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The Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011

S.R. 2011/127 · Made 16 March 2011 · Extends to Northern Ireland

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Environmental Protection

Made 16th March 2011

Coming into operation 8th April 2011

The Department of the Environment having been designatedf1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972f2 in relation to measures relating to the prevention, reduction and elimination of pollution caused by waste and in relation to the environment.

The Department of the Environment acting in exercise of the powers conferred upon it by that section and by Articles 3(3)(a), 4(3), 5(7), 38(3)(a), 39(1), 39(3), 40(3), 48 and 77 of the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997f3, hereby makes the following Regulations.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 1992/2870 and S.I. 2008/301

f2

1972 c.68

f3

S.I.1997/2778 (N.I. 19)

Contents

  1. Part 1
  2. 1Citation, commencement and interpretation
  3. Part 2: Amendment of primary legislation
  4. 2Amendment of the Environment (Northern Ireland) Order 2002
  5. 3Amendment of the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997
  6. 4Amendment of the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997
  7. 5Amendment of the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997
  8. 6Amendment of the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997
  9. 7Amendment of the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997
  10. 8Amendment of the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997
  11. Part 3: Waste
  12. 9Interpretation of Part 3
  13. 9AModification of the Industrial Emissions Directive
  14. 9BModification of the Landfill Directive
  15. 9CModification of the Mining Waste Directive
  16. 9DModification of the Waste Framework Directive
  17. 9EModification of Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
  18. 10Establishment of waste prevention programmes
  19. 11Purposes, etc. of waste prevention programmes
  20. 12Monitoring and evaluation of waste prevention programmes
  21. 13Review and modification of waste prevention programmes
  22. 14Public participation in waste prevention programmes
  23. 15Public participation procedures
  24. 16Procedures following public participation
  25. 17Duty in relation to the waste hierarchy (coming into operation 8 October 2011)
  26. 18Duties in relation to collection of waste
  27. 19Duty in relation to collected waste
  28. 20Duty in relation to collected waste by private operators
  29. 21Co-mingled waste Repealed
  30. 22Enforcement notices
  31. 23Appeals
  32. 24Offence
  33. 25Radioactive waste
  34. Part 4: Amendment of Subordinate Legislation
  35. 26Amendment of the Deposits in the Sea (Exemptions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1995 Repealed
  36. 27Amendment to the Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999
  37. 28Amendment of the Controlled Waste (Registration of Carriers and Seizure of Vehicles) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999
  38. 29Regulation 29
  39. 30Regulation 30
  40. 31Regulation 31
  41. 32Amendment to the Environmental Protection (Disposal of Polychlorinated Biphenyls and other Dangerous Substances) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000
  42. 33Amendment of the Controlled Waste (Duty of Care) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002
  43. 34Amendment to the Pollution Prevention and Control Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003
  44. 35Amendment of the Waste Management Licensing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003
  45. 36Amendment of regulation 1: Citation, commencement and interpretation
  46. 37Amendment of regulation 2: Offences
  47. 38Amendment of regulation 16: Exclusion of activities under other control regimes from waste management licensing
  48. 39Amendment of regulation 22: Registration of brokers
  49. 40Amendment of regulation 22: Registration of brokers
  50. 41Amendment of regulation 22: Registration of brokers
  51. 42Amendment of regulation 22: Registration of brokers
  52. 43Amendment to the Landfill Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003
  53. 44Amendment to the Landfill Allowances Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004
  54. 45Amendments to the Hazardous Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005
  55. 46Amendments to the Hazardous Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005
  56. 47Amendments to the Hazardous Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005
  57. 48Amendments to the Hazardous Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005
  58. 49Amendments to the Hazardous Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005
  59. 50Amendments to the Hazardous Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005
  60. 51Amendments to the Hazardous Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005
  61. 52Amendments to the Hazardous Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005
  62. 53Amendments to the Hazardous Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005
  63. 54Amendments to the Hazardous Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005
  64. 55Amendments to the Hazardous Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005
  65. 56Amendments to the Hazardous Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005
  66. 57Amendments to the Hazardous Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005
  67. 58Amendments to the Hazardous Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005
  68. 59Amendments to the Hazardous Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005
  69. 60Amendments to the Hazardous Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005
  70. 61Amendments to the Hazardous Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005
  71. 62Amendments to the Hazardous Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005
  72. 63Amendments to the Hazardous Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005
  73. 64Amendment to the List of Wastes Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005
  74. 65Amendment to the List of Wastes Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005
  75. 66Amendment of the Feeding Stuffs Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 Repealed
  76. 67Amendment of the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007
  77. 68Amendment of the Renewables Obligation Order (Northern Ireland) 2009
  78. 69Amendment of the Waste Batteries and Accumulators (Treatment and Disposal) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009
  79. 70Amendment of the Environmental Liability (Prevention and Remediation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009
  80. 71Amendment of the Planning (Management of Waste from Extractive Industries) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010
  81. Signature
  82. Schedule WASTE PREVENTION MEASURES
  83. Explanatory note