The Environmental Protection (Disposal of Polychlorinated Biphenyls and other Dangerous Substances) (Scotland) Regulations 2000

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The Environmental Protection (Disposal of Polychlorinated Biphenyls and other Dangerous Substances) (Scotland) Regulations 2000

Scottish Statutory Instruments

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Made

31 st March 2000

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

31 st March 2000

Coming into force

8 th May 2000

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(1) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:

PART IGENERAL

Citation, commencement and extent

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Environmental Protection (Disposal of Polychlorinated Biphenyls and other Dangerous Substances) (Scotland) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 8 th May 2000.

(2) These Regulations extend to Scotland only.

Interpretation and notices

2.—(1) In these Regulations–

“the 1995 Act” means the Environment Act 1995(2);

“applicant” means a person who applies for registration under regulation 6;

“contaminated equipment” means any equipment (including any transformer, capacitor or receptacle containing residual stocks) which–

contains PCBs; or

having contained PCBs, has not been decontaminated,

other than one which contains a total volume of PCBs, not exceeding 5 dm3 , and for the purposes of this definition–

the PCB volume of a power capacitor shall be measured by reference to all of the separate elements of a combined set; and

any thing of a type which may contain PCBs shall be treated as containing PCBs unless it is reasonable to assume the contrary;

“decontamination” means all operations which enable equipment, objects, materials or fluids contaminated by PCBs to be reused, recycled or disposed of under safe conditions, and which may include replacement, meaning all oper...

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