The Waste Management Licensing (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017

S.R. 2017/202 · Made 29 September 2017

Environmental Protection

Made 29th September 2017

Coming into operation 1st November 2017

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 3(3)(a) of the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997^f1, makes the following Regulations.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1997/2778 (N.I. 19). Relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 2003 No.489, S.R. 2006 No.280, S.R. 2007 No.611, S.R. 2009 No.254, 2011 c.5, S.R. 2011 No.127 and S.R. 2015 No.14

1Citation and commencement
2Amendment to the Waste Management Licensing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003
Signature
Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Waste Management Licensing (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 and shall come into operation on 1st November 2017.

2Amendment to the Waste Management Licensing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

In the Waste Management Licensing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003^f1 for Schedule 6 substitute—

“SCHEDULE 6

Prescribed Offences

Regulation 2

1.

The offences to be regarded as prescribed offences for the purposes of Article 3(3)(a) of the 1997 Order are listed in Tables 1-3—

Table 1

Relevant Environmental Offences

Number Offence(s)

1. Articles 33(4) and 36(1) of and paragraph 9 of Schedule 5, paragraph 5(a) and paragraph 9(2) of Schedule 6 and Part 1, paragraph 14(5) of Schedule 7 to the Drainage (Northern Ireland) Order 1973^f2
2. Articles 29(1) and 72(3) of the Pollution Control and Local Government (Northern Ireland) Order 1978^f3
3. Articles 4(6), 5(8), 5E(7), 5E(9), 6(7), 12(12), 12(13), 15(5A), 18(1), 18(2), 21(6), 22(6), 27(5), 28(5), 29(3), 31(2), 38(1), 42(4), 44(2), 74(1), 74(2) and 74(3) of the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997
4. Articles 7(1), 7(4), 12(3), 19(1), 28(3) and 29 of the Water (Northern Ireland) Order 1999^f4
5. Regulations 12(1), 12(2), 12(3) and 12(4) of the Environmental Protection (Disposal of Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Other Dangerous Substances) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000^f5
6. Articles 20(1), 20(2) and 20(3) of the Environment (Northern Ireland) Order 2002^f6
7. Regulation 12 of the Control of Pollution (Silage, Slurry and Agricultural Fuel Oil) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003^f7
8. Regulations 31, 42(1) and 42(2) of the End of Life Vehicles Regulations 2003^f8
9. Regulations 18(1) and 22(1) of and paragraphs 12(1), 12(2), 14(5), 14(7) and 14(8) of Part 1 of Schedule 3 to the Waste Management Licensing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003
10. Regulation 17(1) of the Landfill Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003^f9
11. Regulations 43(1), 43(4) and 43(5) of the Hazardous Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005^f10
12. Regulation 6(1) of the Radioactive Contaminated Land Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006^f11
13. Regulations 18(10), 24(1) and 24(2) of the Environmental Impact Assessment (Forestry) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006^f12
14. Regulations 40(1), 40(3), 40(4), 40(5), 40(6), 40(7) and 40(8) of the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007^f13
15. Regulations 17, 18, 19(2), 21, 22(2), 23, 24(2), 25, 26, 31, 32(2), 36, 37(2), 38(2), 38(3), 38(4), 39(2), 40(2), 41(2), 42(2), 43, 44(2), 45(2), 52(1), 53, 54, 55 and 57 of the Transfrontier Shipment of Waste Regulations 2007^f14
16. Regulation 42(1) of the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution by Sewage and Garbage from Ships) Regulations 2008^f15
17. Regulations 89(1), 89(2), 89(3), 89(4), 89(5) and 89(6) of the Waste Batteries and Accumulators Regulations 2009^f16
18. Regulations 9(3), 10(3), 17(4), 26(14) and 27 of the Environmental Liability (Prevention and Remediation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009^f17
19. Regulations 19(1), 24(3) and 25(3) of the Groundwater Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009^f18
20. Section 85(1) of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009^f19
21. Regulation 24 of the Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011^f20
22. Sections 42(6), 43(5), 76(9), 85(1), 85(5), 103(1), 109(3), 117(1), 126(1), 126(3), 127(1), 134(1), 134(5), 137(1), 146(9), 147(2), 149(5), 150(12), 152(9), 168(1), 168(6), 172(1), 175(2), 178(2), 178(5), 237(2), 237(3) and 240(3) of the Planning Act (Northern Ireland) 2011^f21
23. Regulations 82(6), 89(10), 90(1), 90(2), 90(3), 90(4), 90(5), 90(6), 90(7), 90(8) and 90(9) of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2013^f22
24. Sections 32(1) and 33(1) of the Marine Act (Northern Ireland) 2013^f23
25. Regulation 36(1) of the Pollution, Prevention and Control (Industrial Emissions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013^f24
26. Regulations 30(1), 30(2), 30(3), 30(5) and 30(6) of the Nitrates Action Programme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014^f25

