2017 No. 202
The Waste Management Licensing (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017
Made
Coming into operation
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 3(3)(a) of the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 19971, makes the following Regulations.
Citation and commencement1
These Regulations may be cited as the Waste Management Licensing (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 and shall come into operation on 1st November 2017.
Amendment to the Waste Management Licensing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 20032
In the Waste Management Licensing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 20032 for Schedule 6 substitute—
SCHEDULE 6Prescribed Offences
1
The offences to be regarded as prescribed offences for the purposes of Article 3(3)(a) of the 1997 Order are listed in Tables 1-3—
Table 1Relevant Environmental Offences
Number
Offence(s)
1.
Articles 33(4) and 36(1) of and paragraph 9 of Schedule 5, paragraph 5(a) and paragraph 9(2) of Schedule 6 and Part 1, paragraph 14(5) of Schedule 7 to the Drainage (Northern Ireland) Order 19733
2.
Articles 29(1) and 72(3) of the Pollution Control and Local Government (Northern Ireland) Order 19784
3.
Articles 4(6), 5(8), 5E(7), 5E(9), 6(7), 12(12), 12(13), 15(5A), 18(1), 18(2), 21(6), 22(6), 27(5), 28(5), 29(3), 31(2), 38(1), 42(4), 44(2), 74(1), 74(2) and 74(3) of the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997
4.
Articles 7(1), 7(4), 12(3), 19(1), 28(3) and 29 of the Water (Northern Ireland) Order 19995
5.
Regulations 12(1), 12(2), 12(3) and 12(4) of the Environmental Protection (Disposal of Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Other Dangerous Substances) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 20006
6.
Articles 20(1), 20(2) and 20(3) of the Environment (Northern Ireland) Order 20027
7.
Regulation 12 of the Control of Pollution (Silage, Slurry and Agricultural Fuel Oil) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 20038
8.
Regulations 31, 42(1) and 42(2) of the End of Life Vehicles Regulations 20039
9.
Regulations 18(1) and 22(1) of and paragraphs 12(1), 12(2), 14(5), 14(7) and 14(8) of Part 1 of Schedule 3 to the Waste Management Licensing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003
10.
Regulation 17(1) of the Landfill Regulations (Northern Ireland) 200310
11.
Regulations 43(1), 43(4) and 43(5) of the Hazardous Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 200511
12.
Regulation 6(1) of the Radioactive Contaminated Land Regulations (Northern Ireland) 200612
13.
Regulations 18(10), 24(1) and 24(2) of the Environmental Impact Assessment (Forestry) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 200613
14.
Regulations 40(1), 40(3), 40(4), 40(5), 40(6), 40(7) and 40(8) of the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 200714
15.
Regulations 17, 18, 19(2), 21, 22(2), 23, 24(2), 25, 26, 31, 32(2), 36, 37(2), 38(2), 38(3), 38(4), 39(2), 40(2), 41(2), 42(2), 43, 44(2), 45(2), 52(1), 53, 54, 55 and 57 of the Transfrontier Shipment of Waste Regulations 200715
16.
Regulation 42(1) of the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution by Sewage and Garbage from Ships) Regulations 200816
17.
Regulations 89(1), 89(2), 89(3), 89(4), 89(5) and 89(6) of the Waste Batteries and Accumulators Regulations 200917
18.
Regulations 9(3), 10(3), 17(4), 26(14) and 27 of the Environmental Liability (Prevention and Remediation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 200918
19.
Regulations 19(1), 24(3) and 25(3) of the Groundwater Regulations (Northern Ireland) 200919
20.
Section 85(1) of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 200920
21.
Regulation 24 of the Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 201121
22.
Sections 42(6), 43(5), 76(9), 85(1), 85(5), 103(1), 109(3), 117(1), 126(1), 126(3), 127(1), 134(1), 134(5), 137(1), 146(9), 147(2), 149(5), 150(12), 152(9), 168(1), 168(6), 172(1), 175(2), 178(2), 178(5), 237(2), 237(3) and 240(3) of the Planning Act (Northern Ireland) 201122
23.
Regulations 82(6), 89(10), 90(1), 90(2), 90(3), 90(4), 90(5), 90(6), 90(7), 90(8) and 90(9) of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 201323
24.
Sections 32(1) and 33(1) of the Marine Act (Northern Ireland) 201324
25.
Regulation 36(1) of the Pollution, Prevention and Control (Industrial Emissions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 201325
26.
Regulations 30(1), 30(2), 30(3), 30(5) and 30(6) of the Nitrates Action Programme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 201426
Table 2Relevant Financial Offences
Number
Offence(s)
1.
