{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/landfill-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/landfill-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/regulation-4.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/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Cases where regulations do not apply",
  "text": "These Regulations do not apply to –\n(a) the spreading of sludges (including sewage sludges and sludges resulting from dredging operations) and similar matter on the soil for the purposes of fertilisation or improvement;\n(b) the use of suitable inert waste for redevelopment, restoration and filling-in work or for construction purposes;\n(c) the deposit of –\n(i) non-hazardous dredging sludges along the bank or towpath of a waterway from which they have been dredged where that activity falls within the exemption from waste management licensing in paragraph 25 of Part I of Schedule 2 to the Licensing Regulations;\n(ii) non-hazardous sludges in surface waters, including the bed and its sub-soil; or\n(d) any landfill which finally ceased to accept waste for disposal before the relevant date.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 4 in operation at 6.1.2004, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2007/258",
      "affecting_title": "The Landfill (Amendment No.2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007"
    },
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2015/85",
      "affecting_title": "The Planning (Management of Waste from Extractive Industries) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015"
    },
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "nisr/2003/496",
      "affecting_title": "The Landfill Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003"
    },
    {
      "type": "words deleted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2006/280",
      "affecting_title": "The Waste Management Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006"
    },
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2006/280",
      "affecting_title": "The Waste Management Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/496/regulation/4",
    "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."
}