The Transfrontier Shipment of Waste Regulations 2007

[^M_F_f7c675bd-0ca5-4469-958d-aa6339cfe1b6]: Words substituted (22.4.2011) by The Treaty of Lisbon (Changes in Terminology) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1043), arts. 2, 3-6

[^M_F_8f9a3aae-33c8-4bd2-e721-74de83900e23]: Words substituted (22.4.2011) by The Treaty of Lisbon (Changes in Terminology) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1043), arts. 2, 3-6

[^key-f9c4aa185695c18d9ce8ae8afab871f2]: Reg. 11A inserted (31.12.2020) by The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/590), regs. 2(2), 20; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-36d5206a03104293bfe19f3bc4b84ae2]: Pt. 2 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/590), regs. 2(2), 18; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-f1f941cfc89f6051ff015db7cfd81a9e]: Words in Pt. 4 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/590), regs. 2(2), 26; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-185e2e8c129644630f75c85d809860f9]: Words in Pt. 5 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/590), regs. 2(2), 29; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-09c78d1e6fec1da88a4e918a0ae88104]: Sch. 1 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/590), regs. 2(2), 43; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-2cb7c3eff82e1c0348dffdc432b83218]: Words in reg. 6 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/590), regs. 2(2), 14; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-77e53b8d6f2bc0787b04786304f28c59]: Words in reg. 7(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/590), regs. 2(2), 15(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-326ecdfa54cf4d14ae726ded6921b3d6]: Words in reg. 7(2) inserted (31.12.2020) by The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/590), regs. 2(2), 15(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-5c503c320391af07f9a19cc49de6256a]: Reg. 8 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/590), regs. 2(2), 16; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-1567c81d08fd8ca2b823d25f3975bb5e]: Reg. 10 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/590), regs. 2(2), 17; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-1cc3e57422170bf16eb2911930afe8e2]: Reg. 11 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/590), regs. 2(2), 19; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-0ed3141037cf9b32d063dff690885ee6]: Words in reg. 12(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/590), regs. 2(2), 21(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-1b96dab2a28a8edbf311de2f4a28ac1b]: Word in reg. 12(1)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/590), regs. 2(2), 21(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-dd82d3afa013882d9d9552fc2c187eac]: Words in reg. 13(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/590), regs. 2(2), 22(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-0e6c091d6bc02702a23617739b4cc1c4]: Words in reg. 13(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/590), regs. 2(2), 22(3)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-8d1ab6d5d127067cd86bf26fce05df55]: Words in reg. 13(2)(c) substituted (31.12.2020) by The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/590), regs. 2(2), 22(3)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-c546fc0dbca124955d6a7443f3b6462f]: Word in reg. 13(3)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/590), regs. 2(2), 22(4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-f2a8c04e84e146ad822bbb27e2eea9bd]: Words in reg. 14 substituted (31.12.2020) by The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/590), regs. 2(2), 23; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-67c83f212689e3cc9742b848817b0195]: Words in reg. 15 substituted (31.12.2020) by The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/590), regs. 2(2), 24(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-d98ee3711ac44795f26b54ab073228d7]: Words in reg. 15(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/590), regs. 2(2), 24(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-9ec9eef6f96d8b353a5e4b518aba8589]: Words in reg. 15(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/590), regs. 2(2), 24(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-4556c7265e5c2c2315a8e67bb3c66f65]: Words in reg. 16 substituted (31.12.2020) by The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/590), regs. 2(2), 25; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-b6e7b9f941eb976823b0b750b8e799c2]: Words in reg. 19(1) inserted (31.12.2020) by The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/590), regs. 2(2), 27(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-23ee1e3fc14f34e290c79c0afd5392a9]: Words in reg. 19(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/590), regs. 2(2), 27(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-68421530b3c1c797b1f5f4a9a97b00a3]: Words in reg. 19(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/590), regs. 2(2), 27(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-1eb604f67dd5f54c008bd06f9b4b3656]: Words in reg. 20(1) inserted (31.12.2020) by The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/590), regs. 2(2), 28(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-329b7b5609272fd0f24024febb7c4233]: Words in reg. 20(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/590), regs. 2(2), 28(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-3a8ce57d06713c6fa940b61ea8df0d97]: Words in reg. 20(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/590), regs. 2(2), 28(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-fe199df1962a519a899d1d8f921a7117]: Words in reg. 21 heading inserted (31.12.2020) by The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/590), regs. 2(2), 30(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-41dbfc9d735bbd47c159f0bdcc969710]: Word in reg. 21 substituted (31.12.2020) by The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/590), regs. 2(2), 30(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-2631ae38efefdf7b7de7dc4abb0b296f]: Words in reg. 21 inserted (31.12.2020) by The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/590), regs. 2(2), 30(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-ef79714ab70be256e88322845d1c63c2]: Word in reg. 