Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982

124 Collection and disposal of household and trade waste

(1) A district or islands council may collect household and trade waste in their area and dispose of it in whatever way they think fit.

(2) Anything collected by a district or islands council in pursuance of subsection (1) above shall belong to them.

(3) Subject to subsection (4) below, the collection and disposal under subsection (1) above of waste may be made subject to such terms and conditions (if any) as the district or islands council think fit.

(4) The terms and conditions referred to in subsection (3) above may include provision—

(a) for facilitating the collection of waste ;

(b) for payment to the council of such charges as they may fix for the collection and disposal of trade waste

but may not include provision for such payment for the collection or disposal of household waste.

(5) In this section—

• " household waste" means waste from a dwelling house arising from its normal occupation as such ; and

• " trade waste " means waste—

  (a)

  from land or premises used for the purpose of carrying on any trade, business, manufacture or industry or for sport, recreation or entertainment; and

  (b)

  arising from the normal use of the land or premises for that purpose.