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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/waste-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/regulation-5",
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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/5",
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  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007",
  "text": "(1) The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3)—\n(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation and notices) in paragraph (1)—\n(a) For the definition of “the Waste Directive” substitute—\n““the Waste Directive” means Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste, as amended by Commission Directive (EU) 2015/1127;”.\n(b) Insert 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 of the European Parliament and the Council on waste and repealing certain Directives;”.\n(3) In regulation 2 paragraph (2) for the definition of “recovery” substitute—\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 for that function, in the plant or in the wider economy. Annex II to the Directive, as amended by Commission Directive (EU) 2015/1127, sets out a non-exhaustive list of recovery operations;”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.R. 2007 No. 198"
    }
  ],
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  "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."
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