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The Waste (Amendment) (2007 Order) (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007

S.R. 2007/294 · Made 4 June 2007

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environmental protection

Made 4th June 2007

The Department of the Environment makes the following Order in exercise of the power conferred by Article 1(3) of the Waste (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2007f1:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 2007/611 (NI 3)

Contents

  1. 1Citation and interpretation
  2. 2Appointed day
  3. Signature
  4. Schedule Provisions coming into operation on 25th June 2007
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and interpretation

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Waste (Amendment) (2007 Order) (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007.

(2)

In this Order “the 2007 Order” means the Waste (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2007.

(3)

In this Order “the 1997 Order” means the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997f1.

2Appointed day

The day appointed for the coming into operation of the provisions of the 2007 Order specified in the Schedule shall be 25th June 2007.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 4th June 2007.

L.S.

Wesley Shannon

A senior officer of the Department of the Environment

Provisions coming into operation on 25th June 2007

Provisions of the 2007 OrderSubject matter
Article 3Defence of acting under employer’s instructions
Article 4Penalties on conviction
Article 6Investigation and enforcement costs
Article 7Clean-up costs
Article 8Forfeiture of vehicles
Article 11Daily fine for offence under Article 27 of 1997 Order
Article 12Power to require owner of land to remove waste
Article 13Unregistered transport: defence of acting under employer’s instructions
Article 18Powers of enforcing authorities
Article 19Power to stop vehicles
Article 20 and the Schedule (partially)

The following repeals only of the 1997 Order, as set out in the Schedule to the 2007 Order:

In Article 2(2) in the definition of “controlled waste”, the words

“, subject to Article 31(1),”.

Article 4(7)(b).

Article 38(4)(c) and the preceding “or”

In Article 72(2)(g) the words from “being an article” to “human health”.

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into operation on 25th June 2007 the provisions of the Waste (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 listed in the Schedule.