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(a) the territorial sea adjacent to the United Kingdom;

(b) the area on the landward side of the baselines that is submerged at mean high water springs, including, so far as the tide flows at mean high water springs, an estuary or arm of the sea and the waters of any channel, creek, bay or river;

(c) the seabed and subsoil situated within the areas designated by Order in Council under section 1(7) of the Continental Shelf Act 1964[6]; and

(d) the waters superjacent to the seabed and the seabed and its subsoil situated within the areas designated by Order in Council under section 84(4) of the Energy Act 2004[7].

    (2) In this regulation, "baselines" means the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured for the purposes of the Territorial Sea Act 1987[8].

Scope of the Regulations
     3. These Regulations do not apply to the transit of waste occurring only through the marine area.

Interpretation
     4. —(1) In these Regulations—

"Annex VII document" means the document set out in Annex VII to the Community Regulation;

"authorised person" means a person authorised by a competent authority in accordance with regulation 50(2);

"the Community Regulation" means Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on shipments of waste;

"the marine area" has the meaning given by regulation 2(1);

"notifiable waste" means waste that is subject to the prior written notification and consent procedures of Title II of the Community Regulation, by virtue of any provision of that Regulation;

"waste vessel" means any vessel or any part of any vessel that is in itself waste within the meaning of the Community Regulation.

    (2) Expressions used in these Regulations that are also used in the Community Regulation have the same meaning in these Regulations as they have in the Community Regulation.

    (3) Any reference in these Regulations to—

(a) an Article is, save where the context otherwise requires, a reference to an Article of the Community Regulation;

(b) the Community Regulation is a reference to that Regulation as amended from time to time.

Meaning of transport and person who transports waste
     5. —(1) Any reference in these Regulations to transport includes consigning for transport.

    (2) Any reference in these Regulations to a person who transports waste includes the following persons—

(a) the notifier;

(b) any transporter of waste, by land or otherwise—


(i) into or in the United Kingdom; or

(ii) from the United Kingdom;



(c) any freight-forwarder; or

(d) any other person involved in the shipment of waste.

Competent authorities of destination and dispatch
     6. —(1) The competent authorities of destination and dispatch for the purposes of the Community Regulation are—

(a) in England and Wales, the Environment Agency;

(b) in Scotland, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency;

(c) in Northern Ireland, the Department of the Environment,

excluding in each case, subject to paragraph (2), the marine area.

    (2) The Secretary of State is the competent authority of destination and dispatch for the marine area, except in the case of waste vessels in the area specified in regulation 2(1)(b), where the competent authority is the body in paragraph (1).

Competent authority of transit
     7. The Secretary of State is the competent authority of transit for the United Kingdom for the purposes of the Community Regulation.

Correspondent
     8. The Secretary of State is the correspondent for the United Kingdom for the purposes of Article 54.

Notices
     9. —(1) Any notice under these Regulations must be in writing.

    (2) A notice may be subject to conditions and may be amended, suspended or revoked by notice in writing at any time.

    (3) A notice may be served on a person by—

(a) delivering it to him in person;

(b) leaving it at his proper address; or

(c) sending it by post or electronic means to him at his proper address.

    (4) Any such notice may—

(a) in the case of a body corporate, be served on the secretary or clerk of that body;

(b) in the case of a partnership, be served on a partner or a person having the control or management of the partnership business.

    (5) If the person to be served with any such notice has specified an address in the United Kingdom other than his proper address as the one at which he or someone on his behalf will accept notices of the same description as those notices, that address is also to be treated for the purposes of this regulation as his proper address.

    (6) For the purposes of this regulation, "proper address" means a person's last known address, which for the purposes of paragraph (3)(c) includes an e-mail address, except that—

(a) in the case of a body corporate or its secretary or clerk it is the address of the registered or principal office of that body;

(b) in the case of a partnership, partner or person having the control or management of the partnership business, it is the principal office of the partnership,

and for the purposes of this paragraph, the principal office of a company registered outside the United Kingdom or of a partnership carrying on business outside the United Kingdom is its principal office within the United Kingdom.

