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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 and shall come into operation on 2nd September 2002.
(2) In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations” means the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999.
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(1) The principal Regulations shall be amended in accordance with paragraph (2).
(2) In Schedule 2 (recovery and recycling obligations)—
(a) in paragraph 4 –
(i) in sub-paragraph (a) the word “and” shall be omitted,
(ii) for sub-paragraph (b) there shall be substituted—“
(b) for the year 2001, 52%; and”, and
(iii) after sub-paragraph (b) there shall be inserted—“
(c) for the year 2002 and any subsequent year, 59%.”; and
(b) in paragraph 5—
(i) in sub-paragraph (a) the word “and” shall be omitted,
(ii) for sub-paragraph (b) there shall be substituted –“
(b) for the year 2001, 16%; and”, and
(iii) after sub-paragraph (b) there shall be inserted –“
(c) for the year 2002 and any subsequent year, 19%.”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 8th July 2002.
Dermot Nesbitt
Minister of the Environment
