The Environmental Protection (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Citation, commencement and extent. N.I.

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Environmental Protection (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 and come into force on [F1 IP completion day].

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Regulations substituted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Waste (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/284), regs. 1(1), 3(2)

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 1 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1

2.  These Regulations extend to Northern Ireland only.

Commencement Information

I2 Reg. 2 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1

PART 1 N.I. Amendment of the Waste Provisions

3.—(1) Schedule 1 amends the Waste Provisions.

(2) For the purposes of these Regulations “the Waste Provisions” means—

(a) the Controlled Waste (Registration of Carriers and Seizure of Vehicles) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 M1 ;

(b) the Environmental Protection (Disposal of Polychlorinated Biphenyls and other Dangerous Substances) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 M2 ;

(c) the Waste Management Licensing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 M3 ;

(d) the Landfill Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 M4 ;

(e) the Landfill Allowances Scheme (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2004 M5 ;

(f) the Hazardous Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 M6 ;

(g) the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 M7 ; and

(h) the Controlled Waste and Duty of Care Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013 M8 .

Commencement Information

I3 Reg. 3 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1

Marginal Citations

M1 S.R. 1999 No. 362 as amended by S.R. 2003 No. 493, S.R. 2006 No. 280, S.R. 2011 No. 127 and S.R. 2011 No. 124

M2 S.R. 2000 No. 232 as relevantly amended by S.R. 2011 No. 127

M3 S.R. 2003 No. 493 as relevantly amended by S.R. 2003 No. 496, S.R. 2005 No. 300, S.R. 2006 No. 280, S.R. 2006 No. 489, S.R. 2006 No. 519, S.R. 2008 No. 18, S.R. 2009 No. 76, S.R. 2009 No. 159, S.R. 2010 No. 411, S.R. 2011 No. 124, S.R. 2011 No. 127, S.R. 2011 No. 403, S.R. 2013 No. 241, S.R. 2014 No. 137, S.R. 2014 No. 307, S.R. 2014. No. 252, S.R. 2015 No. 14, S.R. 2015 No. 288, S.R. 2016 No. 95 and S.R. 2016 No. 96

M4 S.R. 2003 No. 496 as relevantly by S.R. 2005 No. 300, S.R. 2007 No. 179 and S.R. 2011 No. 127

M5 S.R. 2004 No. 416 as relevantly amended by S.R. 2011 No. 127 and S.R. 2011 No. 373

M6 S.R. 2005 No. 300 as relevantly amended by S.R. 2011 No. 127, S.R. 2015 No. 288 and S.R. 2016 No. 95

M7 S.R. 2007 No. 198 as relevantly amended by S.R. 2008 No. 373 and S.R. 2010 No. 396

M8 S.R. 2013 No. 255 as relevantly amended by S.I. 2014/117

PART 2 N.I. Amendment of the Air and Environmental Quality Provisions.

4.—(1) Schedule 2 amends the Air and Environmental Quality Provisions.

(2) For the purposes of these Regulations “the Air and Environmental Quality Provisions” means—

(a) the Air Quality Standards Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 M9 ;

(b) the Pollution Prevention and Control (Industrial Emissions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013 M10 .

Commencement Information

I4 Reg. 4 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1

Marginal Citations

M9 S.R. 2010 No. 188 as relevantly amended by S.R. 2017, No. 2 and S.R. 2018 No. 133

M10 S.R. 2013 No. 160 as relevantly amended by S.R. 2014 No. 304, S.R. 2015 No. 14, S.I. 2015/1973, S.R. 2015 No. 325, S.R. 2016 No. 95, S.R. 2016 No. 309 and S.R. 2018 No. 33

PART 3 N.I.

[F2 5.   Schedule 3 modifies specified EU Directives for the purposes of these Regulations; and for the purpose of––

(a) the Pollution Control and Local Government (Northern Ireland) Order 1978

(b) the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997;

(c) the Controlled Waste (Registration of Carriers and Seizure of Vehicles) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999;

(d) the Environmental Protection (Disposal of Polychlorinated Biphenyls and other Dangerous Substances) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000

(e) the Controlled Waste (Duty of Care) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002;

(f) the Environment (Northern Ireland) Order 2002;

(g) the Waste Management Licensing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003;

(h) the Landfill Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003;

(i) the Landfill Allowances Scheme (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2004;

(j) the Renewables Obligation Order (Northern Ireland) 2009;

(k) the Waste Batteries and Accumulators (Treatment and Disposal) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009;

(l) the Environmental Liability (Prevention and Remediation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009;

(m) the Marine Licensing (Exempted Activities) Order (Northern Ireland) 2011;

(n) the Pollution Prevention and Control (Industrial Emissions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013.]

Textual Amendments

F2 Reg. 5 substituted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Waste (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/284), regs. 1(1), 3(3)

Commencement Information

I5 Reg. 5 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1

Thérèse Coffey

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs