# The Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011, Introduction: Introductory text

Extent: N.I.

Environmental Protection
Made 16th March 2011
Coming into operation 8th April 2011
The Department of the Environment having been designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 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 1997, hereby makes the following Regulations.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2011/127/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/waste-regulations-northern-ireland-2011/introduction
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