| Guvnor

Enforced by: NIEA
Status: Amended (in force with amendments)
Penalty ceiling: Imprisonment 1 of 27 obligations carry an unlimited fine. 2 carry different penalties and 24 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Any Person9 Operator2 Employer1 Applicant1 Occupier1 Director or Officer1

Plus 12 duties on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

Other Acts binding the same actors

If a role above is yours, these are the other instruments that most often bind it.

Any Person — also bound by 2684 other Acts

Human Medicines Regulations 2012 184 duties

Merchant Shipping Act 1995 144 duties

Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 104 duties

Communications Act 2003 92 duties

Road Traffic Act 1988 92 duties

Operator — also bound by 803 other Acts

Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 (Air Operations) 203 duties

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2066 of 19 December 2018 on the monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Commission Regulation (EU) No 601/2012 (Text with EEA relevance) 121 duties

Space Industry Regulations 2021 76 duties

Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on transmissible animal diseases and amending and repealing certain acts in the area of animal health (‘Animal Health Law’) (Text with EEA relevance) 66 duties

Air Navigation Order 2016 65 duties

Employer — also bound by 701 other Acts

The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) Regulations 2003 241 duties

Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 120 duties

TULRCA 1992 72 duties

Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 54 duties

Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 53 duties

Applicant — also bound by 325 other Acts

Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 46 duties

Human Medicines Regulations 2012 42 duties

The Land Registration Rules 2003 25 duties

Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 (Aircrew) 20 duties

Value Added Tax Regulations 1995 18 duties

Occupier — also bound by 246 other Acts

The Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) Regulations 2021 47 duties

Avian Influenza and Influenza of Avian Origin in Mammals (England) (No. 2) Order 2006 46 duties

The Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) Regulations 1995 34 duties

Highways Act 1980 23 duties

Nitrate Pollution Prevention Regulations 2015 19 duties

Director or Officer — also bound by 482 other Acts

Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 162 duties

Companies Act 2006 126 duties

Insolvency Act 1986 77 duties

The Large and Medium-sized Companies and Groups (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 68 duties

Building Societies Act 1986 32 duties

What it requires

Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

sch. 3 para. 12 sch. 3 para. 12 Regulated

sch. 3 para. 14 sch. 3 para. 14 Regulated

Keep waste records for NIEA inspection (hazardous or non-hazardous)Any Person

sch. 3 para. 4 sch. 3 para. 4 Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

Planning authority must consider specified waste provisions in planning decisionsLocal authority

sch. 3 para. 5 sch. 3 para. 5 Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

NIEA must publish waste recovery/disposal plan and follow strict licensing rulesStatutory regulator

sch. 3 para. 6 sch. 3 para. 6 Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

Permit must specify waste types, quantities, methods, and safety measuresCrown / Minister / Government department

sch. 3 para. 7 sch. 3 para. 7 Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

Department must consider waste hierarchy and environment in regional strategyCrown / Minister / Government department

sch. 5 para. 1 sch. 5 para. 1 Regulated

Comply with environmental requirements before keeping end-of-life vehiclesOccupier

sch. 5 para. 2 sch. 5 para. 2 Regulated

Do not treat end-of-life vehicles unless you meet environmental and technical standardsAny Person

s.008 Notification of determination Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

Planning Appeals Commission must notify you of appeal decisions and reasonsTribunal / Court

s.009 Particulars to be entered in public registers Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

NIEA must maintain a public register of waste management activitiesStatutory regulator

s.011 Conditions of site licences: WEEE Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

NIEA must include WEEE storage and treatment conditions in site licencesStatutory regulator

s.011 Conditions of waste management licences: waste batteries and accumulators Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

NIEA must include battery treatment conditions in waste licencesStatutory regulator

s.011 Conditions of waste management licences: calculation of recycling efficiencies of the recycling processes of waste batteries and accumulators Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

NIEA must ensure battery recycling processes meet efficiency standardsCrown / Minister / Government department

s.011 Conditions of waste management licences: separately collected food waste Regulated

