The Waste (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2007
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2007 No. 611 (N.I. 3)
NORTHERN IRELAND
The Waste (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2007
6thMarch 2007
ARRANGEMENT OF ORDER
Introductory1. Title and commencement
2. Interpretation
Offences relating to deposit, disposal, etc. of waste3. Defence of acting under employer's instructions
4. Penalties on conviction
5. Failure to furnish documentation: fixed penalty notice
6. Investigation and enforcement costs
7. Clean-up costs
8. Forfeiture of vehicles
9. Power to search and seize vehicles
Waste collection and disposal10. Offences relating to waste receptacles: fixed penalty notices
11. Daily fine for offence under Article 27 of 1997 Order
12. Power to require owner of land to remove waste
Transport of waste13. Unregistered transport: defence of acting under employer's instructions
14. Registration requirements and conditions
15. Enforcement powers
16. Failure to produce authority: fixed penalty notice
Site waste management plans17. Site waste management plans
Enforcement18. Powers of enforcing authorities
19. Power to stop vehicles
Repeals20. Repeals
Schedule
Repeals
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 6th day of March 2007
Present,
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Whereas a draft of this Order in Council has been approved by resolution of each House of Parliament:
Now, therefore, Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 1(1) of the Schedule to the Northern Ireland Act 2000 (c. 1) and of all other powers enabling Her in that behalf, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:-
Introductory
Title and commencement
1.-
(1) This Order may be cited as the Waste (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2007.
(2) This Article and Article 2 come into operation one week after the day on which this Order is made.
(3) The remaining provisions of this Order come into operation on such day or days as the Department of the Environment may by order appoint.
(4) An order under paragraph (3) may contain such transitional or saving provisions as that Department thinks appropriate.
Interpretation
2.-
(1) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 (c. 33) applies to this Order as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.
(2) In this Order "the 1997 Order" means the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 (NI 19).
Offences relating to deposit, disposal, etc. of waste
Defence of acting under employer's instructions
3.-
(1) In Article 4 of the 1997 Order (offence of unauthorised or harmful deposit etc of controlled waste), omit paragraph (7)(b) (defence of acting on employer's instructions).
(2) This Article does not have effect in relation to an offence committed, or alleged to have been committed, before the coming into operation of this Article.
Penalties on conviction
4.-
(1) Article 4 of the 1997 Order (offence of unauthorised or harmful deposit etc of waste) is amended as follows.
(2) For paragraphs (8) to (10) (penalties) substitute-
(8) Subject to paragraph (9), a person who commits an offence under this Article is liable-
(a) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to a fine not exceeding £50,000 or to both;(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years or to a fine or to both.(9) A person (other than an establishment or undertaking) who commits a relevant offence shall be liable-
(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum;(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine.(10) In this Article "relevant offence" means an offence under this Article in respect of a contravention of paragraph (1)(c) consisting of the treatment, keeping or disposal within the curtilage of a domestic property of household waste from that property.
(11) In determining the amount of any fine to be imposed on a person convicted of an offence under this Article, the court shall in particular have regard to any financial benefit which has accrued or appears likely to accrue to him in consequence of the offence..
(3) This Article does not have effect in relation to an offence committed before the coming into operation of this Article.
Failure to furnish documentation: fixed penalty notice
5.In the 1997 Order, after Article 5 insert-
Fixed penalty notices for certain offences under Article 5(8)
5A.-
(1) This Article applies where it appears to the Department that a person has failed to comply with a duty to furnish documents to the Department imposed under regulations made at any time under Article 5(7).
(2) The Department may serve on that person a notice offering him the opportunity of discharging any liability to conviction for an offence under Article 5(8) by payment of a fixed penalty.
(3) Where a person is given a notice under this Article in respect of an offence-
(a) no proceedings may be instituted for that offence before expiration of the period of 14 days following the date of the notice; and(b) he may not be convicted of that offence if he pays the fixed penalty before the expiration of the period.(4) A notice under this Article must give such particulars of the circumstances alleged to constitute the offence as are necessary for giving reasonable information of the offence.
