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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/waste-management-licensing-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/note",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2015/301",
  "legislation_title": "The Waste Management Licensing (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/waste-management-licensing-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2015",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend regulations 3 to 5 of and Schedule 1 to the Waste Management Licensing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 (the 2003 Regulations) and prescribe the accepted technical competencies for the purpose of determining if a person can be deemed a fit and proper person to hold a waste management licence.\nRegulation 2(2) updates regulation 3 of the 2003 Regulations and introduces the requirement for existing operators to obtain up-to-date certification within 24 months of the operational date of these Regulations. It also introduces a requirement for operators to renew their certification every 24 months.\nRegulation 2(3) revokes regulation 4 of the 2003 Regulations, which was transitional and is outdated and no longer required.\nRegulations 2(4) and 2(5) amend regulation 5 of the 2003 Regulations and reduce the maximum amount of time allowed to acquire technical certification from 2 years to 12 months.\nRegulation 2(6) replaces Schedule 1 to the 2003 Regulations with an updated list of Operator Competence Certificates, which takes account of new waste technologies.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/301/note",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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