23 heading inserted (31.12.2020) by The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/590), regs. 2(2), 31(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-f2e5f2c2a14b96370fc2c7b0baf1cc4e]: Word in reg. 23 inserted (31.12.2020) by The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/590), regs. 2(2), 31(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-8777a8a65e391281a66fa65916f98648]: Word in reg. 23A heading inserted (31.12.2020) by The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/590), regs. 2(2), 32(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-39ee6b897280834b32191983c0ba527b]: Word in reg. 23A(2) inserted (31.12.2020) by The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/590), regs. 2(2), 32(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-650b168436c29ef17a7699fe632de5e2]: Word in reg. 23A(3) inserted (31.12.2020) by The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/590), regs. 2(2), 32(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-7bcea0edd9eee6953f93a0d533c63afb]: Word in reg. 23B heading inserted (31.12.2020) by The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/590), regs. 2(2), 33(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-99002e19b8ffa73f95e7399cc8e8e258]: Word in reg. 23B(1)(a) inserted (31.12.2020) by The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/590), regs. 2(2), 33(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-f22377b13b035b712627237da2dd8991]: Word in reg. 24 heading inserted (31.12.2020) by The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/590), regs. 2(2), 34(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-684fa0a02c017e11476463ae8ec6485c]: Word in reg. 24(1) inserted (31.12.2020) by The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/590), regs. 2(2), 34(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-9bc5621709c860b324dd95f671063153]: Word in reg. 27 heading inserted (31.12.2020) by The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/590), regs. 2(2), 35(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-be0cd365c8c4f12b81d0054671beadec]: Word in reg. 27(1) inserted (31.12.2020) by The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/590), regs. 2(2), 35(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-51086985603aa6b360fa8e188a5be07e]: Word in reg. 29 heading inserted (31.12.2020) by The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/590), regs. 2(2), 36(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-a099a6d09fa104d238df6ca1dd079c98]: Word in reg. 29(1) inserted (31.12.2020) by The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/590), regs. 2(2), 36(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-b878936c5712fc9b8e2d2714af254881]: Words in reg. 29(2) inserted (31.12.2020) by The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/590), regs. 2(2), 36(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-4e046c4975832d8dc741320a986465a6]: Word in reg. 30 heading inserted (31.12.2020) by The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/590), regs. 2(2), 37(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-df2c2ee0cb68452c0941f99f125feea6]: Word in reg. 30(1)(a) inserted (31.12.2020) by The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/590), regs. 2(2), 37(b)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-f064e7d17a7ae35e5cbbc8d224a345ad]: Word in reg. 30(1)(b) inserted (31.12.2020) by The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/590), regs. 2(2), 37(b)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-3caba24f42aba7ad6020f252a1312acd]: Word in reg. 30(2) inserted (31.12.2020) by The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/590), regs. 2(2), 37(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-ea3c3555080b4b1d3c9ac6ec33ec8ddb]: Word in reg. 32(1)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/590), regs. 2(2), 38(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-063cf4f4617b0655df8d34f321a4001f]: Word in reg. 32(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/590), regs. 2(2), 38(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-be81e69c3b005a6756c85a67831aa029]: Word in reg. 33 heading inserted (31.12.2020) by The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/590), regs. 2(2), 39(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-334909f4793f5de90160aef7654a80bb]: Word in reg. 33(1)(a) inserted (31.12.2020) by The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/590), regs. 2(2), 39(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-971765405884525e7ea34cff76476377]: Word in reg. 34 heading inserted (31.12.2020) by The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/590), regs. 2(2), 40(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-23f40adab0cdaa5a624d5d40fa2dbf06]: Word in reg. 34(1)(a) inserted (31.12.2020) by The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/590), regs. 2(2), 40(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-210438e6747377226316926ea1e6c6bd]: Words in reg. 35 heading inserted (31.12.2020) by The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/590), regs. 2(2), 41(a)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-8abf469b21aac1e963cad5eb2c2d7882]: Word in reg. 35 heading inserted (31.12.2020) by The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/590), regs. 2(2), 41(a)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-b321b179b114f10c021e4a4231c6dfbc]: Reg. 35(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/590), regs. 2(2), 41(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-ea4a18bfb04dbbeff5ecce7cb808130f]: Words in reg. 35(2) inserted (31.12.2020) by The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/590), regs. 2(2), 41(c)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-c6b24dcef941bdf74dbcc4dbf2b83901]: Word in reg. 35(2) inserted (31.12.2020) by The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/590), regs. 2(2), 41(c)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-5fb642c12d93fccdeb09aebb2bb4096f]: Reg. 60 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/590), regs. 2(2), 42; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-b24a11e5006e0f69f75f739481d58c67]: Reg. 46(1) omitted (24.1.2022) by virtue of Environment Act 2021 (c. 30), ss. 62(11), 147(3) (with s. 144); S.I. 2022/48, reg. 2(k)

