# The Waste (Circular Economy) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020, Regulation 4: Amendment of the Waste Management Licensing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003


(1) The Waste Management Licensing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 1(3)—
(a) for the definition of “the Batteries Directive” substitute—
““the Batteries Directive” means Directive 2006/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators as last amended by Directive (EU) 2018/849;”;
(b) in the definition of “the Directive” for “(EU) 2017/997” substitute “(EU) 2018/851”;
(c) in the definition of “waste electrical and electronic equipment” for “Directive 2008/98/EC” substitute “the Directive”;
(d) in the definition of “the End of Life Vehicles Directive” for “(EU) 2017/2096/EC” substitute “(EU) 2018/849”;
(e) omit the definition of “Commission Directive (EU) 2015/1127”;
(f) in the definition of “recovery” omit “, as amended by Commission Directive (EU) 2015/1127,”; and
(g) in the definition of “the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive” for “which replaces Directive 2002/96/EC as amended by Council Directive 2003/108/EC and Directive 2008/34/EC” substitute “as last amended by Directive (EU) 2018/849;”.
(3) In regulation 11C(2) for “Directive 2006/66/EC of the European Parliament and of Council” substitute “the Batteries Directive”.
(4) In Schedule 3—
(a) in Part I, paragraph 1—
(i) in the definition of “prevention”, in sub-paragraph (c), for “harmful” substitute “hazardous”; and
(ii) for the definition of “municipal waste” substitute—
““municipal waste” means—
(a) mixed waste and separately collected waste from households, including paper and cardboard, glass, metals, plastics, bio-waste, wood, textiles, packaging, waste electrical and electronic equipment, waste batteries and accumulators, and bulky waste, including mattresses and furniture; and
(b) mixed waste and separately collected waste from other sources, where such waste is similar in nature and composition to waste from households,
but does not include waste from production, agriculture, forestry, fishing, septic tanks and sewage network and treatment, including sewage sludge, end-of-life vehicles or waste generated by construction and demolition activities.;”;
(b) in Part I, in paragraph 14—
(i) for sub-paragraph (1) substitute—
“(1) Subject to any requirements to keep records under regulation 19 and sub-paragraph (2), an establishment or undertaking which carries out the disposal or recovery of controlled waste shall—
(a) if the operation does not involve the treatment of hazardous waste—
(i) keep a chronological record for a period of 2 years of the quantity, nature, origin and, where relevant, the destination, frequency of collection, mode of transport and treatment method of any waste which is disposed of or recovered; and
(ii) make that information available, on request, to the competent authority.
(b) if the operation involves the treatment of hazardous waste—
(i) keep a chronological record for a period of 3 years of the quantity, nature, origin of the waste and the quantity of products and materials resulting from preparing for re-use, recycling or other recovery operations and, where relevant, the destination, frequency of collection, mode of transport and treatment method of any waste which is disposed of or recovered;
(ii) during that period, provide those records to the competent authority in such form and manner as the competent authority specifies; and
(iii) make that information available, on request, to a previous holder; and for this purpose “holder”, in respect of any such waste, means the producer or the person in possession of it.”.
(ii) in sub-paragraph (4) for “46 or 47A” substitute “46, 47A or 49”;
(c) in Part III, in the table in the second column of row 1, for “Waste Framework Directive as amended by the Commission Directive (EU) 2015/1127” substitute “Directive”;
(d) in Part IV, paragraph 5(1), at the end insert “as last amended by Directive (EU) 2018/850”; and
(e) in Part IV, paragraph 5(3), in the definition of “landfill” after “1999/31/EC” insert “on the landfill of waste, as last amended by Directive (EU) 2018/850,”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2020/285/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/waste-circular-economy-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2020/regulation-4
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