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Regulation 11 Purposes, etc. of waste prevention programmesI1

Northern Ireland

(1)

The Department shall ensure that a waste prevention programme—

(a)

is established in accordance with Articles 1 and 4 of the Waste Framework Directive;

F1(aa)

includes one of more programmes of food waste prevention measures;

(b)

has as its purpose a contribution towards breaking the link between economic growth and the environmental impacts associated with the generation of waste;

(c)

is expressed in writing and sets out the objectives of the waste prevention programme and a description of existing F2waste prevention measures and their contribution to waste prevention;

(d)

if it is integrated into the waste management strategy or other programme, is clearly identified as a waste prevention programme F3;

F4(e)

sets out at least the waste prevention measures in the Schedule; and

(f)

where relevant, describes the contribution of instruments listed in Part 4 of Schedule 3 to the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Reg. 11(1)(aa) inserted (18.12.2020) by The Waste (Circular Economy) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/285), regs. 1(1), 10(4)(a)

F2

Words in reg. 11(1)(c) substituted (18.12.2020) by The Waste (Circular Economy) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/285), regs. 1(1), 10(4)(b)

F3

Word in reg. 11(1)(d) substituted (18.12.2020) by The Waste (Circular Economy) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/285), regs. 1(1), 10(4)(c)

F4

Reg. 11(1)(e)(f) inserted (18.12.2020) by The Waste (Circular Economy) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/285), regs. 1(1), 10(4)(d)

Commencement

I1

Reg. 11 in operation at 8.4.2011, see reg. 1(1)