[^V_SNI_92c4cfa6-bc05-01d3-0edc-9da45c958899]: Reg. 16 substituted (E.W.) (1.1.2017) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/1154), regs. 1(1), 76 (with regs. 1(3), 77-79, Sch. 4)

[^V_SNI_c4c54a17-e8e5-97bb-cd42-aafa6f0e5795]: Words in reg. 16 substituted (31.12.2020) by The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/590), regs. 2(2), 25; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^V_SNI_25c9334e-a71a-74bb-0e94-bba911805d8d]: Words in reg. 16 omitted (S.) (1.11.2025) by virtue of The Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/165), reg. 1(2), sch. 22 para. 16 (with sch. 23)

[^M_E_8790349e-0a6b-42ee-c69b-869060bb8f25]: This version of this provision extends to England and Wales only; a separate version has been created for Scotland and Northern Ireland only

[^M_E_93bb2703-23d7-4389-8b02-99039bbbafbb]: This version of this provision extends to Scotland and Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales only

Disapplication of offences

25A

Where an offence is committed under—

• (a) regulation 5(1)(a) of the Mercury Export and Data Regulations 2010, an offence will not be committed under regulations 21 to 23, 24 or 25; or

• (b) regulation 5(1)(b) of those Regulations, an offence will not be committed under regulation 25.

Civil sanctions

59A

• (1) The Environment Agency may impose a variable monetary penalty, or accept an enforcement undertaking, in relation to an offence specified in the following Table of civil sanctions, as indicated in that Table, as if it were an offence under a provision specified in relation to that sanction in Schedule 5 to the Environmental Civil Sanctions (England) Order 2010.

