Waste (Amendment) Regulations, 2012

L.N. 384 of 2012

ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT PLANNING ACT

(CAP. 504)

Waste (Amendment) Regulations, 2012

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by articles 61 and 62 of

the Environment and Development Planning Act, the Minister for

Tourism, Culture and the Environment, after consultation with the

Malta Environment and Planning Authority, has made the following

regulations:-

The title of these regulations is the Waste (Amendment) Citation.

Regulations, 2012, and these regulations shall be read and construed

as one with the Waste Regulations, hereinafter referred to as "the S.L. 504.37

principal regulations".

Immediately after the definition "industrial waste" in Amends

regulation 4 of the principal regulations, there shall be added the regulation

the principal

following new definition

regulations.

" "inert waste" means waste that does not undergo any

significant physical, chemical or biological transformations.

Inert waste will not dissolve, burn or otherwise chemically

react, biodegrade or adversely affect other matter with which it

comes into contact in a way likely to give rise to environmental

pollution or harm human health. The total leachability and

pollutant content of the waste and the ecotoxicity of the leachate

must be insignificant, and in particular not endanger the quality

of surface water and, or groundwater;".

Immediately after sub-regulation (10) of regulation 14 of Amends

the principal regulations, there shall be added the following new sub- regulation

the principal

regulation

regulations.

"(11) The competent authority may allow deviations from

the provisions of this regulation in cases where the competent

authority deems that the waste needs to be managed without

undue delay, in an effort to minimise potential threats to the

environment, humans and other living organisms. In such cases,

the competent authority shall require the producer or holder of

the waste to ensure traceability from production to final

destination.".

For paragraph 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 4 to the principal

Amends

Schedule 4 to

regulations, there shall be substituted the following

the principal

regulations.

"2. Preliminary storage of waste pending collection, at

the place of production.".

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