The Waste and Contaminated Land (1997 Order) (Commencement No. 8) Order (Northern Ireland) 2008

Made: 20th March 2008

The Department of the Environment[^f00001] makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 1(2) of the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997[^f00002].

Citation

1

This Order may be cited as the Waste and Contaminated Land (1997 Order) (Commencement No. 8) Order (Northern Ireland) 2008.

Appointed Day

2

The day appointed for the coming into operation of Articles 6(4), 7, 9, 10(6), 11 and 12(9) to 12(11) of the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 shall be 3rd April 2008.

Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 20th March 2008

Wesley Shannon — A senior officer of the Department of the Environment

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order brings into operation on 3rd April 2008, Articles 6(4), 7, 9, 10(6), 11 and 12(9) to 12(11) of the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997. The provisions commenced relate to—

the making of representations in consultation processes before the grant, variation, suspension or revocation of waste management licences requiring the licence holder to carry out works which would necessitate the grant of rights over land; and

the payment of compensation for those required to grant rights over land to holders of those licences.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: By virtue of paragraph 11(2) of Schedule 12 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998 [1998 C.47] and paragraph 4(1)(b) of the Schedule to the Northern Ireland Act 2000 [2000 C.1] the power conferred by Article 1(2) of the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 on the Head of the Department is now exercisable by the Department.

[^f00002]: S.I. 1997/2778 (N.I. 19)