{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/landfill-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/landfill-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/regulation-8.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/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Conditions to be included in landfill permits",
  "text": "(1) A landfill permit shall include conditions specifying the list of defined types, and the total quantity, of waste authorised to be deposited in the landfill.\n(2) A landfill permit shall also include appropriate conditions –\n(a) specifying requirements for –\n(i) preparations for, and the carrying out of, landfilling operations;\n(ii) monitoring and control procedures, including contingency plans;\n(b) ensuring that the financial provision required by regulation 4(3)(b) of the 2003 Regulations is maintained until the permit is surrendered in accordance with those Regulations;\n(c) ensuring that the landfill is operated in such a manner that the necessary measures are taken to prevent accidents and to limit their consequences; and\n(d) requiring the operator to report at least annually to the Chief Inspector on –\n(i) the types and quantities of waste disposed of; and\n(ii) the results of the monitoring programme required by regulations 14 and 15.\n(3) A landfill permit shall also include –\n(a) appropriate conditions for ensuring compliance with the requirements of the following provisions of these Regulations –\n(i) Schedule 2 (General requirements for landfills);\n(ii) regulation 9 (Prohibition of acceptance of certain wastes at landfills);\n(iii) regulation 10 (Waste which may be accepted in the different classes of landfill);\n(iv) regulation 11 (Costs of disposal of waste in landfills);\n(v) regulation 12 (Waste acceptance procedures);\n(vi) regulation 13 (Initial site inspections by the Chief Inspector);\n(vii) regulation 14 (Control and monitoring of operational landfills);\n(viii) regulation 15 (Closure and after-care procedures for landfills); and\n(b) such other conditions as appear appropriate to the Chief Inspector, including in particular conditions giving effect to –\n(i) any requirement imposed by Community or national legislation; and\n(ii) in the case of landfills falling within paragraph (a) of Part A of section 5.2 in Part I of Schedule 1 to the 2003 Regulations, the principle that energy should be used efficiently.\n(4) The provisions of these Regulations mentioned in paragraph (3)(a) above shall impose obligations directly on an operator of a landfill (rather than through the conditions of a landfill permit) only to the extent specified in paragraphs 1(14) and 3(3) to (5) of Schedule 4.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 8 in operation at 6.1.2004, see reg. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See paragraph 1(3) of Schedule 5 to these Regulations"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "applied",
      "affecting": "nisr/2013/160",
      "affecting_title": "The Pollution Prevention and Control (Industrial Emissions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013"
    },
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "nisr/2003/496",
      "affecting_title": "The Landfill Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "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/8",
    "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."
}