Amendment of the Waste Management Licensing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003
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3.—(1) The Waste Management Licensing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003(1) are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3)—
(2) For regulation 2 substitute—
“2. Schedule 6 has effect to prescribe offences for the purposes of Article 3(3)(a) of the 1997 Order.”.
(3) After Schedule 5 insert—
Regulation 2
“SCHEDULE 6Prescribed Offences
1. The offences to be regarded as prescribed offences for the purposes of Article 3(3)(a) of the 1997 Order are listed in Tables 1-3—
Table 1
Relevant Environmental Offences
| Number | Offence(s) |
|---|---|
| 1. | Articles 33(4) and 36(1) of and paragraph 9 of Schedule 5, paragraph 5 and paragraph 9(2) of Schedule 6 and Part 1, paragraph 14 of Schedule 7 to the Drainage (Northern Ireland) Order 1973 |
| 2. | Articles 29 and 72(3) of the Pollution Control and Local Government (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 |
| 3. | Articles 4, 5(8), 5E(7), 5E(9), 6(7), 12(12), 12(13), 15(5A), 16(4), 18, 21(6), 22(6), 27(5), 28(5), 29(3), 31(2), 38(1), 42, 44(2) and 74 of the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 |
| 4. | Articles 7(1), 7(5), 12(3), 19(1), 28(3) and 29(1) of the Water (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 |
| 5. | Regulations 12(1), 12(2), 12(3) and 12(4) of the Environmental Protection (Disposal of Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Other Dangerous Substances) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 |
| 6. | Article 20 of the Environment (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 |
| 7. | Regulation 12 of the Control of Pollution (Silage, Slurry and Agricultural Fuel Oil) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 |
| 8. | Regulations 31, 42(1) and 42(2) of the End of Life Vehicles Regulations 2003 |
| 9. | Regulations 18(1) and 22(1) of and paragraphs 12(1), 12(2), 14(5), 14(7) and 14(8) of Part1 of Schedule 3 to the Waste Management Licensing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 |
| 10. | Regulation 17(1) of the Landfill Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 |
| 11. | Regulations 13(1) and 16(3) of the Water Resources (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 |
| 12. | Regulations 43(1), 43(3) and 43(5) of the Hazardous Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 |
| 13. | Regulation 6(1) of the Radioactive Contaminated Land Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 |
| 14. | Regulations 18(10), 24(1) and 24(2) of the Environmental Impact Assessment (Forestry) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 |
| 15. | Regulation 40 of the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 |
| 16. | Regulations 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 31, 32, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 52, 53, 54, 55 and 57 of and paragraphs 4 and 5 of Schedule 1 and paragraph 6(3) of Part 1 of Schedule 5 to the Transfrontier Shipment of Waste Regulations 2007 |
| 17. | Regulation 42 of the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution by Sewage and Garbage from Ships) Regulations 2008 |
| 18. | Regulations 89(1), 89(2), 89(3), 89(4), 89(5) and 89(6) of the Waste Batteries and Accumulators Regulations 2009 |
| 19. | Regulations 9, 10, 17, 26 and 27 of the Environmental Liability (Prevention and Remediation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 |
| 20. | Regulations 19(1), 24(3) and 25(3) of the Groundwater Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 |
| 21. | Section 85 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 |
| 22. | Regulation 25 of the Nitrates Action Programme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 |
| 23. | Regulation 24 of the Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 |
