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  1. Introductory Text

  2. 1.Citation, commencement and interpretation

  3. 2.Offences

  4. 3.Technical competence

  5. 4.Technical competence – transitional provisions

  6. 5.Pre-qualification technical competence

  7. 6.Notice of appeal

  8. 7.Time limit for making an appeal

  9. 8.Notification of determination

  10. 9.Particulars to be entered in public registers

  11. 10.Information to be excluded or removed from a register

  12. 11.Mobile plant

  13. 11A.Conditions of site licences: WEEE

  14. 11B.Conditions of waste management licences: waste batteries and accumulators

  15. 11C.Conditions of waste management licences: calculation of recycling efficiencies of the recycling processes of waste batteries and accumulators

  16. 11D.Conditions of waste management licences: separately collected food waste

  17. 12.Health at work

  18. 13.Waste oils

  19. 14.Groundwater

  20. 15.Amendments to the Groundwater Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998

  21. 16.Exclusion of activities under other control regimes from waste management licensing

  22. 16A.Exclusion from waste management licensing: waste batteries and accumulators

  23. 17.Exemptions from waste management licensing

  24. 18.Registration in connection with exempt activities

  25. 19.Registration obligations

  26. 20.Refusal, revocation and cessation of registration

  27. 20A.Food waste exemptions from waste management licensing

  28. 21.Waste Framework Directive

  29. 22.Registration of brokers

  30. 23.Amendment of the Deposits in the Sea (Exemptions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1995

  31. 24.Amendment of the Special Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998

  32. 25.Amendment of the Controlled Waste (Registration of Carriers and Seizure of Vehicles) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999

  33. 26.End of Life Vehicles Directive

  34. 27.Revocations

  35. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      CERTIFICATES OF TECHNICAL COMPETENCE

      1. 1.The qualifications required of a person if he is to...

      2. 2.In Table 1 – “civic amenity site” means a place...

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      EXEMPTIONS FROM WASTE MANAGEMENT LICENSING

      1. PART I activities exempt from waste management licensing

        1. 1.(1) The use, under an authorisation granted under the Industrial...

        2. 2.(1) The use, under a permit under the 2003 Regulations,...

        3. 3.(1) The operation, under an authorisation granted under the Industrial...

        4. 4.(1) The operation, under a permit under the 2003 Regulations,...

        5. 5.The carrying on of any of the following operations—

        6. 6.(1) The cleaning, washing, spraying or coating of waste consisting...

        7. 7.(1) Burning waste as a fuel in an appliance if...

        8. 8.(1) Burning waste oil as a fuel in an engine...

        9. 9.(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (3) and any limitation set down...

        10. 10.(1) The spreading of sludge on land which is not...

        11. 11.(1) Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph and...

        12. 11A.For the purposes of Table 3 the following definitions apply—...

        13. 12.Carrying on at any place, in respect of a kind...

        14. 13.(1) Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph and...

        15. 14.(1) The manufacture from – (a) waste which arises from...

        16. 15.(1) The manufacture of finished goods from any of the...

        17. 16.(1) The beneficial use of waste if –

        18. 17.(1) The storage in a secure place on any premises...

        19. 18.(1) The storage on any premises in a secure container...

        20. 19.(1) Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph and...

        21. 20.(1) Laundering or otherwise cleaning waste textiles with a view...

        22. 21.(1) Chipping, shredding, cutting or pulverising waste plant matter (including...

        23. 22.(1) The recovery, at any premises, of silver from waste...

        24. 23.(1) The recovery of waste consisting of animal by-products at...

        25. 24.(1) Crushing, grinding or other size reduction of waste bricks,...

        26. 25.(1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) to (4), the deposit of...

        27. 26.(1) The recovery or disposal of waste, at the place...

        28. 27.(1) Baling, compacting, crushing, shredding or pulverising waste at the...

        29. 28.The storage of returned goods that are waste, pending recovery...

        30. 29.(1) The disposal of waste at the place where it...

        31. 30.(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), burning waste on land in...

        32. 31.The discharge of waste onto the track of a railway...

        33. 32.The burial on premises of waste arising from the use...

        34. 33.(1) The keeping or deposit of waste consisting of excavated...

        35. 34.(1) The keeping or deposit on land at the place...

        36. 35.(1) The deposit of waste consisting of excavated material from...

