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Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

1999 No. 373 (C. 29)

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

The Waste and Contaminated Land (1997 Order) (Commencement No. 4) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999

Made

3rd September 1999

The Department of the Environment, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Article 1(2) of the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997(1) and paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Act 1974(2) and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following order:

Citation and interpretation

1.—(1) This order may be cited as the Waste and Contaminated Land (1997 Order) (Commencement No. 4) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999.

(2) In this order “the Order” means the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997.

Appointed Day

2.  The day appointed for the coming into operation of the provisions of the Order specified in the Schedule shall be 6th October 1999.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on

L.S.

R. W. Rogers

Assistant Secretary

3rd September 1999.

Article 2

SCHEDULEProvisions of the Order for which 6th October 1999 is appointed as the day of coming into operation

Provisions of the OrderSubject Matter
Article 2(2) (in so far as it relates to the definitions of “associated works”, “commercial waste”, “industrial waste”, “notice” and “waste disposal contractor”)Interpretation
Article 20Collection of controlled waste
Article 21Receptacles for household waste
Article 22Receptacles for commercial or industrial waste
Article 23Waste management plans by a district council
Article 25Disposal of waste
Article 26Powers for recycling of waste
Article 29Interference with waste sites and receptacles
Article 44 (to the extent that it is not already in operation)Obtaining of information
Article 45(1), (2) and (3)Provisions relating to legal procedures
Article 46Supplementary provisions relating to pipes
Article 47(1) (in so far as it relates to “existing disposal plans”) and (4)Transitional provisions with respect to licences
Article 77Power to give effect to Community and other international obligations

The following repeals in Schedule 6 and Article 83(2) in so far as it relates to those repeals—

  • Articles 4, 14, 15, 21 to 24, 34, 35 and 36(1) (in so far as it relates to the definition of “associated works”) of the Pollution Control and Local Government (Northern Ireland) Order 1978(3)

Repeals

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order.)

This order brings into operation on 6th October 1999 certain provisions of the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 (“the Order”) which relate to the collection, disposal or treatment of controlled waste by District Councils. The order also brings into operation certain miscellaneous provisions of the Order.

Note as to Earlier Commencement Orders

(This note is not part of the Order.)

The following provisions of the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 have been brought into operation by earlier commencement orders as from the dates shown.

ProvisionDate of CommencementS.R. Number
Article 117th September 1998S.R. 1998 No. 288 (C. 11)
Article 2(1), (2) (partially), (3), (7) and (8)17th September 1998S.R. 1998 No. 288 (C. 11)
Article 2(2) (partially) and (6)1st December 1998S.R. 1998 No. 390 (C. 18)
Article 2(2) (partially)19th August 1999S.R. 1999 No. 325 (C. 24)
Article 3(3)(a) and 3(6) (both paragraphs for the purposes of Article 40(5))19th August 1999S.R. 1999 No. 325 (C. 24)
Article 5 (in so far as it relates to the definition of “broker”)17th September 1998S.R. 1998 No. 288 (C. 11)
Article 191st December 1998S.R. 1998 No. 390 (C. 18)
Article 3017th September 1998S.R. 1998 No. 288 (C. 11)
Article 321st December 1998S.R. 1998 No. 390 (C. 18)
Article 331st December 1998S.R. 1998 No. 390 (C. 18)
Articles 34 and 35 (both Articles for the purposes of Article 39(7))19th August 1999S.R. 1999 No. 325 (C. 24)
Article 38(1), (2), (4), (5) and (6)11th March 2000S.R. 1999 No. 325 (C. 24)
Article 38(3)19th August 1999S.R. 1999 No. 325 (C. 24)
Articles 39 to 4119th August 1999S.R. 1999 No. 325 (C. 24)
Article 42(1) to (7)11th March 2000S.R. 1999 No. 325 (C. 24)
Article 42(8)19th August 1999S.R. 1999 No. 325 (C. 24)
Article 43 (partially)19th August 1999S.R. 1999 No. 325 (C. 24)
Article 44 (in so far as it relates to the Department)17th September 1998S.R. 1998 No. 288 (C. 11)
Article 4817th September 1998S.R. 1998 No. 288 (C. 11)
Article 7617th September 1998S.R. 1998 No. 288 (C. 11)
Articles 78 to 8217th September 1998S.R. 1998 No. 288 (C. 11)
Schedule 11st December 1998S.R. 1998 No. 390 (C. 18)
Schedule 2 (partially)19th August 1999S.R. 1999 No. 325 (C. 24)
Schedule 31st December 1998S.R. 1998 No. 390 (C. 18)
Paragraph 4 of Schedule 5 and Articles 83(1) (in so far as it relates to it)17th September 1998S.R. 1998 No. 288 (C. 11)
Schedule 6 (partially) and Article 83(2) (partially)17th September 1998S.R. 1998 No. 288 (C. 11)

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