(5) A notice under this Article must also state-
(a) the period during which, by virtue of paragraph (3), proceedings will not be taken for the offence;(b) the amount of the fixed penalty; and(c) the person to whom and the address at which the fixed penalty may be paid.(6) Without prejudice to payment by any other method, payment of the fixed penalty may be made by pre-paying and posting a letter containing the amount of the penalty to the person mentioned in paragraph (5)(c) at the address so mentioned.
(7) Where a letter is sent in accordance with paragraph (6) payment is to be regarded as having been made at the time at which that letter would be delivered in the ordinary course of post.
(8) The form of a notice under this Article is to be such as the Department may by order prescribe.
(9) The fixed penalty payable to the Department under this Article is, subject to paragraph (10), £300.
(10) The Department may by order substitute a different amount for the amount for the time being specified in paragraph (9).
(11) The Department may make provision for treating a fixed penalty as having been paid if a lesser amount is paid before the end of a period specified by the Department.
(12) In any proceedings a certificate which-
(a) purports to be signed by an authorised officer; and(b) states that payment of a fixed penalty was or was not received by a date specified in the certificate,is evidence of the facts stated.
(13) In this Article "authorised officer" means an officer of the Department who is authorised in writing by the Department for the purposes of this Article..
Investigation and enforcement costs
6.-
(1) After Article 5A of the 1997 Order (inserted by Article 5) insert-
Provisions relating to offences under Articles 4 and 5
Article 4 and 5 offences: investigation and enforcement costs
5B.-
(1) This Article applies where a person is convicted of-
(a) an offence under Article 4 in respect of a contravention of paragraph (1) of that Article; or(b) an offence under Article 5 in respect of a failure to comply with paragraph (1) of that Article.(2) The court by or before which the offender is convicted may make an order requiring him to pay to the Department a sum which appears to the court not to exceed the costs arising from-
(a) investigations of the Department which resulted in the conviction; and(b) the seizure by the Department under Article 5E of a vehicle involved in the offence.(3) The costs arising from the seizure of a vehicle as specified in paragraph (2)(b) may include the cost of disposing of the contents of the vehicle.
(4) The power of a court to make an order under this Article is in addition to its power to make an order under section 2 of the Costs in Criminal Cases Act (Northern Ireland) 1968 (award of costs against accused)..
(2) This Article does not have effect in relation to an offence committed before the coming into operation of this Article.
Clean-up costs
7.-
(1) After Article 5B of the 1997 Order (inserted by Article 6) insert-
Article 4 offences: clean-up costs
5C.-
(1) Paragraph (2) applies where a person is convicted of an offence under Article 4 in respect of a contravention of paragraph (1) of that Article consisting of the deposit or disposal of controlled waste.
(2) The reference in Article 14(1) of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1994 (compensation orders) to loss or damage resulting from the offence includes costs incurred or to be incurred by the owner or occupier of the land, the Department or a district council in-
(a) removing the waste deposited or disposed of in or on the land;(b) taking other steps to eliminate or reduce the consequences of the deposit or disposal; or(c) both.(3) Subject to paragraph (4), in relation to the costs referred to in paragraph (2), the reference in Article 14(11) of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1994 (limit on amount payable) to £5000 is instead to be construed as a reference to the amount of those costs (or, if the costs have not yet been incurred, the likely amount).
(4) Paragraph (3) does not apply where a person (other than an establishment or undertaking) is convicted of a relevant offence within the meaning of Article 4..
(2) This Article does not have effect in relation to an offence committed before the coming into operation of this Article.
Forfeiture of vehicles
8.-
(1) In the 1997 Order, after Article 5C (inserted by Article 7) insert-
Article 4 and 5 offences: forfeiture of vehicles
5D.-
(1) Subject to paragraph (2), this Article applies where a person is convicted of-
(a) an offence under Article 4 in respect of a contravention of paragraph (1) of that Article consisting of the deposit or disposal of controlled...To continue reading
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