Landfill (Scotland) Regulations 2003 (S.S.I. No. 235 of 2003).

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These Regulations set out a pollution control regime for landfills for the purpose of implementing Council Directive 99/31/EC on the landfill of waste in Scotland. Part I of the Regulations sets out the preliminary provisions. Regulation 3 sets out the scope of the Regulations. Regulation 5 requires planning authorities to take the location requirements of these Regulations into consideration when granting planning permission. Regulation 6 sets out the requirements for landfill sites which will be exempt from the provisions of these regulations set out in Schedule 1. Part II deals with landfill permits. Regulation 9 requires Scottish Environment Protection Agency to classify landfills as landfills for hazardous waste, non-hazardous waste or inert waste respectively. Regulation 10 sets out the requirements for conditions to be incorporated in landfill permits. Regulation 11 prohibits the acceptance of certain types of waste at landfills and regulation 12 sets out waste which may be accepted in the different classes of landfill. Regulation 14 lists the waste acceptance procedures which the operator of a landfill site must carry out including a visual inspection, tests, keeping a register of certain information. Regulation 17 provides for closure and after care procedures for landfills which may be related to the whole or part of the landfill. Regulation 18 provides for closure notices which may be used by SEPA to initiate closure of landfills. Part III of these Regulations contains miscellaneous provisions.

Implements: Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999 (Chapter 24). (1999-07-27)
Amended by: Landfill (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2003 (S.S.I. No. 343 of 2003). (2003-06-30)
Amended by: Landfill (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2013 (S.S.I. No. 222 of 2013). (2013-06-27)
Amended by: Waste (Scotland) Regulations 2012 (S.S.I. No. 148 of 2012). (2012-05-16)
Amended by: Waste Batteries (Scotland) Regulations 2009 (S.R. No. 247 of 2009). (2009-06-16)
Amended by: Pollution Prevention and Control (Scotland) Regulations 2012 (S.S.I. No. 360 of 2012). (2012-12-20)
Amended by: Waste (Meaning of Hazardous Waste and European Waste Catalogue) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (S.S.I. No. 188 of 2015). (2015-05-05)
Amends: Environmental Protection (Duty of Care) Regulations 1991 (No. 2839 of 1991). (1991-12-16)
Amends: Environment Act 1995 (Chapter 25). (1995-07-19)
Amends: Pollution Prevention and Control (Scotland) Regulations 2000 (S.S.I. No. 323 of 2000). (2000-07-21)
Amends: Waste Management Licensing Regulations 1994 (S.I. No. 1056 of 1994). (1994-04-12)