# The Nitrates Action Programme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014, Introduction: Introductory text

Extent: N.I.

Environmental Protection
Made 11th December 2014
Coming into operation 1st January 2015
The Department of the Environment and the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, being departments designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972( in relation to the environment, acting jointly in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by that section and the Department of the Environment in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Article 32 of the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997( and, in accordance with Article 32(3) of that Order, the Department of the Environment having published a notice indicating the effect of these Regulations and having taken into consideration the representations made to it in accordance with the notice, make the following Regulations.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2014/307/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/nitrates-action-programme-regulations-northern-ireland-2014/introduction
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