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Introductory textF1

Northern Ireland

Environmental Protection

Made 27th June 2023

Coming into operation 30th June 2023

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 4(1) and paragraphs 11 and 20 of Schedule 1 to, the Environment (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 (“the 2002 Order”)f1 and now vested in itf2.

In accordance with Article 4, paragraph (3) and (4) of the 2002 Order, the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs has consulted—

  1. (a)

    district councils and such bodies or persons appearing to it to be representative of the interests of district councils as it considers appropriate;

  2. (b)

    such bodies or persons appearing to it to be representative of the interests of industry, agriculture and businesses as it considers appropriate; and,

  3. (c)

    such other bodies or persons as it considers appropriate.

Annotations

Textual amendments

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Regulations revoked (1.1.2025) by The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/1332), reg. 1(2), Sch. 17 para. 1(f) (with reg. 12, Sch. 15)

Footnotes

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S.I. 2002/3153 (N.I. 7) as amended by S.R. 2010/92, S.R. 2011/127, S.I. 2011/2911, 2011 c.23, S.I. 2012/2788, S.I. 2013/3135, S.I. 2017/1200. S.R. 2018/215 and S.I. 2019/584.

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The Department of the Environment was dissolved by Section 1(9) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 and, by virtue of Article 8(1)(c) of the Departments (Transfer of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016, its functions for the purposes of these Regulations were transferred to the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs.