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These Regulations may be cited as the Environmental Protection (Disposal of Polychlorinated Biphenyls and other Dangerous Substances) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025 and come into force on 31 March 2025.
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(1) The Environmental Protection (Disposal of Polychlorinated Biphenyls and other Dangerous Substances) (Scotland) Regulations 2000 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation and notices), in the definition of “contaminated equipment”—
(a) in the full-out words following sub-paragraph (b), after “contains a total volume of”, insert “fluids containing”,
(b) in head (i), for “the PCB volume”, substitute “the total volume of fluids containing PCBs”.
(3) In regulation 4 (prohibition on holding irrespective of registration)—
(a) in paragraph (3A)—
(i) for “the fluids contain”, substitute “it contains”,
(ii) in sub-paragraph (a), after “PCBs”, insert “within the fluids containing PCBs”,
(iii) in sub-paragraph (b), before “PCBs”, insert “fluids containing”,
(b) in paragraph (3C)—
(i) for “the fluids contain”, substitute “it contains”,
(ii) in sub-paragraph (a), after “PCBs”, insert “within the fluids containing PCBs”,
(iii) in sub-paragraph (b), before “PCBs”, insert “fluids containing”,
(c) in paragraph (4)(a), for “a total volume of”, substitute “to reduce the total volume of fluids containing PCBs to”,
(d) in paragraph (13), in the full-out words following sub-paragraph (b), after the words “contains a total volume of”, insert “fluids containing”,
(e) in paragraph (14), in sub-paragraph (a), for “the PCB volume”, substitute “the total volume of fluids containing PCBs”.
(4) In regulation 5 (labelling of contaminated equipment)—
(a) in paragraph (3)—
(i) omit “the fluids contain”,
(ii) in sub-paragraph (a), before “between”, insert “within the equipment the fluids contain”,
(iii) in sub-paragraph (b)—(aa) before “between”, insert “the equipment contains”,(bb) before “PCBs”, insert “fluids containing”,
(b) in paragraph (4)—
(i) omit “the fluids contain”,
(ii) in sub-paragraph (a), before “0.005%”, insert “within the equipment the fluids contain”,
(iii) in sub-paragraph (b)—(aa) before “a total volume”, insert “the equipment contains”,(bb) before “PCBs”, insert “fluids containing”.
ALASDAIR ALLAN
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew's House,
Edinburgh
18th February 2025