2020 No. 345
Environmental Protection
The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020
Made 18 December 2020
Coming into operation 11 January 2021

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 2(3), 3(1) and 4(1) of the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 and now vested in it.
S.I. 1998/1762 (N.I. 16) relevant amendments are S.I. 2003/311 and 2011 c. 5 (N.I.)
The Department of the Environment was dissolved by section 1(9) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 and, by virtue of Article 8(1)(c) of the Departments (Transfer of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016, its functions for the purposes of these Regulations were transferred to the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs makes these Regulations after consultation in accordance with Article 3(2) of the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Northern Ireland) Order 1998, being satisfied as to the matters specified in Article 3(6) of that Order as required by Article 3(5) of that Order and (c) in accordance with the duty in Article 3(7) of that Order.