Transitional provisions
     10. Schedule 1 (transitional provisions for shipments to Latvia, Poland, Slovakia, Bulgaria or Romania) has effect.

    (2) The period referred to in paragraph (1)(c) must be sufficient to ensure that public consultees are given an effective opportunity to express their opinions on the proposals.

    (3) The Secretary of State must keep a copy of the proposals for inspection by the public at all reasonable times free of charge.

    (4) The Secretary of State may make a reasonable charge for copies provided under paragraph (1)(b).

Procedures following public participation
     13. —(1) Before decisions on a waste management plan are made, the Secretary of State must take account of any opinions expressed by public consultees in accordance with regulation 12.

    (2) As soon as reasonably practicable after making decisions on a waste management plan, the Secretary of State must—

(a) inform public consultees of the matters referred to in paragraph (3);

(b) take such steps as he considers appropriate to bring those matters to the attention of the public;

(c) if he has adopted the waste management plan, make a copy of it available for inspection at all reasonable times free of charge.

    (3) The matters are—

(a) the decisions made by the Secretary of State on the waste management plan;

(b) the reasons and considerations upon which those decisions are based; and

(c) information about the public participation procedure.

Provision of the plan to competent authorities
     14. The Secretary of State must send a copy of the waste management plan to—

(a) the Environment Agency;

(b) the Scottish Environment Protection Agency; and

(c) the Department of the Environment in Northern Ireland.

Objections to shipments of waste
     15. For the purpose of preventing shipments of waste that are not in accordance with the waste management plan—

(a) a competent authority of destination must object to any shipment notified in accordance with the Community Regulation which that plan indicates should not be brought into the United Kingdom; and

(b) a competent authority of dispatch must object to any shipment notified in accordance with the Community Regulation which that plan indicates should not be dispatched from the United Kingdom.

Waste Management Licensing Regulations 1994 etc.
     16. Paragraph 4(1)(b) of Schedule 4 to the Waste Management Licensing Regulations 1994[10] and paragraph 4(1)(b) of Part 1 of Schedule 3 to the Waste Management Licensing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003[11] have effect as if the references in those paragraphs to any plan made under the plan-making provisions include references to a waste management plan made under this Part.

Requirements for shipment of waste specified in Article 3(2) and (4)
     20. —(1) This regulation applies to waste specified in Article 3(2) or (4) that originates in the Community and is either brought into the United Kingdom or is destined for another member State, whether or not that waste passes through a third country.

    (2) A person who transports such waste commits an offence if—

(a) he does so without the waste being accompanied by a completed Annex VII document in accordance with Article 18(1)(a), that is signed in accordance with Article 18(1)(b);

(b) in the case of waste specified in Article 3(2), he does so without a contract as referred to in Article 18(2) having been entered into; or

(c) he fails to comply with Article 19.

Prohibition on export of certain waste for recovery to non-OECD Decision countries
     23. A person commits an offence if, in breach of Article 36(1), he transports waste specified in that Article that is destined for recovery in a country to which the OECD Decision does not apply.

Requirements for export of waste for recovery to OECD Decision countries
     24. —(1) This regulation applies to waste specified in Article 38(1) destined for recovery in any country to which the OECD Decision applies (with or without transit through any country to which that Decision applies).

    (2) A person who transports such waste commits an offence if he does so—

(a) without the provisions of Article 38(1) having been complied with (procedural requirements for the export of waste listed in Annexes III, IIIA, IIIB, IV and IVA); or

(b) in breach of Article 38(6) (requirement for consignment only to facilities operating or authorised to operate under the applicable national law of the country of destination).

