The Transfrontier Shipment of Waste Regulations 2007
Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
Citation | SI 2007/1711 |
- “Annex VII document” means the document set out in Annex VII to the Community Regulation;
- “authorised person” means a person authorised by a competent authority in accordance with regulation F2050A(1) ;
- F2“Commission Regulation (EC) No 1418/2007” means Commission Regulation (EC) No 1418/2007 concerning the export for recovery of certain waste listed in Annex III or IIIA to Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council to certain countries to which the OECD Decision on the control of transboundary movements of wastes does not apply;
- “the Community Regulation” means Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on shipments of waste;
- F21competent authority” means a competent authority within the meaning of regulation 6 or 7;
- “the English area” means that part of the marine area which is not the Northern Irish area, the Scottish area or the Welsh area;
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F22“the marine area” means—
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(a) the area of sea within the seaward limits of the territorial sea adjacent to the United Kingdom, including—
- (i) any area submerged at mean high water spring tide, and
- (ii) the waters of every estuary, bay, river or channel, so far as the tide flows at mean high water spring tide,
- (b) the seabed and the subsoil within any area designated under subsection (7) of section 1 of the Continental Shelf Act 1964 (exploration and exploitation of continental shelf) , and
- (c) waters superjacent to the seabed and the seabed and its subsoil within any area designated under subsection (4) of section 84 of the Energy Act 2004 (exploitation of areas outside the territorial sea for energy production) ;
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(a) the area of sea within the seaward limits of the territorial sea adjacent to the United Kingdom, including—
- F23“the Northern Irish area” means such of the marine area adjacent to Northern Ireland which lies to the west of the Northern Irish border;
- “notifiable waste” means waste that is subject to the prior written notification and consent procedures of Title II of the Community Regulation, by virtue of any provision of that Regulation;
- F24“the Scottish area” means such of the marine area adjacent to Scotland which lies to the north of the Scottish border and east of the Northern Irish border;
- “waste vessel” means any vessel or any part of any vessel that is in itself waste within the meaning of the Community Regulation.
- F25“the Welsh area” means such of the marine area adjacent to Wales which lies within the Welsh border;
- “working day” means any day except a Saturday, a Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a day which is a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 in any part of the United Kingdom.
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