Introductory text

Environmental Protection

Made 4th October 2018

Coming into operation 29th October 2018

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs^f1 makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 2(2) of, and paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to, the European Communities Act 1972^f2.

The Department has been designated^f3 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in respect of measures relating to the prevention, reduction and elimination of pollution caused by waste and in relation to the environment.

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Footnotes

f1: The Department of the Environment was dissolved by section 1(9) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) >2016 (c. 5 N.I.) and, by virtue of Article 8(1)(c) of the Departments (Transfer of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016 No. 76), its functions were transferred to the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
f2: 1972 c. 68 as amended by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51)
f3: S.I. 1992/2870 and S.I. 2008/301