| 24. | Articles 42(6), 43(5), 76(9), 85(1), 85(5), 103(1), 109(3), 117(1), 126(1), 126(3), 127(1), 134(1), 134(5), 137(1), 146(9), 147(2), 149(5), 150(12), 152(9), 168(1), 168(6), 172(1), 175(2), 178(2), 178(5), 237(2), 237(3) and 240(3) of the Planning Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 |
| 25. | Regulations 82(6), 89(10) and 90 of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2013 |
| 26. | Sections 32(1) and 33(1) of the Marine Act (Northern Ireland) 2013 |
| 27. | Regulation 36 of the Pollution, Prevention and Control (Industrial Emissions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013 |
Table 2
Relevant Financial Offences
| Number | Offence(s) |
|---|---|
| 1. | Sections 24, 50, 64, 67, 68, 68A, 100, 129, 136, 159, 167, 168, 170, 170A and 170B of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 |
| 2. | Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19 of the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981 |
| 3. | Paragraphs 15(1), 15(3), 15(4), 15(5), 15(6) and 15(7) of Part IV of Schedule 5 to the Finance Act 1996 |
| 4. | Sections 1, 6, 7, 9, 11 and 12 of the Fraud Act 2006 |
Table 3
Other Relevant Offences
| Number | Offence(s) |
|---|---|
| 1. | Section 114 of the Public Health Act 1878 |
| 2. | Sections 1, 8, 9, 10, 11, 17, 18, 21 and 23A of the Theft Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 |
| 3. | Sections 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 19, 20, 21 and 23 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 |
| 4. | Sections 24, 24A, 25, 25A, 25B, 26, 26A, 26B and 27 of the Immigration Act 1971 |
| 5. | Articles 98(3) and 98(4) of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 |
| 6. | Articles 31(1), 34(1) and 34(2) of the Health and Safety at Work Order 1978 |
| 7. | Articles 3, 9(13), 11A(1), 15B(11), 19G(4), 31E, 72(1), 72(2), 73A(4), 81(1), 82, 86(1), 90(4), 91A, 95(2), 96(2), 97(3), 168A(1), 172, 172B, 174(2), 175(2), 180(1), 180(4) and 180(6) of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 |
| 8. | Articles 30(4), 31(1), 39(3), 40(1), 40(3), 47(1), 47(2), 53 and 54(1) of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 |
| 9. | Sections 49, 50, 51, 52, 53 and 58 of the Drug Trafficking Act 1994 |
| 10. | Sections 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21A, 21D, 54, 56, 57, 58, 58A, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 63A, 63B, 63C, 63D, 87, 89, 93, 94, 95, 96, 103 and 116 of and paragraphs 3(7), 14(1), 15(4), 16(3), 19(7), 20(6) and 32(3) of Schedule 5, paragraphs 1(3) and 8(2) of Schedule 6, paragraph 18 of Schedule 7 and paragraphs 2, 3, 4, 6(3), 15(1) and 16(3) of Schedule 13 to the Terrorism Act 2000 |
| 11. | Sections 327, 328, 329, 330, 331 and 332 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 |
| 12. | Articles 3, 6(6), 10(3), 13(2), 15(10), 16(2), 21(4), 24, 27(6), 30(1), 35(9), 36(3), 37(4), 38(7), 39(3), 40(4), 41(5), 42(4), 43(5), 44(6), 45(1), 45(2), 45(5), 49(5)(b), 51(2), 52(4), 53(5), 54(2), 55(5), 56(3), 58(2), 59(2), 60(1), 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 72, 72(2)(c) and 73 of the Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 |
| 13. | Articles 10(8), 15, 16(10), 21, 26, 31 and 32 of and paragraphs 8(1) and 8(2) of Schedule 1 and paragraphs 4, 5, 6 and 8(3) of Schedule 6 to the Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007 |
| 14. | Sections 25, 44, 45 and 46 of the Serious Crime Act 2007 |
| 15. | Articles 1(7), 5(2), 9(3), 9(4), 11(2)(a), 16(1), 17(1), 28 and 45(6) of the Transport Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 |
| 16. | Regulations 17(1) and 18(1) of the Animal By-Products (Enforcement) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 |
| 17. | Articles 1, 10 and 11 of the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013 |
| 18. | Sections 1, 2 and 4 of the Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Criminal Justice and Support for Victims) Act (Northern Ireland) 2015” |
(1)
S.R. 2003 No. 493 as amended