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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 and shall come into operation on 8th August 2005.
(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 regulation 21B—
(a) in paragraph (1), omit sub-paragraph (b);
(b) for paragraph (3) substitute—“
(3) The Department shall notify the applicant in writing of its decision under paragraph (2).”;
(c) for paragraph (5) substitute—“
(5) Subject to regulation 21D, where accreditation is granted under paragraph (2), it shall take effect—
(a) where the application for accreditation and the decision thereon are made prior to 1st January of the year in which the applicant wishes to be accredited (“the accredited year”), from 1st January of that year;
(b) in all other cases, from the date of the decision on the application,
and shall remain in force until 31st December in the accredited year.”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 5th July 2005.
Ian Maye
A senior officer of the
Department of the Environment
