Amendment of the principal Regulations N.I.

3.—(1) In Regulation 2(2) of the principal Regulations–

(a) insert the following definition at the appropriate place–

““the Directive” means Council Directive 99/31/EC of 26^th April 1999 on the landfill of waste as amended by Council Directive 2011/97/EU of 5^th December 2011 as regards specific criteria for the storage of metallic mercury considered as waste;”;

(b) for the words from “and other expressions used in these Regulations” to the end substitute the words “ and other expressions used in these Regulations and the Directive shall have the same meaning as in the Directive. ”

(2) In regulation 9 of the principal Regulations, in paragraph (1), for sub-paragraph (a) substitute–

“(a) any waste in liquid form other than–

(i) sludge; and

(ii) metallic mercury,

but including waste water;”.

(3) Schedules 1 to 3 (amendments to Schedules 1 to 3 of the principal Regulations) have effect.