This Order may be cited as the Waste (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2007.

This Article and Article 2 come into operation one week after the day on which this Order is made.

The remaining provisions of this Order come into operation on such day or days as the Department of the Environment may by order appoint.

An order under paragraph (3) may contain such transitional or saving provisions as that Department thinks appropriate.

The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 (c. 33) applies to this Order as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.

In this Order “the 1997 Order” means the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 (NI 19).