Offence under these Regulations	Variable monetary penalty	Enforcement undertaking
regulation 17	Yes	Yes
regulation 18	Yes	Yes
regulation 19(2)	Yes	Yes
regulation 19(3)	Yes	Yes
regulation 20(2)	Yes	Yes
regulation 21	Yes	Yes
regulation 22(2)	Yes	Yes
regulation 23	Yes	Yes
regulation 24(2)	Yes	Yes
regulation 25	Yes	Yes
regulation 26	Yes	Yes
regulation 27(2)	Yes	Yes
regulation 28	Yes	Yes
regulation 29(2)	Yes	Yes
regulation 30(2)	Yes	Yes
regulation 31	Yes	Yes
regulation 32(2)	Yes	Yes
regulation 33(2)	Yes	Yes
regulation 34(2)	Yes	Yes
regulation 35(2)	Yes	Yes
regulation 36	Yes	Yes
regulation 37(2)	Yes	Yes
regulation 38(2)	Yes	Yes
regulation 38(3)	Yes	Yes
regulation 38(4)	Yes	Yes
regulation 39(2)	Yes	Yes
regulation 40(2)	Yes	Yes
regulation 41(2)	Yes	Yes
regulation 42(2)	Yes	Yes
regulation 43	Yes	Yes
regulation 44(2)	Yes	Yes
regulation 52(1)	Yes	No
regulation 53(a)	Yes	No
regulation 53(b)	Yes	No
regulation 53(c)	Yes	No
regulation 54(a)	Yes	No
regulation 54(b)	Yes	No

• (2) The terms used in this regulation have the same meaning as in that Order.

• (3) The provisions of that Order in relation to those sanctions apply as if they were provisions of these Regulations.

• (4) This regulation applies only in England and the English area.

Revocations

The Northern Irish border, the Scottish border and the Welsh border

4A

• (1) In these Regulations, “the Northern Irish border” means a line joining the co-ordinates numbered 1 to 12 in Part 1 of Schedule A1.

• (2) In these Regulations, “the Scottish border” means—

• (a) in the North Sea, a line—

• (i) joining the co-ordinates numbered 1 to 7 in Part 2 of Schedule A1,

• (ii) then following, in a south easterly direction, the seaward limits of the territorial sea adjacent to the United Kingdom until the co-ordinate 55º 50ʹ 00ʺ N; 1º 27ʹ 31ʺ W, and

• (iii) then following, in an easterly direction, the parallel of latitude 55º 50ʹ 00ʺ N until its intersection with the Dividing Line; and

• (b) in the Irish Sea, a line—

• (i) joining the co-ordinates numbered 1 to 8 in Table 1 of Part 3 of Schedule A1,

• (ii) then following the seaward limits of the territorial sea adjacent to the United Kingdom until the co-ordinate numbered 1 in Table 2 of Part 3 of Schedule A1, and

• (iii) then joining the co-ordinates numbered 1 to 3 in Table 2 of Part 3 of Schedule A1.

• (3) In these Regulations, “the Welsh border” means a line—

• (a) joining the co-ordinates numbered 1 to 8 in Table 1 of Part 4 of Schedule A1,

• (b) then following the seaward limits of the territorial sea adjacent to Wales until the co-ordinate numbered 15 in Table 2 of Part 4 of Schedule A1, and

• (c) then joining the co-ordinates numbered 15 to 1 in Table 2 of Part 4 of Schedule A1.

• (4) In this regulation—

• “co-ordinate” means a co-ordinate of latitude and longitude on the World Geodetic System 1984;

• “Dividing Line” means the dividing line as defined in Article 1 of the Agreement between the United Kingdom and the Federal Republic of Germany relating to the Delimitation of the Continental Shelf under the North Sea between the two countries, signed in London on 25th November 1971;

• “line” means a loxodromic line.

Offshore installations

4B

• (1) In these Regulations, “offshore installation” means an installation or structure, other than a ship, situated in the waters of, or on or under the seabed in, the marine area and used for carrying on any of the following activities—

• (a) the exploitation, or the exploration with a view to exploitation, of mineral resources in or under the shore or bed of waters in the marine area;

• (b) the exploration of a place in, under or over such waters with a view to the storage of gas;

• (c) the conversion of a place under the shore or bed of such waters for the purpose of storing gas;

• (d) the storage of gas in, under or over such waters or the recovery of gas so stored;

• (e) the unloading of gas at a place in, under or over such waters;

• (f) the conveyance of things by means of a pipe, or system of pipes, constructed or placed on, in or under the shore or bed of such waters;

• (g) the provision of accommodation for persons who work on or from an installation which is or has been maintained, or is intended to be established, for the carrying on of an activity in this paragraph.

