This page provides links to the full text of key pieces of environmental legislation relating to hazardous waste. The websites hosting the legislation may list amendments separately.
If you are setting up an environmental management system (EMS) for your business, you can use this list to start compiling your legal register. Your legal adviser or environmental consultant will be able to tell you if other environmental legislation applies to your specific business.
For more information about EMS, see our guide on environmental management systems (EMS) - the basics.
- European Community (EC) Regulation on Classification, Labelling and Packaging of Substances and Mixtures 1272/2008. Requires manufacturers, importers and users to follow United Nations criteria for classifying, labelling and packaging hazardous substances and mixtures. Download the EC Regulation on Classifying, Labelling and Packaging of Substances and Mixtures from the Europa website (PDF, 6.59MB).
- Hazardous Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) SR 2005/300. Details the regime for controlling and tracking the movement of hazardous waste. Find the Hazardous Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 on the Legislation.gov website.
- Hazardous Waste (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) SR 2005/461. Amends 2005/300 in terms of offences and penalties. Find the Hazardous Waste (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 on the Legislation.gov website.
- List of Wastes Regulations (Northern Ireland) SR 2005/301. Requires the List of Wastes to be used when determining if a material or substance is waste or hazardous waste and for classifying and coding wastes for the waste control regime. Find the List of Wastes Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 on the Legislation.gov website.
- List of Wastes (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) SR 2005/462. Amends 2005/301 to correct minor errors. Find the List of Waste (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 on the Legislation.gov website.
- Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order SI 1997/2778 (including updates). Sets out the waste management regime covering waste carrier registration and identifying and remedying contaminated land. Find the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 on the Legislation.gov website.
- Waste and Contaminated Land (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2011. Gives the Department of Environment and district councils similar investigative, enforcement and clean up powers to deal with illegally dumped waste. Changes the legislative framework for management of land that has been contaminated by pollution. Find the Waste and Contaminated Land (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 on the Legislation.gov website.
- Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) SR 2011/127. Requires businesses to apply the waste management hierarchy, introduces a two-tier system for waste carrier registration, establishes waste prevention programmes and makes consequential amendments to various other pieces of legislation. Find the Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 on the Legislation.gov website.
You may also need to know about and comply with legislation on:
- waste management licensing
- pollution prevention and control (PPC) permits
Details of current and future Northern Ireland environmental legislation on the Netregs website.