{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/waste-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2016/95",
  "legislation_title": "The Waste (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/waste-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2016",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment to the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997",
  "text": "(1) The Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 is amended in accordance with paragraph (2)—\n(2) In Article 2 (general interpretation) in paragraph (2) insert the following definitions in the appropriate alphabetical order—\n““Commission Directive (EU) 2015/1127” means Commission Directive (EU) 2015/1127 of 10th July 2015 amending Annex II to Directive 2008/98/EC on waste and repealing certain Directives;\n“recovery” means any operation the principal result of which is the waste serving a useful purpose by replacing other materials which would otherwise have been used to fulfil a particular function, or waste being prepared to fulfil that function, in the plant or in the wider economy;”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1997 No. 2778 (N.I. 19) as amended"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/95/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:57:56.727660+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}