Offence of dropping litter in lake, pond or watercourseN.I.
14—(1) Article 3 of the Litter (Northern Ireland) Order 1994 (NI 10) (offence of dropping litter) shall be amended as follows.
(2) After paragraph (2) insert—
“(2A) A person may only give consent under paragraph (2) in relation to the depositing of litter in a lake, pond or watercourse if he is the owner, occupier or other person having control of—
(a)all the land adjoining the lake, pond or watercourse; and
(b)all the land through or into which water in that lake, pond or watercourse directly or indirectly discharges, otherwise than by means of a public sewer.
(2B) In paragraph (2A)—
“watercourse” has the same meaning as in Article 2(2) of the Drainage (Northern Ireland) Order 1973; and
“public sewer” has the same meaning as in Article 2(2) of the Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006.”.
Commencement Information
I1S. 14 in operation at 1.4.2012 by S.R. 2012/13, art. 2(2), Sch. 2