Special Waste Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (S.S.I. No. 112 of 2004).

Regulation 2 of the principal Regulations defines special waste. Regulation 2(3) amends that definition to ensure compliance with the Hazardous Waste Directive (Council Directive 91/689/EEC) by defining special waste with reference to Article 1(4) of the Hazardous Waste Directive. Regulation 2(4) and (5), by inserting a new regulation 2A and regulation 2B into the principal Regulations, extends, in certain circumstances, the application of the principal Regulations to domestic asbestos waste. Regulation 2(7), which inserts a new regulation 4A into the principal Regulations, makes specific provision for the labelling and packaging requirements for special waste. Regulation 2(8), which amends regulation 5 of the principal Regulations, among other things, provides that any waste consignment note must identify the waste by reference to the European Waste Catalogue - a definition of the term is inserted into regulation 1(4) of the principal Regulations. Regulation 2(9), which inserts a new paragraph at regulation 15 of the principal Regulations, requires the Scottish Environment Protection Agency to carry out periodic inspections of the registers referred to within the principal Regulations. Regulation 2(10), which inserts a new regulation 15A into the principal Regulations, requires the producers of special waste to keep a register which details the documents required to be kept in implementation of Article 4(2) and (3) of the Hazardous Waste Directive. A new regulation 17A imposes an obligation to separate special waste from other waste, as soon as reasonably practicable, where technically and economically feasible and necessary in order to comply with Article 4 of the Waste Directive before recovery or disposal of the waste. New regulation 19A provides for cross-border recognition of consignment notes which contain or purport to contain the information required by the Annex to Commission Decision 97/774/EC concerning the format of the standard consignment note referred to in Council Regulation EEC (No.) 259/93.