        37. 36.(1) The temporary storage of waste consisting of garbage, at...

        38. 37.(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the burial of a dead...

        39. 38.The deposit or storage of samples of waste which are...

        40. 39.(1) The secure storage at a pharmacy, pending their disposal...

        41. 40.(1) The storage, pending its collection or transport, of non-liquid...

        42. 41.(1) The temporary storage, pending its collection, of waste (including...

        43. 42.(1) The treatment, keeping or disposal by any person at...

        44. 43.(1) The treatment, keeping or disposal by any person at...

        45. 44.(1) Heating iron, steel or any ferrous-alloy, non-ferrous metal or...

        46. 45.(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (3), the carrying on, at any...

        47. 46.(1) Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph and...

        48. 47.(1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) to (4), the burning at...

        49. 47A.(1) The treatment of land used for agriculture with agricultural...

        50. 47B.The deposit of agricultural waste consisting of plant tissue at...

        51. 47C.(1) The disposal of agricultural waste consisting of non-hazardous pesticide...

        52. 47D.(1) The mixing of ash from the incineration of pig...

        53. 47E.(1) The treatment of land used for agriculture with agricultural...

        54. 47F.The treatment of land used for agriculture with agricultural waste...

        55. 48.For the purposes of this Schedule – a container, lagoon...

        56. 49.(1) The carrying on, at any secure place in respect...

        57. 50.(1) The secure storage at any place of WEEE of...

        58. 51.(1) The crushing of waste gas discharge lamps (including fluorescent...

        59. 52.The secure storage at a place other than the place...

      2. PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED FOR THE REGISTRATION OF AN EXEMPTION

      3. PART III assessment of benefit to agriculture or ecological improvement

        1. 1.In assessing benefit to agriculture or ecological improvement for the...

        2. 2.Benefit to agriculture shall be assessed by reference to whether...

        3. 3.Ecological improvement shall be assessed by reference to the extent...

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      WASTE FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE

      1. PART I General

        1. 1.Interpretation of Schedule 3

        2. 2.Duties of competent authorities

        3. 3.Meaning of “competent authority” etc.

        4. 4.Relevant objectives in relation to waste management

        5. 5.Preparation of offshore waste management plan

        6. 6.Matters to be covered by permits

        7. 7.Modifications of provisions relating to development plans and regional development strategy

        8. 8.Modifications of the Industrial Pollution Control (Northern Ireland) Order 1997

        9. 9.Modifications of Part II of the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997

        10. 10.Modifications of Part II of the Pollution Control and Local Government (Northern Ireland) Order 1978

        11. 11.References to “waste” in planning and water legislation

        12. 12.Registration by professional collectors and transporters of waste, and by dealers and brokers

        13. 13.Duty to carry out appropriate periodic inspections

        14. 14.Record keeping

      2. PART II WASTE DISPOSAL OPERATIONS

      3. PART III WASTE RECOVERY OPERATIONS

      4. PART IV Duties of planning authorities

        1. 1.Interpretation of this Part

        2. 2.Meaning of planning authority

        3. 3.Meaning of planning functions

        4. 4.Exercise of planning functions

        5. 5.Further duties in relation to planning permission

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      REGISTRATION OF BROKERS AND DEALERS OF CONTROLLED WASTE

      1. 1.Interpretation of Schedule 4

      2. 2.Registers

      3. 3.Applications for registration

      4. 4.Registration as a broker or dealer and amendment of entries

      5. 5.Revocation of registration

      6. 6.Appeals

      7. 7.Duration of registration

      8. 8.Cessation of registration

    5. SCHEDULE 5

      CONDITIONS FOR THE KEEPING OR TREATMENT OF END OF LIFE VEHICLES

      1. PART I obligations in respect of keeping or treatment of end of life vehicles

        1. 1.No end of life vehicle shall be kept (even temporarily)...

        2. 2.No end of life vehicle shall be treated unless, in...

      2. PART II minimum technical requirements for the keeping and treatment of end of life vehicles

        1. 1.The keeping (even temporarily) of an end of life vehicle...

        2. 2.The treatment of an end of life vehicle shall only...

        3. 3.Treatment operations for the depollution of an end of life...

        4. 4.In order to promote its subsequent recycling, where an article...

        5. 5.Any keeping operations shall be carried out in such a...

  37. Explanatory Note