Table 2

Relevant Financial Offences

Number Offence(s)

1. Sections 24(5), 50(2), 50(3), 50(6), 64(7), 67(1), 67(3), 68(2), 68A(1), 100(1), 100(3), 129(3), 136(1), 136(1A), 159(6), 167(1), 167(3), 168(1), 170(1), 170(2) and 170B of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979^f26
2. Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5(1), 5(2), 5(3), 5(4), 14, 15, 16(1), 16(2), 17(1), 17(2), 18(1) and 19(1) of the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981^f27
3. Paragraphs 15(1), 15(3), 15(4), 15(5), 15(6) and 15(7) of Part IV of Schedule 5 to the Finance Act 1996^f28
4. Sections 1(1), 6(1), 7(1), 9(1) and 11(1) of the Fraud Act 2006^f29

Table 3

Other Relevant Offences

Number Offence(s)

1. Section 114 of the Public Health Act 1878^f30
2. Sections 1(1), 8(1), 9(1), 10(1), 11(1), 17(1), 18(1), 21(1) and 23A(1) of the Theft Act (Northern Ireland) 1969^f31
3. Sections 4, 6, 8, 9, 11(2), 19, 20 and 23(4) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971^f32
4. Sections 24(1), 24A(1), 25(1), 25A(1), 25B(1), 26(1), 26A(3), 26B(1), 26B(2) and 27 of the Immigration Act 1971^f33
5. Sections 98(3) and 98(4) of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972^f34
6. Article 31(1) of the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978^f35
7. Articles 3, 9(13), 11A(1), 15B(11), 19G(4), 31E(1), 31E(2), 72(1), 72(2), 73A(4), 81(1), 82(3), 86(1), 90(4), 91A(1), 95(2), 96(2), 97(3), 168A(1), 172(1), 172B, 174(2), 175(2), 180(1) and 180(4) of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981^f36
8. Sections 49(1), 49(2), 50(1), 51(1), 52(1), 53(1), 53(2), 53(3) and 58(1) of the Drug Trafficking Act 1994^f37
9. Articles 30(4), 31(1), 47(1), 47(2), 53 and 54(1) of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1996^f38
10. Article 26A(8) of the Juries (Northern Ireland) Order 1996^f39
11. Sections 69A(8) and 69C(10) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998^f40
12. Sections 11(1), 12(1), 12(2), 12(3), 13(1), 15(1), 15(2), 15(3), 16, 17, 18(1), 19(2), 21A(1), 21D(1), 21D(3), 54(1), 54(2), 54(3), 56(1), 57(1), 58(1), 58A(1), 60(1), 62(1), 63(1), 63A(1), 63B(1), 63C(1), 63D(1), 63D(3), 87(6), 89(2), 93(1), 94(2), 94(3), 95(4), 96(3), 103(1) and 116(3) of and paragraphs 3(7), 14(1), 15(4), 16(3), 19(7), 20(6) and 32(3) of Schedule 5, paragraph 1(3) of Schedule 6, paragraph 18(1) of Schedule 7 and paragraphs 2, 3(1), 4(1), 6(3), 15(1) and 16(3) of Schedule 13 to the Terrorism Act 2000^f41
13. Sections 327(1), 328(1), 329(1), 330(1), 331(1) and 332(1) of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002^f42
14. Articles 3(1), 3(2), 6(6), 10(3), 13(2), 15(10), 16(2), 21(4), 24(1), 27(6), 30(1), 35(9), 36(3), 37(4), 38(7), 39(3), 40(4), 41(5), 42(4), 43(5), 44(6), 45(1), 45(2), 45(5), 48(4), 49(5), 51(2), 52(4), 53(5), 54(2), 55(5), 56(3), 58(2), 59(2), 60(1), 61, 62, 63(6), 63(8), 64(1), 65, 66, 67(1), 67(3), 72(2)(c) and 73(1) of the Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 2004^f43
15. Sections 21(3), 26(2), 31(1), 32(2) and 32(3) of and paragraphs 4, 5, 6 and 8(3) of Schedule 6 to the Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007^f44
16. Sections 25(1), 44(1), 45 and 46(1) of the Serious Crime Act 2007^f45
17. Sections 1(7), 5(2), 9(3), 9(4), 11(2)(a), 16(1), 17(1), 28 and 45(6) of the Transport Act (Northern Ireland) 2011^f46
18. Sections 1(3), 8(9), 10(5), 11(4), 11(7), 12(4), 15(4), 16(13) and 17(1) of and paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 and paragraphs 9(1) and 9(5) of Schedule 2 to the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013^f47
19. Regulations 19 and 20(1) of the Animal By-Products (Enforcement) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015^f48
20. Sections 1(1), 2(1), 2(7) and 4(1) of the Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Criminal Justice and Support for Victims) Act (Northern Ireland) 2015^f49

