EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Deposits in the Sea Exemptions Order (Northern Ireland) 1995 by inserting a further limitation on the application of the exemption viz the exemption shall only apply where the operation does not involve the recovery of disposal of hazardous waste as defined by regulations 2(1) and 6 of the Hazardous Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland 2005).