{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/waste-management-licensing-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/schedule-3/part-IV/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/waste-management-licensing-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/schedule-3/part-IV/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2003/493",
  "legislation_title": "The Waste Management Licensing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/waste-management-licensing-regulations-northern-ireland-2003",
  "path": "schedule/3/part/IV/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Meaning of planning authority",
  "text": "In this Part, “planning authority” means—\n(a) the Department;\n(b) the Department for Regional Development, in relation to the Strategic Planning (Northern Ireland) Order 1999;\n(c) the Planning Appeals Commission, in respect of its functions under the Planning Act (Northern Ireland) 2011; and\n(d) a district council.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 substituted (8.4.2011) by The Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. 2011/127), regs. 1(1), 40 (with reg. 9(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 4 para. 2(c) substituted (24.12.2018) by The Environment (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018 (S.R. 2018/200), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 5(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 3 Pt. 4 para. 2(d) inserted (24.12.2018) by The Environment (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018 (S.R. 2018/200), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 5(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/493/schedule/3/part/IV/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:00:19.401279+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}