Sections 24(5), 50(2), 50(3), 50(6), 64(7), 67(1), 67(3), 68(2), 68A(1), 100(1), 100(3), 129(3), 136(1), 136(1A), 159(6), 167(1), 167(3), 168(1), 170(1), 170(2) and 170B of the Customs and Excise Management Act 197927
2.
Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5(1), 5(2), 5(3), 5(4), 14, 15, 16(1), 16(2), 17(1), 17(2), 18(1) and 19(1) of the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 198128
3.
Paragraphs 15(1), 15(3), 15(4), 15(5), 15(6) and 15(7) of Part IV of Schedule 5 to the Finance Act 199629
4.
Sections 1(1), 6(1), 7(1), 9(1) and 11(1) of the Fraud Act 200630
Table 3Other Relevant Offences
Number
Offence(s)
1.
Section 114 of the Public Health Act 187831
2.
Sections 1(1), 8(1), 9(1), 10(1), 11(1), 17(1), 18(1), 21(1) and 23A(1) of the Theft Act (Northern Ireland) 196932
3.
Sections 4, 6, 8, 9, 11(2), 19, 20 and 23(4) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 197133
4.
Sections 24(1), 24A(1), 25(1), 25A(1), 25B(1), 26(1), 26A(3), 26B(1), 26B(2) and 27 of the Immigration Act 197134
5.
Sections 98(3) and 98(4) of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 197235
6.
Article 31(1) of the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 197836
7.
Articles 3, 9(13), 11A(1), 15B(11), 19G(4), 31E(1), 31E(2), 72(1), 72(2), 73A(4), 81(1), 82(3), 86(1), 90(4), 91A(1), 95(2), 96(2), 97(3), 168A(1), 172(1), 172B, 174(2), 175(2), 180(1) and 180(4) of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 198137
8.
Sections 49(1), 49(2), 50(1), 51(1), 52(1), 53(1), 53(2), 53(3) and 58(1) of the Drug Trafficking Act 199438
9.
Articles 30(4), 31(1), 47(1), 47(2), 53 and 54(1) of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 199639
10.
Article 26A(8) of the Juries (Northern Ireland) Order 199640
11.
Sections 69A(8) and 69C(10) of the Northern Ireland Act 199841
12.
Sections 11(1), 12(1), 12(2), 12(3), 13(1), 15(1), 15(2), 15(3), 16, 17, 18(1), 19(2), 21A(1), 21D(1), 21D(3), 54(1), 54(2), 54(3), 56(1), 57(1), 58(1), 58A(1), 60(1), 62(1), 63(1), 63A(1), 63B(1), 63C(1), 63D(1), 63D(3), 87(6), 89(2), 93(1), 94(2), 94(3), 95(4), 96(3), 103(1) and 116(3) of and paragraphs 3(7), 14(1), 15(4), 16(3), 19(7), 20(6) and 32(3) of Schedule 5, paragraph 1(3) of Schedule 6, paragraph 18(1) of Schedule 7 and paragraphs 2, 3(1), 4(1), 6(3), 15(1) and 16(3) of Schedule 13 to the Terrorism Act 200042
13.
Sections 327(1), 328(1), 329(1), 330(1), 331(1) and 332(1) of the Proceeds of Crime Act 200243
14.
Articles 3(1), 3(2), 6(6), 10(3), 13(2), 15(10), 16(2), 21(4), 24(1), 27(6), 30(1), 35(9), 36(3), 37(4), 38(7), 39(3), 40(4), 41(5), 42(4), 43(5), 44(6), 45(1), 45(2), 45(5), 48(4), 49(5), 51(2), 52(4), 53(5), 54(2), 55(5), 56(3), 58(2), 59(2), 60(1), 61, 62, 63(6), 63(8), 64(1), 65, 66, 67(1), 67(3), 72(2)(c) and 73(1) of the Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 200444
15.
Sections 21(3), 26(2), 31(1), 32(2) and 32(3) of and paragraphs 4, 5, 6 and 8(3) of Schedule 6 to the Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 200745
16.
Sections 25(1), 44(1), 45 and 46(1) of the Serious Crime Act 200746
17.
Sections 1(7), 5(2), 9(3), 9(4), 11(2)(a), 16(1), 17(1), 28 and 45(6) of the Transport Act (Northern Ireland) 201147
18.
Sections 1(3), 8(9), 10(5), 11(4), 11(7), 12(4), 15(4), 16(13) and 17(1) of and paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 and paragraphs 9(1) and 9(5) of Schedule 2 to the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 201348
19.
Regulations 19 and 20(1) of the Animal By-Products (Enforcement) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 201549
20.
Sections 1(1), 2(1), 2(7) and 4(1) of the Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Criminal Justice and Support for Victims) Act (Northern Ireland) 201550
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs on 29th September 2017
(This note is not part of the Regulations)