# The Landfill Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003, Regulation 3: Application of regulations

Extent: N.I.
Status: prospective

(1) Subject to regulation 4, these Regulations apply to landfills.
(2) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), for the purposes of these Regulations, a landfill is a waste disposal site for the deposit of the waste onto or into land.
(3) Landfills include –
(a) subject to paragraph (4), any site which is used for more than a year for the temporary storage of waste; and
(b) any internal waste disposal site, that is to say a site where a producer of waste is carrying out its own waste disposal at the place of production.
(4) Landfills do not include –
(a) any facility where waste is unloaded in order to permit its preparation for further transport for recovery, treatment or disposal elsewhere;
(b) any site where waste is stored as a general rule for a period of less than three years prior to recovery or treatment; or
(c) any site where waste is stored for a period of less than one year prior to disposal.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/496/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/landfill-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/regulation-3
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