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Environmental Protection (Duty of Care) (Scotland) Regulations 2014 (S.S.I. No. 4 of 2014).

Country/Territory
United Kingdom
Territorial subdivision
Scotland
Document type
Regulation
Date
2014
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Waste & hazardous substances
Keyword
Waste management Pollution control Waste disposal
Geographical area
Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Abstract

These Regulations are based on section 34(1) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, which imposes a duty of care on any person who imports, produces, keeps or manages controlled waste, or who as broker or dealer has control of such waste or, as a broker, has control of such waste. The duty requires such persons to ensure that to take such measures on the transfer of the waste as are reasonable in the circumstances to secure that there is transferred with the waste such a written description of the waste as will enable other persons to avoid a contravention of any duty under that section or under section 33 of the Act.

Full text
English
Website
www.opsi.gov.uk

References - Legislation

Implements

Environmental Protection Act 1990 (Chapter 43).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 1990 (2019)

Keyword: Framework law, Institution, Environmental planning, Education, Policy/planning, Soil pollution/quality, Waste management, Waste disposal

Source: FAO, FAOLEX