The Environmental Protection (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Citation, commencement and extent.

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Environmental Protection (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 and come into force on exit day.

2.  These Regulations extend to Northern Ireland only.

PART 1 Amendment of the Waste Provisions

3.—(1) Schedule 1 amends the Waste Provisions.

(2) For the purposes of these Regulations “the Waste Provisions” means—

(a) the Controlled Waste (Registration of Carriers and Seizure of Vehicles) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999(1);

(b) the Environmental Protection (Disposal of Polychlorinated Biphenyls and other Dangerous Substances) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000(2);

(c) the Waste Management Licensing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003(3);

(d) the Landfill Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003(4);

(e) the Landfill Allowances Scheme (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2004(5);

(f) the Hazardous Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005(6);

(g) the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007(7); and

(h) the Controlled Waste and Duty of Care Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013(8).

PART 2 Amendment of the Air and Environmental Quality Provisions.

4.—(1) Schedule 2 amends the Air and Environmental Quality Provisions.

(2) For the purposes of these Regulations “the Air and Environmental Quality Provisions” means—

(a) the Air Quality Standards Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010(9);

(b) the Pollution Prevention and Control (Industrial Emissions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013(10).

PART 3

5.  Schedule 3 modifies specified EU Directives for the purposes of these Regulations.

Thérèse Coffey

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

15th February 2019