• (2) In paragraph (1)—

• (a) “gas” means—

• (i) gas as defined in section 2(4) of the Energy Act 2008, or

• (ii) carbon dioxide;

• (b) “installation” includes an installation as defined in section 16 of the Energy Act 2008;

• (c) “ship” includes a hovercraft, submersible craft and any other floating craft but not a vessel which—

• (i) permanently rests on or is permanently attached to the seabed, or

• (ii) is an installation as defined in section 16 of the Energy Act 2008;

• (d) references to storing gas include storing gas with a view to its permanentdisposal.

Meaning of transport and person who transports waste

Competent authorities of destination and dispatch

Competent authority of transit

Correspondent

Notices

Transitional provisions

Power to share information

49A

• (1) Officers of Revenue and Customs may disclose any information in their possession to the following for the purposes of the enforcement of the Community Regulation or these Regulations—

• (a) the Environment Agency;

• (b) the Natural Resources Body for Wales;

• (c) the Scottish Environment Protection Agency; and

• (d) the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland.

• (2) Paragraph (1) is without prejudice to any other power of officers of Revenue and Customs to disclose information.

• (3) Nothing in paragraph (1) authorises the making of a disclosure which contravenes the Data Protection Act 1998.

• (4) Paragraph (5) applies to information—

• (a) which was obtained by means of a disclosure authorised by paragraph (1); and

• (b) which relates to a person whose identity is specified in the disclosure or can be deduced from it.

• (5) No person, including a servant of the Crown, may disclose any information to which this paragraph applies unless—

• (a) the disclosure is for a purpose specified in paragraph (1); and

• (b) the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs have given their consent to the disclosure.

• (6) Consent for the purposes of paragraph (5)(b) may be given in relation to a particular disclosure or in relation to disclosures made in such circumstances as may be specified or described in the consent.

• (7) A person who breaches paragraph (5) is guilty of an offence.

• (8) It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under paragraph (7) to prove a reasonable belief—

• (a) that the disclosure was lawful; or

• (b) that the information had previously been made available to the public lawfully.

Enforcement bodies

Authorised persons

50A

• (1) A competent authority may authorise persons in writing for the purposes of enforcing the Community Regulation and these Regulations.

• (2) An authorisation under either of the following is an authorisation for the purposes of paragraph (1), unless the body which issued the authorisation specifies to the contrary—

• (a) section 108 of the Environment Act 1995;

• (b) Article 72 of the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997.

Assistance by the Secretary of State in relation to offshore installations

50B

• (1) The Secretary of State may assist a competent authority in its enforcement of the Community Regulation and these Regulations on or in relation to offshore installations, in particular by inspecting such installations and providing a competent authority with information to facilitate the effective enforcement of the Community Regulation and these Regulations.

• (2) The Secretary of State may authorise persons in writing for the purposes of exercising the function described in paragraph (1).

• (3) An authorisation under either of the following is an authorisation for the purposes of paragraph (2), unless the Secretary of State specifies to the contrary—

• (a) regulation 16 of the Offshore Chemicals Regulations 2002;

• (b) regulation 12 of the Offshore Petroleum Activities (Oil Pollution Prevention and Control) Regulations 2005.

Enforcement powers

Compliance with notices

Obstruction

Falsely obtaining consent etc.

