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Protection of the Environment Operations (Waste) Regulation 2014
6Definition of “waste”—prescribed circumstances and substances
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#### 6 Definition of “waste”—prescribed circumstances and substances
6 Definition of “waste”—prescribed circumstances and substances
(cf clauses 3A and 3B of 2005 Reg)
> > (1) For the purposes of paragraph (d) of the definition of waste in the Dictionary to the Act, the following circumstances are prescribed—
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> > > (a) in relation to substances that are applied to land—the application to land by—
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> > > > (i) spraying, spreading or depositing on the land, or
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> > > > (ii) ploughing, injecting or mixing into the land, or
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> > > > (iii) filling, raising, reclaiming or contouring the land,
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> > > (b) in relation to substances that are used as fuel—all circumstances.
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> > (2) For the purposes of paragraph (e) of the definition of waste in the Dictionary to the Act, the following substances are prescribed to be waste—
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> > > (a) any substance that is received by a scheduled waste facility (other than any office supplies, or any plant or vehicles, used or intended to be used at the facility) if the occupier of the facility is required to pay contributions to the EPA under section 88 of the Act and the substance is reasonably capable of being applied to land at the facility by—
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> > > > (i) spraying, spreading or depositing on the land, or
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> > > > (ii) ploughing, injecting or mixing into the land, or
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> > > > (iii) filling, raising, reclaiming or contouring the land, and
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> > > (b) any processed, recycled, re-used or recovered substance produced wholly or partly from waste that is intended to be applied to land by—
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> > > > (i) spraying, spreading or depositing on the land, or
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> > > > (ii) ploughing, injecting or mixing into the land, or
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> > > > (iii) filling, raising, reclaiming or contouring the land, and
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> > > (c) any processed, recycled, re-used or recovered substance produced wholly or partly from waste that is intended to be used as fuel.