# Environment Act 2021, Section 71: Waste regulation: amendment of Northern Ireland Order

Extent: N.I.

(1) In Article 2(2) of the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 (S.I. 1997/2778 (N.I. 19)), in the definition of “the Department”, for “the Department of the Environment” substitute “the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs”.
(2) To the extent that immediately before the commencement of this section a reference in that Order to “the Department” was to be read as being or including a reference to a department other than the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (by virtue of Article 9(1) of the Departments (Transfer of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. (N.I.) 2016 No. 76) or otherwise), it is to continue to be so read.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2021/30/section/71 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/environment-act-2021/section-71
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