Waste Legislation
The European Council (EC) and Northern Ireland (NI) Primary and Secondary legislation has made increasing environmental standards and changes in production patterns, a legal requirement. The Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997), was introduced in Northern Ireland as a result of the Waste Framework Directive (75/442/EC) (as amended by 91/156/EEC and 91/692/EEC), The Hazardous Waste Directive (91/689/EC) and The Landfill Directive (1999/31/EC) which set legal standards and responsibilities for the deposit, treatment, keeping or disposal of waste.
Animal By-Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 SR 495
The Controlled Waste Regulations 1992
Controlled Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 SR 248
Controlled Waste (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 SR 404
Controlled Waste (Duty of Care) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 SR 271
Controlled Waste (Duty of Care) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004 SR 277
Controlled Waste (Registration of Carriers and Seizure of Vehicles) Regulations 1991 SI 1624
End of Life Vehicles Directive 2000/53/EC
End-of-Life Vehicles (Producer Responsibility) Regulations 2005 SI 263
Environment (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 SI 3153 (N.I. 7) (including updates)
Directive 2003/35/EC amending Council Directives 85/337/EEC and 96/61/EC
Environmental Impact Assessment (Agriculture) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007
The Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment No.2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008
Environmental Protection Act 1990
EU Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC)
Hazardous Waste Directive 91/689/EEC
Hazardous Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 SR 300
Hazardous Waste (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 SR 461
Industrial Pollution Control (Northern Ireland) Order 1997
Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) Directive 96/61/EC
Industrial Pollution Control (Prescribed Processes and Substances) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998
Council Directive 1999/31/EC of 26 April 1999 on the Landfill of Waste
Landfill Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 SR 496
Landfill (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004 SR 297
Landfill (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 SR 179
Landfill (Amendment No 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 SR 258
The Landfill Tax Regulations 1996
List of Wastes Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 SR 301
List of Wastes (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 SR 462
The Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order SI 1985/1208
Nature Conservancy and Amenity Lands (Northern Ireland) Order 1985
The Nitrates Action Programme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006
The Nitrates Action Programme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008
Packaging (Essential Requirements) Regulations 2003 SI 1941
Packaging (Essential Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations 2004 SI 1188
Packaging (Essential Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 SI 1492
Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive 94/62/EC
Phosphorus (Use in Agriculture) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006
Pollution Control and Local Government (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 SR 1049 (including updates)
Pollution Prevention and Control Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 SR 46
The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999
Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 SR 198
Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 SR 77
EU Regulation on Shipments of Waste 1013/2006
Transfrontier Shipment of Radioactive Waste Regulations 1993 SI 3031
Transfrontier Shipment of Waste Regulations 2007 SI 1711
Transfrontier Shipment of Waste (Amendment) Regulations 2008 SI 9
Waste (Amendment)(Northern Ireland) Order 2007 SI 611
Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 SI 2778 (including updates)
Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003 (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004 SR 399
Waste Collection and Disposal (Amendment) Regulations (NI) 1997 SR 52
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (Charges) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 SR 509
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2006 SI 3289
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (Amendment) Regulations 2007 SI 3454
Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003
Waste Framework Directive 75/442/EEC, as amended (Repealed by Directive 2006/12/ec)
Directive 2006/12/ec of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2006 on waste
Waste Incineration Directive 2000/76/EC
Corrigendum to Directive 2000/76/EC on the incineration of waste
Waste Incineration Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003
Waste Incineration (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004 SR 35
Waste Management Licensing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 SR 493
Waste Management (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 SR 18