Miscellaneous prohibitions on export of waste
     25. A person commits an offence if—

(a) he transports waste to the Antarctic;

(b) he transports waste destined for disposal in an overseas country or territory in breach of Article 40(1);

(c) he transports waste destined for recovery in an overseas country or territory in breach of Article 40(2)(prohibition on the export of certain waste); or

(d) he transports waste specified in Article 40(3) destined for recovery in an overseas country or territory without the provisions of that Article having been complied with (procedural requirements for exports to overseas countries or territories).

    (2) A person who transports such waste commits an offence if he does so without the provisions of Article 45 having been complied with (procedural requirements for imports from a non-OECD Decision country Party to the Basel Convention).

Requirements for import of waste from overseas countries or territories
     31. A person who transports waste that has come from any overseas country or territory commits an offence if he does so without the provisions of Article 46(1) having been complied with (procedural requirements for the import of waste from overseas countries or territories).

    (2) A person who transports such waste commits an offence if he does so without the provisions of Article 47 having been complied with (procedural requirements for shipments of waste destined for disposal from and to a third country).

Requirements for transit of waste for recovery: non-OECD Decision countries
     33. —(1) This regulation applies to waste destined for recovery that—

(a) originates from, and is destined for, a country to which the OECD Decision does not apply; and

(b) is transported through the United Kingdom.

    (2) A person who transports such waste commits an offence if he does so without the provisions of Article 48(1) having been complied with (procedural requirements for shipments of waste destined for recovery from and to a country to which the OECD Decision does not apply).

Requirements for transit of waste for recovery: OECD Decision countries
     34. —(1) This regulation applies to waste destined for recovery that—

(a) originates from, and is destined for, a country to which the OECD Decision applies; and

(b) is transported through the United Kingdom.

    (2) A person who transports such waste commits an offence if he does so without the provisions of Article 48(2) having been complied with (procedural requirements for shipments of waste destined for recovery from and to a country to which the OECD Decision applies).

Requirements for transit of waste between OECD Decision countries and non-OECD Decision countries
     35. —(1) This regulation applies to waste destined for recovery that—

(a) originates from a country to which the OECD Decision does not apply and is destined for a country to which the OECD Decision does apply; or

(b) originates from a country to which the OECD Decision applies and is destined for a country to which the OECD Decision does not apply,

and is transported through the United Kingdom.

    (2) A person who transports such waste commits an offence if he does so without the provisions of Article 48(3) having been complied with (procedural requirements for shipments of waste destined for recovery between OECD Decision and non-OECD Decision countries).

Interim recovery or disposal operations
     38. —(1) This regulation applies to the operator of a facility that carries out interim recovery or disposal operations.

    (2) He commits an offence if he fails to—

(a) provide confirmation to the notifier or competent authorities concerned of the receipt of waste for interim recovery or disposal operations in accordance with Article 15(c); or

(b) certify, in accordance with Article 15(d), that interim recovery or disposal has been completed.

    (3) He commits an offence if, in the case of waste sent to another facility for subsequent interim or non-interim recovery or disposal operation, he fails to—

(a) obtain from that facility, in accordance with Article 15(e), first paragraph, a certificate that such operation has been completed; or

(b) transmit that certificate to the notifier and competent authorities concerned in accordance with Article 15(e), second paragraph.

    (4) He commits an offence if he delivers waste for subsequent interim or non-interim recovery or disposal operations in accordance with Article 15(f), without complying with the notification requirements of that Article.

Duties on operators of facilities in respect of waste subject to general information requirements
     39. —(1) This regulation applies to the operator of a recovery facility that receives waste subject to the procedural requirements of Article 18(1).

    (2) He commits an offence if he fails to—

(a) sign the Annex VII document, in accordance with Article 18(1)(b); or

(b) keep the information given pursuant to Article 18(1), in accordance with Article 20(2).

Duties on consignees in respect of notifiable waste
     40. —(1) This regulation applies to a consignee of notifiable waste.

