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title: "The Environmental Protection (Disposal of Polychlorinated Biphenyls and other Dangerous Substances) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024"
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# The Environmental Protection (Disposal of Polychlorinated Biphenyls and other Dangerous Substances) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024

## Title and introductory text {#prelims}

This Statutory Instrument has been printed to correct errors in S.I. 2020/489 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that instrument.
2024 No. 354
Environmental Protection, England And Wales
The Environmental Protection (Disposal of Polychlorinated Biphenyls and other Dangerous Substances) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024
Made
12th March 2024
Laid before Parliament
13th March 2024
Laid before Senedd Cymru
13th March 2024
Coming into force
6th April 2024
The Secretary of State, in relation to England, and the Welsh Ministers, in relation to Wales, make these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(1) to (3) of the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999.
In accordance with section 2(4) of that Act, before making these Regulations, the Secretary of State and the Welsh Ministers have consulted—
the Environment Agency;
the Natural Resources Body for Wales;
such bodies or persons appearing to them to be representative of the interests of local government, industry, agriculture and small businesses respectively as they have considered appropriate; and
such other bodies or persons as they have considered appropriate.

## 1 Citation, commencement, extent and application {#regulation-1}

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Environmental Protection (Disposal of Polychlorinated Biphenyls and other Dangerous Substances) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 6th April 2024.
(3) These Regulations—
(a) extend to England and Wales; and
(b) apply in England and Wales.

## 2 Amendment of the Environmental Protection (Disposal of Polychlorinated Biphenyls and other Dangerous Substances) (England and Wales) Regulations 2000 {#regulation-2}

(1) The Environmental Protection (Disposal of Polychlorinated Biphenyls and other Dangerous Substances) (England and Wales) Regulations 2000 are amended as follows.
(2) 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), for “PCBs” substitute “fluids containing PCBs”;
(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), for “PCBs” substitute “fluids containing PCBs”;
(c) in paragraph (4)(a), for “a total volume of”, substitute “to reduce the total volume of fluids containing PCBs to”.
(3) In regulation 5 (labelling of contaminated equipment), in paragraph (3)—
(a) omit “the fluids contain”;
(b) in sub-paragraph (a), before “0.005%”, insert “within the equipment the fluids contain”;
(c) in sub-paragraph (b)—
(i) before “a total volume”, insert “the equipment contains”;
(ii) before “PCBs”, insert “fluids containing”;
(d) for “<0.05dm3” substitute “<0.05dm3””.