Introductory text

Environmental Protection

Made 13th April 2018

Coming into operation 7th May 2018

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, being the Department designated^f1 for the purposes of Section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972^f2 in relation to measures relating to the prevention, reduction and elimination of pollution caused by waste and in relation to measures relating to the environment, makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Section 2(2) of that Act and by Articles 39(2) and (3) of the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997^f3 and now vested in it.