Guidance

Technical competence qualifications for consolidated standard rules permits: RPS 326

Updated 11 February 2026

Applies to England

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This regulatory position statement (RPS) does not change your legal requirement to comply with the conditions of your environmental permit.

However, the Environment Agency will not normally take enforcement action against you if you do not comply with this legal requirement, provided that:

  • your activity meets the description set out in this RPS
  • you comply with the conditions set out in this RPS

In addition, your activity must not cause (or be likely to cause) pollution of the environment or harm to human health, and must not:

  • cause a risk to water, air, soil, plants or animals
  • cause a nuisance through noise or odours
  • adversely affect the countryside or places of special interest

Activity this RPS applies to

This RPS applies to operators who held one of the following standard rules permits that were consolidated on 18 December 2024.

This RPS allows operators until 31 December 2026 to gain any additional WAMITAB qualifications required for the new consolidated permits.

SR2008 No 11 and SR2009 No 6

The following have been consolidated into SR2022 No 1: treatment of waste to produce soil, soil substitutes and aggregate:

SR2008 No 3, No 4 and No 8, and SR2015 No 6

The following have been consolidated into SR2022 No 4: non-hazardous waste recycling with asbestos, hazardous batteries, cable and WEEE storage:

SR2008 No 1, No 2 and No 6, and SR2015 No 4 and No 5

The following have been consolidated into SR2022 No 5: non-hazardous waste transfer with asbestos, hazardous batteries, cable and WEEE storage:

SR2008 No 12 and SR2015 No 19

The following have been consolidated into SR2022 No 6: household waste recycling centre:

Conditions you must comply with

You must:

  • have one of the permits listed in ‘Activity this RPS Applies to’ section that has been consolidated
  • have the relevant primary competence qualification and have passed the relevant continuing competence assessment required for the standard rules permit that was consolidated
  • apply for and get the additional WAMITAB qualifications required by 31 December 2026

Things to note

There’s more information on the extra qualifications or units required in the England risk tier table on primary competence – CIWM (WAMITAB).

This RPS will not be extended beyond the expiry date of 31 December 2026.

When you must check back

This RPS will expire on 31 December 2026.

The Environment Agency can withdraw or amend this regulatory position before the expiry date if they consider it necessary. This includes where the activity that this RPS relates to has not changed.

You will need to check back from time to time, including at and before the expiry date, to see if this RPS still applies.

This RPS remains in force until it is removed from GOV.UK or is otherwise identified as having been withdrawn.

You can subscribe to email updates about this RPS. These will tell you if the RPS has changed and when it has been withdrawn. Use the ‘Get emails about this page’ feature on the RPS publication page.

If you cannot comply with this RPS

If you operate under this RPS but can no longer comply with it, you must:

Contact the Environment Agency

If you have any questions about this RPS, email enquiries@environment-agency.gov.uk with RPS 326 in the subject.

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