{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-offences-fixed-penalties-miscellaneous-provisions-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-offences-fixed-penalties-miscellaneous-provisions-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2012/35",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Offences (Fixed Penalties) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-offences-fixed-penalties-miscellaneous-provisions-regulations-northern-ireland-2012",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Environmental Protection\nMade 7th February 2012\nComing into operation 1st April 2012\nThe Department of the Environment makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 29A(11) of the Pollution Control and Local Government (Northern Ireland) Order 1978, Article 18A(1) of the Litter (Northern Ireland) Order 1994, section 8A(5) of the Noise Act 1996 and sections 4(11), 27(3), 44(4) and 53(4) of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1978/1049 (N.I.19); Article 29A was inserted by section 7 of the 2011 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1994/1896 (N.I.10); Article 18A was inserted by section 22 of the 2011 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1996 c.37; section 8A(5) was inserted by section 61(2) of the 2011 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "2011 c. 23 (N.I.)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2012/35/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:17:52.345886+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}