{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-offences-fixed-penalties-miscellaneous-provisions-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-offences-fixed-penalties-miscellaneous-provisions-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/regulation-2.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": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“the Department” means the Department of the Environment;\n“the 1978 Order” means the Pollution Control and Local Government (Northern Ireland) Order 1978;\n“the Noise Act” means the Noise Act 1996;\n“the Litter Order” means the Litter (Northern Ireland) Order 1994;\n“the 2011 Act” means the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011\n“the 2012 Regulations” means the Dog Control Orders (Prescribed Offences and Penalties, etc.) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 inserted (30.12.2022) by The Environmental Offences (Fixed Penalties) (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/302), regs. 1, 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in operation at 1.4.2012, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2012/35/regulation/2",
    "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."
}