”

Number	Offence(s)
1.	Articles 33(4) and 36(1) of and paragraph 9 of Schedule 5, paragraph 5(a) and paragraph 9(2) of Schedule 6 and Part 1, paragraph 14(5) of Schedule 7 to the Drainage (Northern Ireland) Order 1973^f2
2.	Articles 29(1) and 72(3) of the Pollution Control and Local Government (Northern Ireland) Order 1978^f3
3.	Articles 4(6), 5(8), 5E(7), 5E(9), 6(7), 12(12), 12(13), 15(5A), 18(1), 18(2), 21(6), 22(6), 27(5), 28(5), 29(3), 31(2), 38(1), 42(4), 44(2), 74(1), 74(2) and 74(3) of the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997
4.	Articles 7(1), 7(4), 12(3), 19(1), 28(3) and 29 of the Water (Northern Ireland) Order 1999^f4
5.	Regulations 12(1), 12(2), 12(3) and 12(4) of the Environmental Protection (Disposal of Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Other Dangerous Substances) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000^f5
6.	Articles 20(1), 20(2) and 20(3) of the Environment (Northern Ireland) Order 2002^f6
7.	Regulation 12 of the Control of Pollution (Silage, Slurry and Agricultural Fuel Oil) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003^f7
8.	Regulations 31, 42(1) and 42(2) of the End of Life Vehicles Regulations 2003^f8
9.	Regulations 18(1) and 22(1) of and paragraphs 12(1), 12(2), 14(5), 14(7) and 14(8) of Part 1 of Schedule 3 to the Waste Management Licensing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003
10.	Regulation 17(1) of the Landfill Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003^f9
11.	Regulations 43(1), 43(4) and 43(5) of the Hazardous Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005^f10
12.	Regulation 6(1) of the Radioactive Contaminated Land Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006^f11
13.	Regulations 18(10), 24(1) and 24(2) of the Environmental Impact Assessment (Forestry) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006^f12
14.	Regulations 40(1), 40(3), 40(4), 40(5), 40(6), 40(7) and 40(8) of the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007^f13
15.	Regulations 17, 18, 19(2), 21, 22(2), 23, 24(2), 25, 26, 31, 32(2), 36, 37(2), 38(2), 38(3), 38(4), 39(2), 40(2), 41(2), 42(2), 43, 44(2), 45(2), 52(1), 53, 54, 55 and 57 of the Transfrontier Shipment of Waste Regulations 2007^f14
16.	Regulation 42(1) of the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution by Sewage and Garbage from Ships) Regulations 2008^f15
17.	Regulations 89(1), 89(2), 89(3), 89(4), 89(5) and 89(6) of the Waste Batteries and Accumulators Regulations 2009^f16
18.	Regulations 9(3), 10(3), 17(4), 26(14) and 27 of the Environmental Liability (Prevention and Remediation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009^f17
19.	Regulations 19(1), 24(3) and 25(3) of the Groundwater Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009^f18
20.	Section 85(1) of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009^f19
21.	Regulation 24 of the Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011^f20
22.	Sections 42(6), 43(5), 76(9), 85(1), 85(5), 103(1), 109(3), 117(1), 126(1), 126(3), 127(1), 134(1), 134(5), 137(1), 146(9), 147(2), 149(5), 150(12), 152(9), 168(1), 168(6), 172(1), 175(2), 178(2), 178(5), 237(2), 237(3) and 240(3) of the Planning Act (Northern Ireland) 2011^f21
23.	Regulations 82(6), 89(10), 90(1), 90(2), 90(3), 90(4), 90(5), 90(6), 90(7), 90(8) and 90(9) of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2013^f22
24.	Sections 32(1) and 33(1) of the Marine Act (Northern Ireland) 2013^f23
25.	Regulation 36(1) of the Pollution, Prevention and Control (Industrial Emissions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013^f24
26.	Regulations 30(1), 30(2), 30(3), 30(5) and 30(6) of the Nitrates Action Programme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014^f25

