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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 and come into operation on 6th April 2008.
(2) The Interpretation Act (NI) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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(1) The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 are amended as follows.
(2) In Regulation 2(2) for the definition of the “Waste Directive” substitute “means Council Directive 2006/12/EC on waste;”.
(3) In Regulation 35(3) and (4) and paragraph 1(1) and (3) of Schedule 8 for the phrase “justice of the peace” in each instance where it occurs, substitute “lay magistrate”; and
(4) In paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 8, for the words “the justice” substitute “the lay magistrate”
(5) In Schedule 2 (recovery and recycling obligations)
(a) In paragraph 5(c), for “68%” substitute “72%”.
(b) In paragraph 5(d), for “69%” substitute “73%”.
(c) In paragraph 5(e), for “70%” substitute “74%”.
(6) In paragraph 6, Table 2 (recycling targets) there is substituted—“

Table 2: Recycling targets
Material 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Paper target 66.5 67 67.5 68.5 69.5
Glass target 65 69.5 78 80 81
Aluminium target 29 31 35 38 40
Steel target 56 57.5 68 68.5 69
Plastic target 23 24 26 27 29
Wood target 19.5 20 20.5 21 22”
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 29th February 2008.
Wesley Shannon
A senior officer of the Department of the Environment
