
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Control of Pollution (Special Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 14th November 1988.
2 
Regulation 30 of the Transfrontier Shipment of Hazardous Waste Regulations 1988is hereby revoked.
3 
For regulation 7 of the Control of Pollution (Special Waste) Regulations 1980there shall be substituted the following—“
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(1) Subject to paragraph (2)—
(a) these Regulations shall apply to a person who imports special waste into Great Britain as they apply to a producer and as if the waste were produced at the place where it first enters Great Britain; and
(b) regulation 6 shall apply to a person who exports special waste from Great Britain as it applies to a disposer.
(2) These Regulations, except for regulations 14, 15 and 16, shall not apply to consignments of hazardous waste within the meaning of the Transfrontier Shipment of Hazardous Waste Regulations 1988.”
Nicholas Ridley
Secretary of State for the Environment
17th October 1988Peter Walker
Secretary of State for Wales
17th October 1988Malcolm Rifkind
Secretary of State for Scotland
18th October 1988