(This note is not part of the Regulations.)
Article 2(2) of the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 (“the Order”) defines three sorts of controlled waste: household, industrial and commercial waste. The Order enables regulations to be made whereby waste of any description is to be treated for the purposes of the provisions of Part II as being of one or other of those categories. In these Regulations references to waste includes references to litter as provided for by Article 17 of the Litter (Northern Ireland) Order 1994.
Regulation 3 provides for certain descriptions of waste to be treated as household waste for the purposes of Part II of the Order.
Regulation 4 prescribes certain types of waste which are not to be treated as household waste.
Regulation 5 prescribes a number of cases where a charge may be made for the collection of household waste.
Regulation 6 prescribes certain types of waste which are to be treated as industrial waste.
Regulation 7 prescribes certain types of waste which are to be treated as commercial waste.
Regulation 8 prescribes certain types of waste which are not to be treated as industrial or commercial waste.
Regulation 9 provides for certain types of litter to be treated as controlled waste for the purposes of Part II of the Order.
Regulation 10 exempts from the duty under Article 4(1)(c) of the Order (prohibition on unauthorised or harmful deposit, treatment or disposal etc of controlled waste) cases where a disposal licence is not required under Part II of the Pollution Control and Local Government (Northern Ireland) Order 1978, and certain land used by existing district councils.
Regulation 11 makes consequential revocations in respect of the Waste Collection and Disposal Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992.