Regulation 2

specified in the First Schedule to the Infectious Diseases Act 1976; or

which is caused, or is suspected to be caused, by a micro-organism or any agent of disease and is capable of transmission by any means to human beings or animals;“infectious waste” means any waste which contains or may produce pathogens of an infectious disease and includes —

cultures and stocks of agents of the infectious disease from a laboratory;

in relation to a person who has been diagnosed as having or suspected to have the infectious disease, or who has died whilst being diagnosed as having or suspected to have the infectious disease —

any waste from the person or the body of the person, as the case may be;

any waste from a surgery performed on the person or autopsy performed on the body of the person, as the case may be; and

any fluid, matter or material that has come into contact with the person or the body of the person, as the case may be; and

in relation to an animal which is inoculated with an agent of the infectious disease, or which has been diagnosed as having or suspected to have the infectious disease, or which has died whilst being diagnosed as having or suspected to have the infectious disease —

any waste from the animal or the body of the animal, as the case may be;

any waste from a surgery performed on the animal or autopsy performed on the body of the animal, as the case may be; and

any fluid, matter or material that has come into contact with the animal or the body of the animal, as the case may be;“organic sludge” means organic matter in trade effluent which has a minimum solid content of 3% by weight or a maximum moisture content of 97% by weight;“toxic industrial waste” means any toxic industrial waste specified in the first column of the Schedule to the Environmental Public Health (Toxic Industrial Waste) Regulations (Rg 11);“toxic industrial waste collector” has the meaning given by regulation 2(1) of the Environmental Public Health (Toxic Industrial Waste) Regulations.