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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Environment (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2010.
(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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(1) The Environment (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 shall be amended in accordance with paragraph (2).
(2) In Schedule 1—
(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c) After paragraph 24 insert—“
24A. 
The regulations may require any scheme as is mentioned in paragraph 9A to include provision which gives effect to any proposal of the Environment Agency to prescribe operator registry charges and for any such charges to be paid to that Agency.”
(d) In paragraph 26,
(i) at the appropriate alphabetical place, insert—“
 “allowance” and “operator” have the same meaning as in the 2005 regulations;” and“
 “Environment Agency” means the Agency constituted under the Environment Act 1995;”
(ii) after “under that Article”, for “.” substitute “:”; and
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Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 10th March 2010
Denis McMahon
A senior officer of the Department of the Environment