Offences by bodies corporate

Offences by Scottish partnerships

Acts of third parties

Penalties

Fixed penalties

Civil sanctions , England

Civil sanctions, Wales

59B

• (1) The Natural Resources Body for Wales may impose a variable monetary penalty, or accept an enforcement undertaking, in relation to an offence specified in the following Table of civil sanctions, as indicated in that Table, as if it were an offence under a provision specified in relation to that sanction in Schedule 5 to the Environmental Civil Sanctions (Wales) Order 2010.

Offence under these Regulations	Variable monetary penalty	Enforcement undertaking
regulation 17	Yes	Yes
regulation 18	Yes	Yes
regulation 19(2)	Yes	Yes
regulation 19(3)	Yes	Yes
regulation 20(2)	Yes	Yes
regulation 21	Yes	Yes
regulation 22(2)	Yes	Yes
regulation 23	Yes	Yes
regulation 24(2)	Yes	Yes
regulation 25	Yes	Yes
regulation 26	Yes	Yes
regulation 27(2)	Yes	Yes
regulation 28	Yes	Yes
regulation 29(2)	Yes	Yes
regulation 30(2)	Yes	Yes
regulation 31	Yes	Yes
regulation 32(2)	Yes	Yes
regulation 33(2)	Yes	Yes
regulation 34(2)	Yes	Yes
regulation 35(2)	Yes	Yes
regulation 36	Yes	Yes
regulation 37(2)	Yes	Yes
regulation 38(2)	Yes	Yes
regulation 38(3)	Yes	Yes
regulation 38(4)	Yes	Yes
regulation 39(2)	Yes	Yes
regulation 40(2)	Yes	Yes
regulation 41(2)	Yes	Yes
regulation 42(2)	Yes	Yes
regulation 43	Yes	Yes
regulation 44(2)	Yes	Yes
regulation 52(1)	Yes	No
regulation 53(a)	Yes	No
regulation 53(b)	Yes	No
regulation 53(c)	Yes	No
regulation 54(a)	Yes	No
regulation 54(b)	Yes	No

• (2) The terms used in this regulation have the same meaning as in that Order.

• (3) The provisions of that Order in relation to those sanctions apply as if they were provisions of these Regulations.

• (4) This regulation applies only in Wales and the Welsh area.

Review

59C

• (1) The Secretary of State must from time to time—

• (a) carry out a review of these Regulations;

• (b) set out the conclusions of the review in a report; and

• (c) publish the report.

• (2) The report must in particular—

• (a) set out the objectives intended to be achieved by these Regulations;

• (b) assess the extent to which those objectives are achieved; and

• (c) assess whether those objectives remain appropriate and, if so, the extent to which they could be achieved in a less burdensome way.

• (3) The first report under this regulation must be published before the end of the period of five years beginning with 1st May 2014.

• (4) Reports under this regulation are afterwards to be published at intervals not exceeding five years.

Revocations

SCHEDULEA1 — The Northern Irish border, the Scottish border and the Welsh border

PART1 — The Northern Irish border

Points	Latitude	Latitude	Longitude
1	55º 26′ 40″ N	:	6º 34ʹ 37ʺ W
2	55º 23′ 36″ N	:	6º 04ʹ 16ʺ W
3	55º 20ʹ 00ʺ N	:	6º 00ʹ 00ʺ W
4	55º 10ʹ 00ʺ N	:	5º 48ʹ 00ʺ W
5	55º 00ʹ 00ʺ N	:	5º 36ʹ 00ʺ W
6	54º 50ʹ 00ʺ N	:	5º 24ʹ 00ʺ W
7	54º 40ʹ 00ʺ N	:	5º 12′ 00 ″W
8	54º 30ʹ 00ʺ N	:	5º 00′ 00″ W
9	54º 26′ 54″ N	:	5º 00′ 00″ W
10	54º 20′ 00″ N	:	5º 00′ 00″ W
11	54º 10′ 00″ N	:	5º 12′ 00″ W
12	54º 00′ 00″ N	:	5º 24′ 00″ W

PART2 — The Scottish border: the North Sea

Points	Latitude	Latitude	Longitude
1	55º 48′ 45″ N	:	2º 01′ 54″ W
2	55º 49′ 50″ N	:	1º 59′ 58″ W
3	55º 50′ 43″ N	:	1º 58′ 09″ W
4	55º 50′ 47″ N	:	1º 57′ 55″ W
5	55º 53′ 20″ N	:	1º 48′ 28″ W
6	55º 53′ 29″ N	:	1º 47′ 54″ W
7	55º 55′ 04″ N	:	1º 43′ 32″ W

PART3 — The Scottish border: the Irish Sea

Points	Latitude	Latitude	Longitude
1	54º 37′ 54″ N	:	3º 50′ 46″ W
2	54º 37′ 37″ N	:	3º 51′ 04″ W
3	54º 37′ 00″ N	:	3º 52′ 04″ W
4	54º 36′ 11″ N	:	3º 53′ 51″ W
5	54º 33′ 17″ N	:	4º 00′ 10″ W
6	54º 32′ 51″ N	:	4º 01′ 06″ W
7	54º 31′ 55″ N	:	4º 03′ 08″ W
8	54º 30′ 03″ N	:	4º 04′ 24″ W
Points	Latitude	Latitude	Longitude
---	---	---	---
1	54º 30′ 22″ N	:	4º 04′ 50″ W
2	54º 30′ 00″ N	:	4º 05′ 29″ W
3	54º 30′ 00″ N	:	5º 00′ 00″ W

PART4 — The Welsh border

Points	Latitude		Longitude
1	53° 20′ 30″ N	:	3° 13′ 01″ W
2	53° 20′ 35″ N	:	3° 13′ 46″ W
3	53° 21′ 08″ N	:	3° 14′ 76″ W
4	53° 24′ 23″ N	:	3° 17′ 81″ W
5	53° 25′ 52″ N	:	3° 21′ 36″ W
6	53° 27′ 13″ N	:	3° 24′ 58″ W
7	53° 31′ 58″ N	:	3° 31′ 94″ W
8	53° 33′ 31″ N	:	3° 34′ 23″ W
Points	Latitude		Longitude
---	---	---	---
1	51° 34′ 18″ N	:	2° 41′ 63″ W
2	51° 33′ 88″ N	:	2° 42′ 53″ W
3	51° 32′ 53″ N	:	2° 42′ 95″ W
4	51° 31′ 58″ N	:	2° 47′ 15″ W
5	51° 27′ 35″ N	:	2° 59′ 54″ W
6	51° 25′ 53″ N	:	3° 01′ 63″ W
7	51° 21′ 51″ N	:	3° 06′ 29″ W
8	51° 21′ 43″ N	:	3° 06′ 93″ W
9	51° 21′ 00″ N	:	3° 11′ 11″ W
10	51° 17′ 75″ N	:	3° 14′ 59″ W
11	51° 17′ 18″ N	:	3° 18′ 38″ W
12	51° 19′ 31″ N	:	3° 38′ 84″ W
13	51° 23′ 85″ N	:	3° 57′ 57″ W
14	51° 21′ 66″ N	:	4° 26′ 57″ W
15	51° 24′ 30″ N	:	4° 37′ 12″ W.
Notification type	General notification	General notification	General notification
---	---	---	---
Notification type	1 to 5 shipments	6 to 20 shipments	21 to 100 shipments
Shipment from Northern Ireland	£1,090	£2,025	£3,050
Shipment to Northern Ireland	£940	£2,025	£3,675

Powers under the Environment Act 1995

Powers under the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997

1A

For the purposes of enforcing the Community Regulation and these Regulations, a person on whom the powers in Article 72 of the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 are conferred may exercise those powers in the Northern Irish area.

Information notice

Enforcement and prohibition notices

Appeals against enforcement and prohibition notices

Powers to seize waste

Seizure procedures

Requests for assistance from other competent authorities

Powers of general customs officials

PART2A — Powers of persons authorised by the Secretary of State

Powers of entry etc.

