping or treatment of waste motor vehicles (whether in response to an application submitted further to regulation 4(2)(a) or otherwise) the condition that the keeping or treatment authorised by that site licence shall conform with the obligations and minimum technical requirements described, respectively, in Parts 1 and 2 of the Schedule as are applicable to the activity or operation in question. 2 The provisions of sections 37 and 37A of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 shall not apply in relation to that condition for as long as the site is authorised to accept waste motor vehicles. Recovery of depolluted waste motor vehicles as an exempt activity 6 Regulation 4 shall not apply to any recovery of a waste motor vehicle classified as an exempt activity as set out in paragraph 45 of Schedule 3 to the Waste Management Licensing Regulations 1994 where such treatment consists only in recovery operations carried out only on depolluted waste motor vehicles. Amendments to the Waste Management Licensing Regulations 1994 7 1 The Waste Management Licensing Regulations 1994 are amended as described in paragraphs (2), (3) and (4). 2 In regulation 1(3) (interpretation) , after the definition of “waste management licence”, insert– “ waste motor vehicle ” has the meaning given in regulation 2 (interpretation) of the End-of-Life Vehicles (Storage and Treatment) (Scotland) Regulations 2003; . 3 In regulation 18 (registration in connection with exempt activities), after sub-paragraph (4A)(c) insert– cc in the case of waste motor vehicles, it has first verified, further to its inspection of each such place– i the type of waste to be treated; ii the quantities of waste to be treated; iii the general technical requirements to be complied with; and iv the safety precautions that are to be taken, in order to achieve the objectives referred to in Article 4 of the Directive, and a registration further to such verification shall continue subject to the requirement that verification upon inspection be made annually in respect of it; . 4 In Schedule 3 (activities exempt from waste management licensing)– a after sub-paragraph 41(1A), insert– 1B Subject to sub-paragraph (1A), sub-paragraph (1) shall only apply to waste motor vehicles where such temporary storage conforms with the obligations and the minimum technical requirements described, respectively, in paragraph 1 to each of Parts 1 and 2 of the Schedule to the End-of-Life Vehicles (Storage and Treatment) (Scotland) Regulations 2003. ; b in paragraph 45(1), after “Subject to sub-paragraph (3) below” insert “ and to regulations 4 and 6 of the End-of-Life Vehicles (Storage and Treatment) (Scotland) Regulations 2003 ” ; c in paragraph 45, in Table 4A– i for the entries relating to motor vehicles, for the entry in– aa column 1 (kind of waste), substitute “ Depolluted motor vehicles ” ; and bb column 2 (activities), substitute “ Dismantling, rebuilding, restoring or reconditioning ” ; and ii for the entries relating to lead acid motor vehicle batteries– aa for the entry in column 1, substitute– Lead acid motor vehicle batteries (including those whose contents are special waste) not forming part of, nor contained in, a motor vehicle ; and bb in column 2, omit “(including removal from motor vehicles)”; d in paragraph 45(2), for paragraph (f), substitute– f in the case of waste motor vehicles, they are, where appropriate, stored on an impermeable pavement ; e in paragraph 45, in Table 4B– i for the entries relating to motor vehicles– aa for the entry in column 1 (kind of waste), substitute “ Motor vehicles, stored where appropriate on an impermeable pavement ” ; and bb in column 2 (maximum total quantity), omit “400 vehicles”; and ii for the entries relating to lead acid motor vehicle batteries, in the entry in column 1, for “whether or not forming part of or contained in, a motor vehicle” substitute “ not forming part of, nor contained in, a motor vehicle ” ; and f in paragraph 45(6), after “shears” insert “ , and “ depolluted ” in relation to waste motor vehicles has the meaning given in regulation 2 of the End-of-Life Vehicles (Storage and Treatment) (Scotland) Regulations 2003 ” . Charges 8 1 The charge to accompany an application for a site licence submitted further to regulation 4(2)(a)– a in respect of the keeping or treatment of less than 2,500 tonnes of waste motor vehicles per year , shall be £650, and in relation to such an application the provision as to the charge to be submitted with an application for a site licence contained in section 36(1)(a) (grant of licenses) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 shall have no effect; or b in respect of the keeping or treatment of 2,500 tonnes or more of waste motor vehicles per year, shall be the amount prescribed for the quantity in question in the charging scheme for waste management licences made by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency under section 41 (power to make schemes imposing charges) of the Environment Act 1995 . 2 In respect of the provision made in paragraph (1)(a) the power of the Scottish Environment Protection Agency to make a similar provision under section 41 of the Environment Act 1995 shall not apply. ROSS FINNIE A member of the Scottish Executive St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh