(This note is not part of the Order.)
This Order brings into operation on 1st March 2001 certain provisions of the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 (“the Order”) enabling the Department of the Environment to make regulations which deal specifically with the treatment of controlled substances of certain descriptions which fall within specific defined categories, and prescribing cases where district councils may charge for the collection of household waste.
This Order also brings into operation the provisions of Articles 72-74 and Schedule 4 to the Order, which contain certain powers of entry and other powers of enforcing authorities and other authorised persons exercising pollution control functions, together with associated offences in connection with the exercise of these powers.
Article 75 is being introduced in relation to the Controlled Waste (Registration of Carriers and Seizure of Vehicles) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999.