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Introductory text

Environmental Protection

Made 22 April 2015

Coming into operation 18 May 2015

The Department of the Environment makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 M1 and by Article 6(6) of the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 M2.

The Department has been designated M3 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.

Annotations

Marginal citations

M1

1972 c. 68

M2

S.I. 1997/2778 (N.I. 19); relevant amending Regulations and Orders are S.R. 2003 No. 46, S.R. 2004 No. 277, S.R. 2005 No.300, S.R. 2006 No. 280, S.I. 2006/3336 (N.I. 21), S.I. 2007/611 (N.I. 3) and S.R. 2011 No. 127

M3

S.I.1992/2870 and S.I. 2008/301