The Waste and Contaminated Land (1997 Order) (Commencement No. 6) Order (Northern Ireland) 2002

Made: 17th May 2002

The Minister of the Environment, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by Article 1(2) of the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997[^f00001], and paragraph 11(2) of Schedule 12 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998[^f00002] and of every other power enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation

1

This Order may be cited as the Waste and Contaminated Land (1997 Order) (Commencement No. 6) Order (Northern Ireland) 2002.

Appointed Day

2

Article 5 of the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997, in so far as it is not already in operation shall come into operation on 3rd June 2002.

Signed

Dermot Nesbitt — Minister of the Environment — Dated this 17th day of May 2002.

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order.)

This Order brings into operation on 3rd June 2002 Article 5 of the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 which imposes a duty of care on anyone who imports, produces, carries, keeps, treats or disposes of controlled waste or, as a broker, has control of such waste and which enables the Department to make regulations in relation to the duty of care and issue a code of practice for the purpose of providing practical guidance on how to discharge the duty.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 1997/2778 (N.I. 19)

[^f00002]: 1998 c. 47.