    (2) He commits an offence if he fails to keep any document sent to or by the competent authorities in relation to a notified shipment in accordance with Article 20(1).

Duties on consignees in respect of waste subject to general information requirements
     41. —(1) This regulation applies to a consignee of waste subject to the procedural requirements of Article 18(1).

    (2) He commits an offence if he fails to—

(a) sign the Annex VII document, in accordance with Article 18(1)(b);

(b) provide a copy of the contract referred to in Article 18(2), second paragraph, to the competent authority upon request, in accordance with that Article; or

(c) keep information given pursuant to Article 18(1), in accordance with Article 20(2).

Duties on laboratories
     42. —(1) This regulation applies to the operator of a laboratory that receives waste subject to the procedural requirements of Article 18(1).

    (2) He commits an offence if he fails to—

(a) sign the Annex VII document, in accordance with Article 18(1)(b); or

(b) keep the Annex VII document for three years from the date the shipment started.

Notifier's duty to keep documents
     43. A notifier commits an offence if he fails to keep—

(a) a copy of the movement document in accordance with Article 16(c); or

(b) any document sent to or by the competent authorities in relation to a notified shipment in accordance with Article 20(1).

Duties on persons who arrange the shipment of waste
     44. —(1) This regulation applies to a person who arranges the shipment of waste subject to the procedural requirements of Article 18(1).

    (2) He commits an offence if he fails to—

(a) provide the competent authority with a copy of the contract referred to in Article 18(2) upon request, in accordance with the second paragraph of that Article; or

(b) keep the information given pursuant to Article 18(1), in accordance with Article 20(2).

Annex VII document
     45. —(1) This regulation applies in Scotland and Northern Ireland only.

    (2) A person who arranges the shipment of waste subject to the procedural requirements of Article 18(1) must ensure that a copy of the Annex VII document that he has signed in accordance with Article 18(1)(b) is received by the competent authority before the shipment takes place and failure to do so is an offence.

(a) omit the word "and" at the end of paragraph (b);

(b) after paragraph (c), insert—


     " and

(d) as a means of recovering costs incurred by it in performing functions conferred by Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on shipments of waste, as amended from time to time, each of the new Agencies may require the payment to it of such charges as may from time to time be prescribed;".

    (2) In order to meet any administrative costs incurred by them in implementing the notification and supervision procedures of the Community Regulation and of any costs of any analyses or inspections undertaken for the purpose of carrying out their functions under that Regulation—

(a) the Environment Agency and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency may charge the fees in Schedule 2 until a charging scheme under section 41 of the Environment Act 1995 to recover such costs takes effect or until 1st April 2011, whichever is earlier; and

(b) the Department of the Environment in Northern Ireland may charge the fees in Schedule 3.

    (3) Fees must be paid by the notifier when he submits a notification and the competent authorities may refuse to proceed with a notification unless the required fee is submitted.

Costs of take-back etc.
     47. A competent authority may charge fees to meet any costs arising from—

(a) the return of waste from a shipment that cannot be completed (including costs of transport, recovery, disposal and storage) in accordance with Article 23; and

(b) the take-back, recovery or disposal of waste from an illegal shipment (including costs of transport and storage) in accordance with Article 25.

Approval of a financial guarantee
     48. Schedule 4 (application for approval of a financial guarantee) has effect.

Supply of the financial guarantee
     49. For the purposes of Article 4(5), third paragraph, the notifier must supply—

(a) the financial guarantee or equivalent insurance; or

(b) evidence of that guarantee or insurance or a declaration certifying its existence,

as part of the notification document at the time of notification or, with the consent of the competent authority, at any other time before the waste is shipped.

Enforcement bodies
     50. —(1) These Regulations must be enforced by the competent authorities in regulation 6(1) and (2).

    (2) The competent authorities may authorise in writing persons to act for the purposes of these Regulations.

