{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/landfill-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/regulation-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/landfill-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/regulation-16.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2003/496",
  "legislation_title": "The Landfill Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/landfill-regulations-northern-ireland-2003",
  "path": "regulation/16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Closure Notices",
  "text": "(1) Where the Chief Inspector has taken a reasoned decision under regulation 15(3)(c), he shall serve a closure notice under this regulation (“a closure notice”) on the operator of the landfill.\n(2) A closure notice shall –\n(a) state the Chief Inspector’s reasons for requiring initiation of the closure procedure;\n(b) specify the steps the operator is required to take to initiate the procedure; and\n(c) the period within which they must be taken.\n(3) The Chief Inspector may withdraw a closure notice at any time.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 16 in operation at 6.1.2004, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "nisr/2003/496",
      "affecting_title": "The Landfill Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/496/regulation/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:00:16.822578+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."
}