{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hazardous-waste-regulations-northern-ireland-2005/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hazardous-waste-regulations-northern-ireland-2005/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2005/300",
  "legislation_title": "The Hazardous Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hazardous-waste-regulations-northern-ireland-2005",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "The Waste Directive and the meaning of waste",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of these Regulations—\n(a) “the Waste Directive” means Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste as last amended by Directive (EU) 2018/851 , and as read in accordance with regulation 3A ;\n(b) “waste” has the same meaning as in the Waste Management Licensing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003;\n(2) In these Regulations, a reference to the Waste Directive conditions is a reference to the conditions set out in Article 13 of that Directive, that is to say, to ensure that waste management is carried out without endangering human health, without harming the environment and, in particular—\n(a) without risk to water, air, soil, plants or animals;\n(b) without causing a nuisance through noise or odours; and\n(c) without adversely affecting the countryside or places of special interest.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 3 substituted (8.4.2011) by The Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. 2011/127), regs. 1(1), 46 (with reg. 9(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 3(1)(a) substituted (18.12.2020) by The Waste (Circular Economy) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/285), regs. 1(1), 7(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 3(1)(a) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/271), regs. 1, 3(3)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Reg. 3(1)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Environmental Protection (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/289), reg. 1, Sch. 1 para. 6(4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2005/300/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:51:48.489924+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."
}