- Enforced by
- NIEA
- Status
- In Force
- Penalty ceiling
- Prosecution 1 of 12 obligations carry an unlimited fine. 11 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.
Does it bind you?
Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.
Any Person2
Operator1
Plus 9 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
Space Industry Regulations 2021
76 duties
Air Navigation Order 2016
65 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.
Part 1
0 of 1 section shown
1 other section in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.001
Citation, commencement and interpretation
Part 2
Amendment of primary legislation
0 of 7 sections shown7 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.002
Amendment of the Environment (Northern Ireland) Order 2002
s.003
Amendment of the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997
s.004
(1) In Article 5 (duty of care, etc., as respects...
s.005
(1) In Article 19 (waste management strategy)—
s.006
(1) In Article 30 (special provision with respect to certain...
s.007
Schedule 1 is repealed.
s.008
For Schedule 3 substitute — SCHEDULE 3 THE WASTE MANAGEMENT...
Part 3
Waste
12 of 22 sections shown
s.010
Establishment of waste prevention programmes
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Department must evaluate waste prevention measures and establish programmesCrown / Minister / Government department
s.011
Purposes, etc. of waste prevention programmes
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Department must maintain a compliant waste prevention programmeCrown / Minister / Government department
s.012
Monitoring and evaluation of waste prevention programmes
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Department must set and publish waste prevention targets and indicatorsCrown / Minister / Government department
s.013
Review and modification of waste prevention programmes
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Department must review waste prevention programmes every six yearsCrown / Minister / Government department
s.015
Public participation procedures
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Department must consult on waste prevention programme proposalsCrown / Minister / Government department
s.016
Procedures following public participation
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Department must consider consultation responses and publish waste prevention decisionsCrown / Minister / Government department
s.017
Duty in relation to the waste hierarchy (coming into operation 8 October 2011)
Regulated
- Apply the waste hierarchy when transferring wasteAny Person
s.018
Duties in relation to collection of waste
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Councils must collect paper, metal, plastic and glass separatelyLocal authority
s.019
Duty in relation to collected waste
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- District councils must not mix separately collected waste with different materialsLocal authority
s.020
Duty in relation to collected waste by private operators
Regulated
- Meet waste collection and handling duties as a registered carrierOperator
s.022
Enforcement notices
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Serve compliance, restoration or suspension notices on breaching carriersCrown / Minister / Government department
s.024
Offence
Prosecution
- Fail to comply with waste duty or enforcement noticeAny Person
Unlimited fine
10 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.009
Interpretation of Part 3
s.009
Modification of the Industrial Emissions Directive
s.009
Modification of the Landfill Directive
s.009
Modification of the Mining Waste Directive
s.009
Modification of the Waste Framework Directive
s.009
Modification of Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
s.014
Public participation in waste prevention programmes
s.021
Co-mingled waste
s.023
Appeals
s.025
Radioactive waste
Part 4
Amendment of Subordinate Legislation
0 of 46 sections shown46 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.026
Amendment of the Deposits in the Sea (Exemptions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1995
s.027
Amendment to the Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999
s.028
Amendment of the Controlled Waste (Registration of Carriers and Seizure of Vehicles) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999
s.029
After regulation 3(2) insert— (3) A register of carriers held...
s.030
For regulation 4(8) substitute— (8) The Department shall charge an...
s.031
For regulation 11(2) substitute— (2) Subject to paragraphs (4) to...
s.032
Amendment to the Environmental Protection (Disposal of Polychlorinated Biphenyls and other Dangerous Substances) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000
s.033
Amendment of the Controlled Waste (Duty of Care) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002
s.034
Amendment to the Pollution Prevention and Control Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003
s.035
Amendment of the Waste Management Licensing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003
s.036
Amendment of regulation 1: Citation, commencement and interpretation
s.037
Amendment of regulation 2: Offences
s.038
Amendment of regulation 16: Exclusion of activities under other control regimes from waste management licensing
s.039
Amendment of regulation 22: Registration of brokers
s.040
For Schedule 3 substitute SCHEDULE 3 WASTE FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE Regulations...
s.041
For Schedule 4 substitute— SCHEDULE 4 REGISTRATION OF BROKERS AND...
s.042
In Schedule 5 Part 1— (1) in paragraph 1(a) for...
s.043
Amendment to the Landfill Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003
s.044
Amendment to the Landfill Allowances Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004
s.045
Amendments to the Hazardous Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005
s.046
For regulation 3 substitute— (1) For the purposes of these Regulations—
s.047
For regulation 4 substitute— Annex III to the Waste Directive...
s.048
(1) In regulation 5(a), after the words “a list of...
s.049
In regulation 8(1) for “Annexes I, II and III” substitute...
s.050
In regulation 9(1) for “Annexes I, II and III” substitute...
s.051
(1) In regulation 10(1)— (a) for “Annexes I, II and...
s.052
In regulation 18— (1) After the words “it has been”...
s.053
In regulation 19 — (1) In paragraph (1) for “(2)...
s.054
In regulation 24(2)(c) for “Annex IIA to Council Directive 75/442/EEC,...
s.055
In regulation 37— (1) In paragraph (2) after “made” insert...
s.056
In regulation 38— (1) In paragraph (1) for “consignor of...
s.057
In regulation 40(3)(c)— (1) Insert “disposal or” before “recovery”; and...
s.058
In regulation 42— (1) In paragraph (2)—
s.059
In regulation 47(2)— (1) For “Article 7” substitute “Article 28”;...
s.060
After regulation 48(6) insert- (7) Until the end of the...
s.061
Omit Schedules 1 and 2.
s.062
For Schedule 3 substitute— SCHEDULE 3 Annex III to the...
s.063
For Schedule 4 substitute— SCHEDULE 4 FORM OF CONSIGNMENT NOTE...
s.064
Amendment to the List of Wastes Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005
s.065
In the Schedule— (1) In paragraph 1, for “Article 18...
s.066
Amendment of the Feeding Stuffs Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005
s.067
Amendment of the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007
s.068
Amendment of the Renewables Obligation Order (Northern Ireland) 2009
s.069
Amendment of the Waste Batteries and Accumulators (Treatment and Disposal) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009
s.070
Amendment of the Environmental Liability (Prevention and Remediation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009
s.071
Amendment of the Planning (Management of Waste from Extractive Industries) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010
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