Explanatory Memorandum

Waste (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2007

2007 No. 611

Offences Relating to Deposit, Disposal Etc. of Waste

Article 3 – Defence of acting under employer’s instructions

This Article amends Article 4 of the 1997 Order (under which it is an offence to make an unauthorised or harmful deposit etc. of waste) so as to remove the defence of acting under one’s employer’s instructions.