8A

• (1) A person authorised by the Secretary of State under regulation 50B(2) (“P”) may, for the purposes of assisting a competent authority in its enforcement of the Community Regulation and these Regulations—

• (a) at any reasonable time board an offshore installation;

• (b) be accompanied by an authorised person and take any equipment or materials that P thinks may be required;

• (c) make such examination or investigation as P considers necessary (“a necessary examination or investigation”);

• (d) give a direction requiring that any part of the offshore installation be left undisturbed (whether generally or in particular respects) for so long as reasonably necessary for the purposes of a necessary examination or investigation;

• (e) take such measurements and photographs and make such recordings as P considers necessary for the purpose of a necessary examination or investigation;

• (f) take samples of any thing found on the offshore installation or in the atmosphere or any land, seabed (including its subsoil) or water in the vicinity of the offshore installation;

• (g) require any person who P has reasonable cause to believe is able to give any information relevant to a necessary examination or investigation—

• (i) to attend at a place and time specified by P,

• (ii) to answer (in the absence of any person other than persons whom P may allow to be present and a person nominated to be present by the person on whom the requirement is imposed) such questions as P thinks fit to ask, and

• (iii) to sign a declaration of truth of that person’s answers;

• (h) require the production of, and inspect and take copies of or of any entry in, any records which P considers it necessary to see for the purposes of a necessary examination or investigation;

• (i) require any person to afford P such facilities and assistance with respect to any matters or things within that person’s control or in relation to which that person has responsibilities as P considers are necessary to enable P to exercise any of the powers conferred on P by this Part.

• (2) P must, if requested to do so, produce a duly authenticated authorisation document.

Supplementary

8B

• (1) An answer given by a person in compliance with a requirement imposed under paragraph 8A(1)(g) is admissible in evidence in England and Wales or Northern Ireland against that person in any proceedings or, in Scotland, against that person in criminal proceedings.

• (2) In criminal proceedings in which a person mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) is charged with an offence to which this sub-paragraph applies, no evidence relating to that person’s answer may be adduced and no question relating to it may be asked by or on behalf of the prosecution unless evidence relating to it is adduced by or on behalf of that person.

• (3) Sub-paragraph (2) applies to any offence other than one under—

• (a) section 5 of the Perjury Act 1911 (false statutory declarations and other false statements without oath);

• (b) section 44(2) of the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995 (false statements and declarations not on oath); or

• (c) Article 10 of the Perjury (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 (false statutory declarations and other false unsworn statements).

• (4) Nothing in this Part compels the production by a person of a document which—

• (a) except in relation to Scotland, that person would on grounds of legal professional privilege be entitled to withhold on an order for discovery in an action in the County Court or High Court; or

• (b) in relation to Scotland, contains confidential information made by or to an advocate or solicitor in that capacity and which that person would be entitled to withhold on an order for the production of documents in an action in the Court of Session.

UK Plan for Shipments of Waste: continuation and changes

11A

• (1) The UK Plan for Shipments of Waste of May 2012 continues to have effect.

• (2) The Secretary of State may from time to time amend or replace the UK Plan for Shipments of Waste of May 2012; and that plan, as amended or replaced, is referred to in this Part as “the UK Plan”.

• (3) Before amending or replacing the UK Plan, the Secretary of State must be satisfied that the change meets the objectives set out in—

• (a) Article 4(2)(b) and (d) and (9)(a) of the Basel Convention[^f00009]; and

• (b) paragraphs 1 to 3 of Schedule 1 to the Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011, reading those paragraphs as if—

• (i) the objectives in those paragraphs related to the United Kingdom as a whole;

• (ii) in paragraph 2(2), the reference to the appropriate authority were a reference to the Secretary of State.

Public participation procedures

Procedures following public participation

Provision of the plan to competent authorities

Objections to shipments of waste

Waste Management Licensing Regulations 1994 The Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011

The Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011