24Transitional and savings provisions

24 Transitional and savings provisions

(1)  An environmental approval that is –

(a) issued under –

(i) regulation 12 of the Environmental Management and Pollution Control (Waste Management) Regulations 2000 ; or

(ii) regulation 12 of the Environmental Management and Pollution Control (Waste Management) Regulations 2010 ; and

(b) in force on the day on which these regulations take effect –

is taken to be an environmental approval issued under regulation 21 of these regulations.

(2)  An approved management method that is –

(a) approved under –

(i) regulation 12A of the Environmental Management and Pollution Control (Waste Management) Regulations 2000 ; or

(ii) regulation 10 of the Environmental Management and Pollution Control (Waste Management) Regulations 2010 ; and

(b) in force on the day on which these regulations take effect –

is taken to be an approved management method approved under regulation 19 of these regulations.

(3)  A person who was, immediately before the commencement of these regulations, registered under Part 2 of the Environmental Management and Pollution Control (Controlled Waste Tracking) Regulations 2010 as a controlled waste handler in respect of the category of controlled waste transporter is to be taken to have been so registered under Part 3 of these regulations.