The Waste (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013

Made: 10th October 2013

Coming into operation: 30th November 2013

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), 40(3), 48 and 77 of the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997[^f00003], makes the following Regulations.

PART 1

Citation, commencement and interpretation

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• (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Waste (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013 and shall come into operation 30th November 2013.

• (2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954[^f00004] shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.

PART 2

Amendment of the Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011

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The Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011[^f00005] shall be amended in accordance with regulations 4 t0 7.

Amendment of regulations 13 (review and modification of waste prevention programmes)

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In regulation 13 paragraph (1) omit “shall”.

Revocation of regulation 21 (co-mingled waste)

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Regulation 21 is revoked.

Revocation of regulation 26 (Amendment of the Deposits in the Sea (Exemptions Order) (Northern Ireland) 1995

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Regulation 26 is revoked.

Revocation of regulation 66 (Amendment of the Feeding Stuffs Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005

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Regulation 66 is revoked.

PART 3 — Amendment of Subordinate Legislation

Amendment of the Controlled Waste (Duty of Care) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002

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• (1) The Controlled Waste (Duty of Care) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 shall be amended as follows.

• (2) In regulation 33(6) for “20(1)” substitute “17(1)”.

Amendment of the Pollution Prevention and Control Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

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• (1) The Pollution Prevention and Control Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 shall be amended as follows.

• (2) In regulation 12D—

• (a) In paragraph 5(b) for “pf” substitute “of”.

• (b) In paragraph 7 for “Annex IIIB” substitute “Annex IIB”.

Amendment of the Waste Management Licensing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

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• (1) The Waste Management Licensing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 shall be amended as follows.

• (2) In Schedule 3 paragraph 4(2) for “(f)” substitute “(e)”.

• (3) In Schedule 4 paragraph 1(1) in the definition of “carrier” after “Regulation 6” insert “of”.

Amendment of the Hazardous Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005

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• (1) The Hazardous Waste (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2005 shall be amended as follows.

• (2) In Schedule 4 for paragraph 5 substitute “I certify that the information in A and B is correct and I confirm that I have fulfilled my duty to apply the waste hierarchy as required by regulation 17(1) of the Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011.”

Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 10th October 2013.

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

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations mainly amend typing errors in the Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011, the Controlled Waste (Duty of Care) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002, the Pollution Prevention and Control Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003, the Waste management Licensing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 and the Hazardous Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005. Regulations 4, 5 and 6 revoke regulations of the Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 1992/2870 and S.I. 2008/301

[^f00002]: 1972 c.68

[^f00003]: S.I. 1997/2778 (N.I.19)

[^f00004]: 1954 c.33 (N.I.)

[^f00005]: S.R. 2011 No.127

[^f00006]: S.I. 1995/234 (N.I. as amended by S.R. 2003 No.493, S.R. 2011 No. 78 and S.R. 2011 No. 127

[^f00007]: S.R. 2005 No. 545

[^f00008]: S.R. 2002 No. 271 as amended by S.R. 2003 No. 404

[^f00009]: S.R. 2003 No. 46 as amended by S.R. 2003 No. 390, S.R. 2003 No. 496, S.I. 2003/3311, S.R. 2004 No. 36, S.R. 2004 No. 507, S.R. 2005 No. 285, S.R. 2005 No. 300, S.R. 2005 No. 454, S.R. 2006 No. 98, S.R. 2006 No.280, S.R. 2007 No. 245, S.I. 2007/2325, S.R. 2009 No. 159, S.R. 2009 No. 403 and S.R. 2010 No. 165

[^f00010]: S.R. 2003 No.493 as amended by S.R. 2003 No. 496, S.R. 2005 No. 300, S.R. 2006 No. 280, S.R. 2006 No. 489, S.R. 2006 No. 519, S.R. 2007 No. 258, S.R. 2008 No. 18, S.R. 2009 No. 159, S.R. 2009 No. 178 and S.R. 2010 No. 84

[^f00011]: S.R. 2005 No.300