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The Waste (Circular Economy) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020
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Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
2020 No. 285
Environmental Protection
The Waste (Circular Economy) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020
Made
26th November 2020
Coming into operation
18th December 2020
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs(1) having been designated(2) for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(3) in relation to measures relating to the prevention, reduction and elimination of pollution caused by waste and in relation to the environment, in exercise of the powers conferred upon it by that section and by Articles 4(3) and 77 of the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997(4) (having in particular had regard in exercising its power under Article 4(3) of that Order to the matters specified in Article 4(4) of that Order), hereby makes the following Regulations.
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Formerly the Department of the Environment which was dissolved by section 1(9) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c.5 N.I.) and, by virtue of Article 8(1)(c) of the Departments (Transfer of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016 No.76), its functions for the purpose of these Regulations were transferred to the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
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S.I. 1997/2778 (N.I. 19); relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 2009 No.178, S.R. 2011 No.127, S.R. 2015 No.14, S.R. 2016 No.95, S.R. 2016 No.380 and S.R. 2019 No.240
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