The Special Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998

Regulation 21

SCHEDULE 3Amendment of Schedule 6 to the Waste Collection and Disposal Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992

Schedule 6 to the Waste Collection and Disposal Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992(1) shall be amended as follows—

(a)Delete paragraphs 1 and 2.

(b)After paragraph 16A, insert the following—

“16B.  The deposit of waste where the activity is or forms part of an operation which is for the time being either the subject of a licence under Part II of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985(2), or carried on in circumstances where such a licence would be required but for an order under Section 7 of that Act.

16C.  The deposit of liquid waste under a consent under Sections 7 and 8 of the Water Act (Northern Ireland) 1972(3).

16D.  The deposit of waste in accordance with a certificate of registration under the Alkali, &c. Works Regulation Act 1906(4) or an authorisation granted under the Industrial Pollution Control (Northern Ireland) Order 1997(5) where such deposit is or forms part of a prescribed process designated for integrated central control under Article 3(4) of that Order, provided that, in either case, the deposit does not involve the final disposal by deposit in or on land of controlled waste.”.

(c)After paragraph 23, insert the following—

“24.  Incinerating waste in accordance with a certificate of registration under the Alkali, &c. Works Regulation Act 1906 or an authorisation granted under the Industrial Pollution Control (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 where such incineration is or forms part of a prescribed process described in Part B or paragraph (a) of Part C of Section 5.1 of the Industrial Pollution Control (Prescribed Processes and Substances) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998(6), insofar as the activity results in releases of substances into the air, provided that, in either case, the activity does not involve the final disposal by deposit in or on land of controlled waste.”.

(2)

1985 c. 48; Part II is amended by sections 146 and 147 of, and Part VIII of Schedule 16 to, the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (1990 c. 43)