Do not mix separately collected food waste with other materialsOperator

s.011 Conditions of waste management licences: Materials facilities Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

NIEA must ensure materials facilities licences include Code complianceCrown / Minister / Government department

s.013 Waste oils Regulated

Prevent contamination of waste oil and base oilAny Person

s.018 Registration in connection with exempt activities Prosecution

Carry out exempt waste activity without registrationAny Person

Fine up to £500

s.019 Registration obligations Regulated

Keep records of exempt waste activity plans and documentsAny Person

s.022 Registration of brokers Prosecution

Act as unregistered waste broker or dealerAny Person

Unlimited fine

s.026 End of Life Vehicles Directive Regulated

Ensure control and compliance for end-of-life vehicle treatmentApplicant

27 other provisions — procedural and definitional

sch. 2 para. 1 sch. 2 para. 1

sch. 3 para. 13 sch. 3 para. 13

sch. 3 para. 2 sch. 3 para. 2

s.001 Citation, commencement and interpretation

s.002 Offences

s.003 Technical competence

s.004 Technical competence – transitional provisions

s.005 Pre-qualification technical competence

s.006 Notice of appeal

s.007 Time limit for making an appeal

s.010 Information to be excluded or removed from a register

s.011 Mobile plant

s.012 Health at Work

s.014 Groundwater

s.015 Amendments to the Groundwater Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998

s.016 Exclusion of activities under other control regimes from waste management licensing

s.017 Exemptions from waste management licensing

s.020 Refusal, revocation and cessation of registration

s.021 Waste Framework Directive

s.023 Amendment of the Deposits in the Sea (Exemptions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1995

s.024 Amendment of the Special Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998

s.025 Amendment of the Controlled Waste (Registration of Carriers and Seizure of Vehicles) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999

s.027 Revocations

s.exclusion from waste management licensing: waste b Exclusion from waste management licensing: waste batteries and accumulators

s.fees and charges for registration in connection wi Fees and charges for registration in connection with exempt activities

s.food waste exemptions from waste management licens Food waste exemptions from waste management licensing

s.para.40 “ Relevant Waste ” means— subject to paragraph 38 of...

Schedules

7 of 75 shown

s.005 CONDITIONS FOR THE KEEPING OR TREATMENT OF END OF LIFE VEHICLES Regulated

Meet technical standards for keeping and treating end-of-life vehiclesEmployer

s.sch004 REGISTRATION OF BROKERS AND DEALERS OF CONTROLLED WASTE Regulated

s.sch004 Registers Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

Department must maintain a public register of waste brokers and dealersCrown / Minister / Government department

s.sch004 Applications for registration Regulated

Apply for registration as a broker or dealer of controlled waste using the correct processAny Person

s.sch004 Registration as a broker or dealer and amendment of entries Regulated

Notify NIEA of changes to your registration detailsAny Person

s.sch004 Cessation of registration Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

Department must record registration cessation and date in registerCrown / Minister / Government department

s.sch006 Prescribed Offences Imprisonment

Operate a waste facility with a history of prescribed criminal offencesAny Person

68 other schedules

s.002 EXEMPTIONS FROM WASTE MANAGEMENT LICENSING

s.sch001 Schedule 1

s.sch001 The qualifications required of a person if he is to...

s.sch001 Anyone carrying out an activity listed in the Table must...

s.sch001 Where appropriate, the Department will recognise the Vocationally Related Qualification...

s.sch001 In Table 1— “civic amenity site” or “household recycling centre”...

s.sch001a Definition of “relevant waste”

s.sch002 (1) The spreading of sludge on land which is not...

s.sch002 (1) Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph and...

s.sch002 For the purposes of Table 3 the following definitions apply—...

s.sch002 (1) Subject to the conditions specified in sub-paragraph (3), carrying...

s.sch002 (1) Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph and...

s.sch002 (1) The manufacture from – (a) waste which arises from...

s.sch002 (1) Subject to the conditions specified in sub-paragraph (4), the...

