The Hazardous Waste (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
These Regulations are made under Section 2(2) of and paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to the European Communities Act 1972. They amend a number of pieces of Northern Ireland legislation to bring into effect the changes introduced by Commission Decision 2014/955/EU amending Decision 2000/532/EC (the Decision) on the list of waste pursuant to Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council. Commission Decision 2000/532/EC is directly binding as regards determination of waste that is to be considered as hazardous waste. The changes being introduced by way of the updated Decision came into effect on 1 June 2015.