Number	Offence(s)
1.	Sections 24(5), 50(2), 50(3), 50(6), 64(7), 67(1), 67(3), 68(2), 68A(1), 100(1), 100(3), 129(3), 136(1), 136(1A), 159(6), 167(1), 167(3), 168(1), 170(1), 170(2) and 170B of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979^f26
2.	Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5(1), 5(2), 5(3), 5(4), 14, 15, 16(1), 16(2), 17(1), 17(2), 18(1) and 19(1) of the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981^f27
3.	Paragraphs 15(1), 15(3), 15(4), 15(5), 15(6) and 15(7) of Part IV of Schedule 5 to the Finance Act 1996^f28
4.	Sections 1(1), 6(1), 7(1), 9(1) and 11(1) of the Fraud Act 2006^f29

Number	Offence(s)
1.	Section 114 of the Public Health Act 1878^f30
2.	Sections 1(1), 8(1), 9(1), 10(1), 11(1), 17(1), 18(1), 21(1) and 23A(1) of the Theft Act (Northern Ireland) 1969^f31
3.	Sections 4, 6, 8, 9, 11(2), 19, 20 and 23(4) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971^f32
4.	Sections 24(1), 24A(1), 25(1), 25A(1), 25B(1), 26(1), 26A(3), 26B(1), 26B(2) and 27 of the Immigration Act 1971^f33
5.	Sections 98(3) and 98(4) of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972^f34
6.	Article 31(1) of the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978^f35
7.	Articles 3, 9(13), 11A(1), 15B(11), 19G(4), 31E(1), 31E(2), 72(1), 72(2), 73A(4), 81(1), 82(3), 86(1), 90(4), 91A(1), 95(2), 96(2), 97(3), 168A(1), 172(1), 172B, 174(2), 175(2), 180(1) and 180(4) of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981^f36
8.	Sections 49(1), 49(2), 50(1), 51(1), 52(1), 53(1), 53(2), 53(3) and 58(1) of the Drug Trafficking Act 1994^f37
9.	Articles 30(4), 31(1), 47(1), 47(2), 53 and 54(1) of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1996^f38
10.	Article 26A(8) of the Juries (Northern Ireland) Order 1996^f39
11.	Sections 69A(8) and 69C(10) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998^f40
12.	Sections 11(1), 12(1), 12(2), 12(3), 13(1), 15(1), 15(2), 15(3), 16, 17, 18(1), 19(2), 21A(1), 21D(1), 21D(3), 54(1), 54(2), 54(3), 56(1), 57(1), 58(1), 58A(1), 60(1), 62(1), 63(1), 63A(1), 63B(1), 63C(1), 63D(1), 63D(3), 87(6), 89(2), 93(1), 94(2), 94(3), 95(4), 96(3), 103(1) and 116(3) of and paragraphs 3(7), 14(1), 15(4), 16(3), 19(7), 20(6) and 32(3) of Schedule 5, paragraph 1(3) of Schedule 6, paragraph 18(1) of Schedule 7 and paragraphs 2, 3(1), 4(1), 6(3), 15(1) and 16(3) of Schedule 13 to the Terrorism Act 2000^f41
13.	Sections 327(1), 328(1), 329(1), 330(1), 331(1) and 332(1) of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002^f42
14.	Articles 3(1), 3(2), 6(6), 10(3), 13(2), 15(10), 16(2), 21(4), 24(1), 27(6), 30(1), 35(9), 36(3), 37(4), 38(7), 39(3), 40(4), 41(5), 42(4), 43(5), 44(6), 45(1), 45(2), 45(5), 48(4), 49(5), 51(2), 52(4), 53(5), 54(2), 55(5), 56(3), 58(2), 59(2), 60(1), 61, 62, 63(6), 63(8), 64(1), 65, 66, 67(1), 67(3), 72(2)(c) and 73(1) of the Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 2004^f43
15.	Sections 21(3), 26(2), 31(1), 32(2) and 32(3) of and paragraphs 4, 5, 6 and 8(3) of Schedule 6 to the Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007^f44
16.	Sections 25(1), 44(1), 45 and 46(1) of the Serious Crime Act 2007^f45
17.	Sections 1(7), 5(2), 9(3), 9(4), 11(2)(a), 16(1), 17(1), 28 and 45(6) of the Transport Act (Northern Ireland) 2011^f46
18.	Sections 1(3), 8(9), 10(5), 11(4), 11(7), 12(4), 15(4), 16(13) and 17(1) of and paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 and paragraphs 9(1) and 9(5) of Schedule 2 to the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013^f47
19.	Regulations 19 and 20(1) of the Animal By-Products (Enforcement) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015^f48
20.	Sections 1(1), 2(1), 2(7) and 4(1) of the Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Criminal Justice and Support for Victims) Act (Northern Ireland) 2015^f49

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs on 29th September 2017

L.S.

John Mills

A senior officer of the

Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend regulation 2 of the Waste Management Licensing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 (the 2003 Regulations) to specify and update the list of offences contained in Schedule 6 to the Regulations and to remove outdated offences.