Environment Protection (Standards for Hazardous Wastes) Regulations 2001 (G.N. No. 157 of 2001).

These Regulations prescribe rules relative to the disposal, use, treatment, transport and storage of hazardous waste, i.e. any waste: (a) specified in the third column of the First Schedule in respect of the corresponding waste stream specified in the second column of that Schedule; or (b) having as constituents one of the substances specified in the Second Schedule, and displaying any of the hazardous properties specified in the Third Schedule. They also prohibit the import of hazardous waste. No person shall dispose of a hazardous waste at any place except at a site approved by the enforcing agency as a site for disposal of hazardous wastes and only after such pre-treatment as may be imposed by the enforcing agency prior to disposal. The Regulations prescribe standards for activities by waste generators and for the packing and labelling of waste. No person shall export a hazardous waste without the approval in writing of the enforcing agency.