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The Waste (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013

S.R. 2013/241 · Made 10 October 2013

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Environmental Protection

Made 10th October 2013

Coming into operation 30th November 2013

The Department of the Environment having been designatedf1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972f2 in relation to measures relating to the prevention, reduction and elimination of pollution caused by waste and in relation to the environment.

The Department of the Environment acting in exercise of the powers conferred upon it by that section and by Articles 3(3)(a), 4(3), 5(7), 38(3), 40(3), 48 and 77 of the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997f3, makes the following Regulations.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

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

f2

1972 c.68

f3

S.I. 1997/2778 (N.I.19)

Contents

  1. Part 1
  2. 1Citation, commencement and interpretation
  3. Part 2
  4. 2Amendment of the Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011
  5. 3Amendment of regulations 13 (review and modification of waste prevention programmes)
  6. 4Revocation of regulation 21 (co-mingled waste)
  7. 5Revocation of regulation 26 (Amendment of the Deposits in the Sea (Exemptions Order) (Northern Ireland) 1995
  8. 6Revocation of regulation 66 (Amendment of the Feeding Stuffs Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005
  9. Part 3: Amendment of Subordinate Legislation
  10. 7Amendment of the Controlled Waste (Duty of Care) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002
  11. 8Amendment of the Pollution Prevention and Control Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003
  12. 9Amendment of the Waste Management Licensing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003
  13. 10Amendment of the Hazardous Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005
  14. Signature
  15. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Waste (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013 and shall come into operation 30th November 2013.

(2)

The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954f1 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.

2Amendment of the Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011

The Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011f1 shall be amended in accordance with regulations 4 t0 7.

3Amendment of regulations 13 (review and modification of waste prevention programmes)

In regulation 13 paragraph (1) omit “shall”.

4Revocation of regulation 21 (co-mingled waste)

Regulation 21 is revoked.

5Revocation of regulation 26 (Amendment of the Deposits in the Sea (Exemptions Order) (Northern Ireland) 1995

Regulation 26 is revoked.

6Revocation of regulation 66 (Amendment of the Feeding Stuffs Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005

Regulation 66 is revoked.

7Amendment of the Controlled Waste (Duty of Care) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002

(1)

The Controlled Waste (Duty of Care) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 shall be amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 33(6) for “20(1)” substitute “17(1)”.

8Amendment of the Pollution Prevention and Control Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

(1)

The Pollution Prevention and Control Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 shall be amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 12D—

(a)

In paragraph 5(b) for “pf” substitute “of”.

(b)

In paragraph 7 for “Annex IIIB” substitute “Annex IIB”.

9Amendment of the Waste Management Licensing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

(1)

The Waste Management Licensing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 shall be amended as follows.

(2)

In Schedule 3 paragraph 4(2) for “(f)” substitute “(e)”.

(3)

In Schedule 4 paragraph 1(1) in the definition of “carrier” after “Regulation 6” insert “of”.

10Amendment of the Hazardous Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005

(1)

The Hazardous Waste (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2005 shall be amended as follows.

(2)

In Schedule 4 for paragraph 5 substitute “I certify that the information in A and B is correct and I confirm that I have fulfilled my duty to apply the waste hierarchy as required by regulation 17(1) of the Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011.”

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 10th October 2013.

L.S.

Wesley Shannon

A senior officer of the Department of the Environment

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

These Regulations mainly amend typing errors in the Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011, the Controlled Waste (Duty of Care) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002, the Pollution Prevention and Control Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003, the Waste management Licensing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 and the Hazardous Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005. Regulations 4, 5 and 6 revoke regulations of the Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011.