# The Environmental Protection (Microbeads) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019, Introduction: Introductory text


Environmental Protection
Made 12th February 2019
Coming into operation 11th March 2019
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 32(1), (2)(b) and (c) and (6) of the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 makes the following Regulations.
In accordance with Article 32(3) of that Order, the Department has published a notice indicating the effect of these Regulations and has taken into consideration the representations made to it in accordance with the notice.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2019/18/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-microbeads-regulations-northern-ireland-2019/introduction
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