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The Transfrontier Shipment of Waste (Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005

S.R. 2005/90 · Made 11 March 2005

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Made 11th March 2005

Coming into operation 6th April 2005

The Department of the Environment, being a Department designatedf1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972f2 in relation to measures relating to the regulation and control of the transit, import and export of waste (including recyclable materials) and the prevention, reduction and elimination of pollution caused by waste, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by that section and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 1992/1711

f2

1972 c. 68

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Interpretation
  3. 3Interpretation
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Transfrontier Shipment of Waste (Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 and shall come into operation on 6th April 2005.

2Interpretation

(1)

In these Regulations –

  • “the principal Regulations” means Council Regulation (EEC) No. 259/93 on the supervision and control of shipments of waste within, into and out of the European Communityf1;

  • “the Department” means the Department of the Environment.

(2)

The expressions “notifier”, “notification” and “consignment note” used in these Regulations shall have the same meaning they bear in the principal Regulations.

(3)

The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954f2 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

3Interpretation

(1)

A notifier shall pay £450 to the Department in respect of a notification.

(2)

A notifier shall pay £25 to the Department in respect of a consignment note relating to a notification.

(3)

The Department shall not acknowledge a notification where a notifier has not paid a fee required to be paid under this regulation, in respect of that notification.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 11th March 2005.

L.S.

R. Ramsay

A senior officer of the

Department of the Environment

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

These Regulations come into operation on 6th April 2005 and enable the Department to charge fees for the assessment and monitoring of Transfrontier Shipments of Waste.

Regulation 3 requires fees to be paid for each notification of £450 and £25 for each shipment.