1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Waste (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 and come into operation immediately before IP completion day.
(2) In these Regulations––
(a)“the appropriate authority” means the Northern Ireland department which, immediately before IP completion day, was responsible for compliance with an obligation or exercise of a discretion in Northern Ireland; and
(b)“the Waste Framework Directive” means Directive 2008/98/EC(1) of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste, as last amended by Directive (EU) 2018/851(2).
(3) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(3) applies to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.