# The Waste and Contaminated Land (1997 Order) (Commencement No. 4) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999

S.R. 1999/373 · made 3 September 1999

This order brings into operation on 6th October 1999 certain provisions of the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 (“the Order”) which relate to the collection, disposal or treatment of controlled waste by District Councils. The order also brings into operation certain miscellaneous provisions of the Order.

Made under: Northern Ireland Act 1974 (repealed 2.12.1999) (Article 1, Schedule 1 paragraph 2)

## Introductory text

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Made 3rd September 1999
The Department of the Environment, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Article 1(2) of the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 and paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Act 1974 and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following order:

## 1 Citation and interpretation

(1) This order may be cited as the Waste and Contaminated Land (1997 Order) (Commencement No. 4) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999.
(2) In this order “the Order” means the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997.

## 2 Appointed Day

The day appointed for the coming into operation of the provisions of the Order specified in the Schedule shall be 6th October 1999.

## Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on
L.S.
R. W. Rogers
Assistant Secretary
3rd September 1999.

## Provisions of the Order for which 6th October 1999 is appointed as the day of coming into operation

Provisions of the Order
Subject Matter
Article 2(2) (in so far as it relates to the definitions of “associated works”, “commercial waste”, “industrial waste”, “notice” and “waste disposal contractor”)
Interpretation
Article 20
Collection of controlled waste
Article 21
Receptacles for household waste
Article 22
Receptacles for commercial or industrial waste
Article 23
Waste management plans by a district council
Article 25
Disposal of waste
Article 26
Powers for recycling of waste
Article 29
Interference with waste sites and receptacles
Article 44 (to the extent that it is not already in operation)
Obtaining of information
Article 45(1), (2) and (3)
Provisions relating to legal procedures
Article 46
Supplementary provisions relating to pipes
Article 47(1) (in so far as it relates to “existing disposal plans”) and (4)
Transitional provisions with respect to licences
Article 77
Power to give effect to Community and other international obligations
The following repeals in Schedule 6 and Article 83(2) in so far as it relates to those repeals—
Articles 4, 14, 15, 21 to 24, 34, 35 and 36(1) (in so far as it relates to the definition of “associated works”) of the Pollution Control and Local Government (Northern Ireland) Order 1978
Repeals

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order.)
This order brings into operation on 6th October 1999 certain provisions of the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 (“the Order”) which relate to the collection, disposal or treatment of controlled waste by District Councils. The order also brings into operation certain miscellaneous provisions of the Order.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1999/373 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/waste-and-contaminated-land-1997-order-commencement-no-4-order-northern-ireland-1999
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