Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2017 No. 3

Environmental Protection

The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017

Made

10th January 2017

Coming into operation

2nd February 2017

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 2(3), 3(1), 4(1) and 7(2) of the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Northern Ireland) Order 1998(1) and now vested in it(2).

The Department makes these Regulations —

(a)

after consultation in accordance with Article 3(2) of the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Northern Ireland) Order 1998;

(b)

having regard to the matters in Article 3(6) as required by Article 3(5) of that Order (subject to modifications required through the exercise of the powers in Article 3(4)); and

(c)

in accordance with the duty in Article 3(7) of that Order.

(1)

S.I. 1998/1762 (N.I. 16) relevant amendments are S.I. 2003/311, art 43(2) and 2011 c.5(N.I.),s.10(2)

(2)

The Department of the Environment was dissolved by section 1(9) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 and, by virtue of Article 8(1)(c) of the Departments (Transfer of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016, its functions for the purposes of these Regulations were transferred to the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs