SCHEDULE 9Waste operations and materials facilities

PART 2Materials facilities

CHAPTER 1Introductory provisions, conditions and functions

Assessment and notification1

1

At the start of each reporting period, the operator of a materials facility must assess the amount of mixed waste material that facility is likely to receive during the relevant year by having regard to— 

a

the amount of mixed waste material received at that facility during the period of 12 months immediately preceding the start of that reporting period, and

b

the anticipated amount of mixed waste material that will be received by that facility during the relevant year.

2

The operator must notify the regulator before the end of the reporting period if the assessment undertaken at the start of that period indicates that the materials facility is likely to receive a minimum of 1,000 tonnes of mixed waste material during the relevant year.

3

Where the operator has given a notification under sub-paragraph (2), no further notification is required under that sub-paragraph in relation to any subsequent assessment, for so long as that notification is not withdrawn.

4

The operator may withdraw, in writing, a notification given under sub-paragraph (2) at any time if the operator considers that the materials facility is not likely to receive a minimum of 1,000 tonnes of mixed waste material during the relevant year.

5

In this paragraph, “relevant year” means the period of 12 months that commences on the first day of a reporting period.