The Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011

Amendment of the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997

3.—(1) The Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 shall be amended in accordance with regulations 3(2) to 8.

(2) In Article 2 (general interpretation)—

(a) in paragraph (2) insert the following definitions in the appropriate alphabetical order—

““broker” means any person arranging the recovery or disposal of waste on behalf of others, including such brokers who do not take physical possession of the waste;

“dealer” means any person who acts in the role of principal to purchase and subsequently sell waste, including such dealers who do not take physical possession of the waste;

“the Waste Framework Directive” means Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste;

“waste oils” means any mineral or synthetic lubrication or industrial oils which have become unfit for the use for which they were originally intended, such as used combustion engine oils and gearbox oils, lubricating oils, oils for turbines and hydraulic oils;”

(b) in paragraph (2) substitute the following definition—

“waste” means any substance or object which the holder discards or intends or is required to discard; and for the purposes of this definition—

• “holder” means the producer of the waste or the person who is in possession of it: and

• “producer” means any person whose activities produce waste or any person who carries out pre-processing, mixing or other operations resulting in a change in the nature or composition of this waste;

(c)

in paragraph (2) omit the following definition—

“the Waste Directive” means Directive 2006/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council dated 5 April 2006, on waste;

(d)

omit paragraph (6).