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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/waste-and-contaminated-land-1997-order-commencement-no-7-order-northern-ireland-2003/schedule",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2003/489",
  "legislation_title": "The Waste and Contaminated Land (1997 Order) (Commencement No. 7) Order (Northern Ireland) 2003",
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  "heading": "PROVISIONS OF THE 1997 ORDER FOR WHICH (SUBJECT TO ARTICLE 3) 27th NOVEMBER 2003 IS APPOINTED AS THE DAY OF COMING INTO OPERATION",
  "text": "Provisions of the 1997 Order\nSubject Matter\nArticle 2(2) (in so far as it relates to the definitions of “licence”, “mobile plant licence”, “modifications”, “site licence”, “statutory provision”, “company” and “formed”), (4), (5) and (9)\nInterpretation\nArticle 3(1), (2), (3)(a) to the extent that it is not already in force, (3)(b) and (c), (4), (5) and (6) to the extent that it is not already in force\nMeaning of “fit and proper person”\nArticle 4(1)(a) and (b) and (5) and to the extent that they are not already in force (2) to (4) and (6) to (9)\nProhibition on unauthorised or harmful deposit, treatment or disposal, etc. of waste\nArticle 6(1) to (3) and (5) to (10)\nWaste management licences: general\nArticle 8\nGrant of licences\nArticle 10(1) to (5)\nVariation of licences\nArticle 12(1) to (8) and (12) to (15)\nRevocation and suspension of licences\nArticle 13\nSurrender of licences\nArticle 14\nTransfer of licences\nArticle 15\nFees and charges for licences\nArticle 16\nSupervision of licensed activities\nArticle 17\nAppeals from decisions with respect to licences\nArticle 18\nOffences of making false or misleading statements or false entries\nArticle 24\nPayments for recycling and disposal, etc, of waste\nArticle 27\nPower of Department to require waste to be accepted, treated, disposed of or delivered\nArticle 28\nPowers to require removal of waste unlawfully deposited\nArticle 31\nWaste other than controlled waste\nArticle 34(1) to (3) and (5) to (7) (to the extent that it is not already in operation)\nPublic registers\nArticle 35 (to the extent that it is not already in operation)\nExclusion from registers of information affecting national security\nArticle 36\nExclusion from registers of certain confidential information\nArticle 37\nAnnual reports\nArticle 43 (to the extent that it is not already in operation)\nSeizure and disposal of vehicles used for illegal waste disposal\nArticle 45(4) to (7)\nProvisions relating to legal proceedings and civil liability\nArticle 47(1) (to the extent that it is not already in operation) and (2)\nTransitional provisions with respect to licences\nArticle 75 (to the extent that it is not already in operation)\nEvidence in connection with certain pollution offences\nPart I of Schedule 2 (in so far as it relates to appeals under Article 17)\nAppeals and decisions referred to the Planning Appeals Commission\nPart II of Schedule 2 (in so far as it relates to appeals under Article 36)\nAppeals and decisions referred to the Planning Appeals Commission\nParagraphs 2 and 3 of Schedule 5 and Article 83(1) (in so far as it relates to those paragraphs)\nAmendments to the Pollution Control and Local Government (Northern Ireland) Order 1978\nParagraph 5 of Schedule 5 and Article 83(1) (in so far as it relates to it)\nAmendment to the Environmental Protection Act 1990\nParagraph 6 of Schedule 5 and Article 83(1) (in so far as it relates to it)\nAmendment to the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 1992\nParagraph 8 of Schedule 5 and Article 83(1) (in so far as it relates to it)\nAmendment to the Industrial Pollution Control (Northern Ireland) Order 1997\nThe following repeals in Schedule 6 and Article 83(2) in so far as it relates to those repeals –\nRepeals\nIn the Pollution Control and Local Government (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 –\nArticles 3, 5 to 13, 16 and 18;\nin Article 36(1) the definitions of “disposal licence” and “relevant land”;\nArticle 36(2) to (4);\nArticle 85;\nin Article 86 the words “Subject to Article 18(4)”.\nParagraphs 17 to 21, 23 and 24 of Schedule 3 to the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 1985\nIn Schedule 5 to the Planning (Northern Ireland) Order 1991, in the entry relating to the Pollution Control and Local Government (Northern Ireland) Order 1978, the words “7(2), 18(2)”\nParagraph 18 of Schedule 12 to the Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992\nIn Schedule 6 to the Gas (Northern Ireland) Order 1996, the entry relating to the Pollution Control and Local Government (Northern Ireland) Order 1978\nIn the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997–\nin Article 43(1)(a)(i) the words from “or under” to “waste”; and\nin Article 72(12), in the definition of “enforcing authority” sub-paragraph (c) and in the definition of “pollution control statutory provisions” sub-paragraph (b)(ii)",
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  "status": null,
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