Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Made
18th January 2008
Coming into operation
8th February 2008
The Depart of the Environment makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 7(1) and (2) and 25(3) of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985(1).
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Deposits in the Sea (Exemptions) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2008 and shall come into operation on 8th February 2008.
(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(2) shall apply to the Order as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
2.—(1) Article 4 of the Deposits in the Sea (Exemptions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1995(3) shall be amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph 1(a)(ii), the word “and” shall be deleted.
(3) In paragraph (1)(b), for “interest.” there shall be substituted “interest; and”.
(4) After paragraph 1(b), there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph—
“(c)that operation does not involve the recovery or disposal of hazardous waste as defined by regulations 2(1) and 6 of the Hazardous Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005(4).”.
3. The Deposits in the Sea (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007(5) are hereby revoked.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 18th January 2008.
L.S.
Wesley Shannon
A senior officer of the Department of the Environment
(This note is not part of the Order)
The Deposits in the Sea (Exemptions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1995 exempts specified operations from the licensing requirements of Part II of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985(6). In order to comply with the Hazardous Waste Directive it is necessary to exempt hazardous waste operations covered by Article 3 of the Hazardous Waste Directive from the Deposits in the Sea (Exemptions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1995.
The Statutory Order will amend the Deposits in the Sea (Exemptions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1995 by restricting the prescribed operations to ensure that they do not involve the recovery or disposal of hazardous waste as defined by regulations 2(1) and 6 of the Hazardous Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005.