s.sch002 (1) The beneficial use of waste if –

s.sch002 (1) Subject to the conditions specified in sub-paragraph (5), the...

s.sch002 (1) Laundering or otherwise cleaning waste textiles with a view...

s.sch002 (1) Chipping, shredding, cutting or pulverising waste plant matter (including...

s.sch002 (1) The recovery, at any premises, of silver from waste...

s.sch002 (1) The recovery of waste consisting of animal by-products at...

s.sch002 (1) Crushing, grinding or other size reduction of waste bricks,...

s.sch002 (1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) to (4), the deposit of...

s.sch002 (1) The recovery or disposal of waste, at the place...

s.sch002 (1) Subject to the conditions specified in sub-paragraph (3), baling,...

s.sch002 (1) The disposal of waste at the place where it...

s.sch002 (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), burning waste on land in...

s.sch002 The discharge of waste onto the track of a railway...

s.sch002 The burial on premises of waste arising from the use...

s.sch002 (1) The keeping or deposit of waste consisting of excavated...

s.sch002 (1) The keeping or deposit on land at the place...

s.sch002 (1) The deposit of waste consisting of excavated material from...

s.sch002 (1) The temporary storage of waste consisting of garbage, at...

s.sch002 (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the burial of a dead...

s.sch002 The deposit or storage of samples of waste which are...

s.sch002 (1) The secure storage at a pharmacy, pending their disposal...

s.sch002 (1) The operation, under a permit under the 2003 Regulations,...

s.sch002 (1) The storage, pending its collection or transport, of non-liquid...

s.sch002 (1) The temporary storage, pending its collection, of waste (including...

s.sch002 (1) The treatment, keeping or disposal by any person at...

s.sch002 (1) Heating iron, steel or any ferrous-alloy, non-ferrous metal or...

s.sch002 (1) Subject to the conditions specified in sub-paragraph (3), the...

s.sch002 (1) Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph and...

s.sch002 (1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) to (4), the burning at...

s.sch002 (1) The treatment of land used for agriculture with agricultural...

s.sch002 The deposit of agricultural waste consisting of plant tissue at...

s.sch002 (1) The disposal of agricultural waste consisting of non-hazardous pesticide...

s.sch002 (1) The mixing of ash from the incineration of pig...

s.sch002 (1) The treatment of land used for agriculture with agricultural...

s.sch002 The treatment of land used for agriculture with agricultural waste...

s.sch002 For the purposes of this Schedule – a container, lagoon...

s.sch002 (1) The carrying on, at any secure place in respect...

s.sch002 The carrying on of any of the following operations—

s.sch002 (1) The secure storage at any place of WEEE of...

s.sch002 (1) The crushing of waste gas discharge lamps (including fluorescent...

s.sch002 The secure storage at a place other than the place...

s.sch002 (1) The cleaning, washing, spraying or coating of waste consisting...

s.sch002 (1) Burning waste as a fuel in an appliance if...

s.sch002 (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (3) and any limitation set down...

s.sch003 WASTE FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE

s.sch004 Interpretation of Schedule 4

s.sch004 Revocation of registration

s.sch004 Appeals

s.sch004 Duration of registration

s.sch005 Treatment operations for the depollution of an end of life...

s.sch005 In order to promote its subsequent recycling, where an article...

s.sch005 Any keeping operations shall be carried out in such a...

s.sch006 The offences to be regarded as prescribed offences for the...

Help complying

Guvnor’s practical routes through this instrument.

Apply to NIEA for an environmental permit

Northern Ireland has no single environmental permit. Each activity, from waste management and water discharge to industrial emissions and water abstraction, has …

1 more guide that reference this instrument

Duty extraction and severity labels are Guvnor’s analysis of the instrument, not the instrument itself. Always verify against the linked source text.

Waste Management Licensing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

Does it bind you?

Other Acts binding the same actors

What it requires

Schedules

Help complying

Apply to NIEA for an environmental permit