Regulation 13 Waste management plans: transitional provision

(1)

This regulation applies to a waste management plan that is adopted on or before 18th December 2020.

(2)

Notwithstanding the amendment of Article 19 of, and Schedule 3 to, the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 by regulation 2, a waste management plan to which this regulation applies—

(a)

is not required—

(i)

to include a statement of the Department’s policies for attaining the objectives specified in paragraph 1 or paragraph 2(3) of Schedule 3 (as substituted by regulation 2(5));

(ii)

to include the matters set out in Part 2 of Schedule 3 as substituted by regulation 2(5); or

(iii)

to comply with Article 19(4)(d); but,

(b)

must include—

(i)

a statement of the Department’s policies for attaining the objectives specified in Part 1 of Schedule 3; and

(ii)

the matters set out in Part 2 of Schedule 3,

as they applied immediately before regulation 2 came into operation.