29.—(1) Paragraphs (a) and (b) of Article 4(1) of the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 shall not apply to the deposit, disposal or recovery of mines or quarries waste or agricultural waste by any person at any premises if he had carried on the activity in question at those premises before 31st July 2006.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), the exemption conferred by paragraph (1), in relation to an activity carried on by a person at any premises, shall after 31st July 2007 cease to have effect in relation to the carrying on of that activity at those premises unless on or before that date he applies for a waste management licence in relation to the activity in question.
(3) Where a person makes such an application as is mentioned in paragraph (2), the exemption conferred by paragraph (1) shall continue to have effect in relation to the activity in question until the date on which the licence applied for is granted or, if the application is (or is deemed to be) rejected, until the date on which—
(a)the period for appealing expires without an appeal having being made; or
(b)any appeal is withdrawn or finally determined.
(4) In this regulation—
“agricultural waste” means waste from premises used for agriculture within the meaning of the Agriculture Act (Northern Ireland) 1949; and
“mines or quarries waste” means waste from a mine or quarry.