PART II N.I.WASTE ON LAND

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. 2 (arts. 3-48) modified by S.R. 2003/493, Sch. 3 Pt. 1 para. 9 (as substituted (8.4.2011) by Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. 2011/127), regs. 1(1), 40 (with reg. 9(2)))

C2 Pt. II modified (30.11.2013) by The Controlled Waste and Duty of Care Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013 (S.R. 2013/255), regs. 1(1), 4(1)

Collection, disposal or treatment of controlled waste N.I.

[F1 Separate collection of food waste N.I.

20A.— (1) This Article applies when a district council is making an arrangement in accordance with Article 20(1)(a).

(2) A district council shall, from 1st April 2015, take such steps as the council considers reasonable to promote separate collection of food waste (including the making of arrangements for the provision of a receptacle which enables the separate collection of food waste from every domestic property in its area).

(3) A district council shall, from 1st April 2017, arrange for there to be provided to the occupier of every domestic property in its area—

(a) a receptacle which enables the separate collection of food waste from the property; or

(b) where a district council is satisfied that the amount of food waste that will be collected is not substantially less than would be collected in a receptacle provided under paragraph (a), a receptacle which enables the occupier to present food waste and other bio-waste for separate collection.

(4) In this Article—

“domestic property” means a building or self-contained part of a building which is used wholly for the purposes of living accommodation;

“receptacle” has the same meaning as in Article 21(10).]

F1 Art. 20A inserted (14.2.2015) by The Food Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/14), regs. 1(1), 2(5)