    (3) An authorisation under—

(a) section 108 of the Environment Act 1995; or

(b) Article 72 of the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997[13],

is an authorisation for the purposes of these Regulations.

Enforcement powers
     51. Schedule 5 (enforcement powers) has effect.

Compliance with notices
     52. —(1) A person on whom a notice is served under these Regulations commits an offence if he fails to comply with the provisions of that notice.

    (2) Such a notice must be complied with at the expense of the person on whom it is served and, if it is not complied with, the competent authority may arrange for it to be complied with at the expense of that person.

    (3) A competent authority may enforce compliance with a notice by way of an injunction or, in Scotland, by way of an order under section 45(b) of the Court of Session Act 1988[14].

Obstruction
     53. A person commits an offence if he—

(a) intentionally obstructs any person acting in the execution of these Regulations;

(b) gives any information which he knows to be false or misleading to any person acting in the execution of these Regulations; or

(c) fails, without reasonable excuse—


(i) to give any assistance or information that any person acting in the execution of these Regulations may require him to give; or

(ii) to produce any record that any person acting in the execution of these Regulations may require him to produce,



for the performance of that person's functions under these Regulations.

Falsely obtaining consent etc.
     54. A person commits an offence if, for the purpose of obtaining consent to a shipment or approval of a financial guarantee or equivalent insurance, he—

(a) makes any statement or declaration that he knows to be false or misleading; or

(b) endeavours to obtain such consent or approval by deception.

Offences by bodies corporate
     55. —(1) If an offence under these Regulations committed by a body corporate is shown—

(a) to have been committed with the consent or connivance of an officer; or

(b) to be attributable to any neglect on his part,

the officer as well as the body corporate is guilty of the offence and is liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.

    (2) If the affairs of a body corporate are managed by its members, paragraph (1) applies in relation to the acts and defaults of a member in connection with his functions of management as if he were a director of the body.

    (3) "Officer", in relation to a body corporate, means a director, member of the committee of management, chief executive, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body, or a person purporting to act in any such capacity.

Offences by Scottish partnerships
     56. Where a Scottish partnership commits an offence under these Regulations, and that offence is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to have been attributable to any neglect on the part of—

(a) any of the partners; or

(b) any person who was purporting to act in such capacity,

he, as well as the partnership, is guilty of the offence and is liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.

Acts of third parties
     57. Where the commission by any person of an offence under these Regulations is due to the act or default of some other person, that other person is guilty of the offence and a person may be charged with and convicted of an offence by virtue of this regulation whether or not proceedings are taken against the first-mentioned person.

Penalties
     58. A person guilty of an offence under these Regulations is liable—

(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to imprisonment not exceeding three months or to both;

(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both.

Fixed penalties
     59. —(1) If an authorised person has reason to believe that a person has committed an offence under these Regulations, he may give that person a notice (a "fixed penalty notice") offering him the opportunity of discharging any liability to conviction for that offence by payment of a fixed penalty.

    (2) Where a person is given a fixed penalty notice in respect of an offence—

(a) no proceedings may be instituted for that offence before the expiry of 28 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 expiry of that period.

    (3) A fixed penalty notice must—

(a) be in the form set out in Schedule 6;

(b) give such particulars of the circumstances alleged to constitute the offence as are necessary for giving reasonable information of the offence; and

(c) state—


(i) the period during which, by virtue of paragraph (2), proceedings will not be taken for the offence;

(ii) the amount of the fixed penalty; and

(iii) the name of the person to whom and the address at which the fixed penalty may be paid.

    (4) Payment of the fixed penalty may be made by pre-paying and posting to that person at that address a letter containing the amount of penalty.

    (5) Where a letter is sent in accordance with paragraph (4), payment is deemed to be made at the time at which that letter would be delivered in the ordinary course of post.

    (6) The amount of fixed penalty payable in pursuance of a notice under this regulation is £300 which is to be paid—

(a) to the Secretary of State; or

(b) in the case of a notice served by an authorised person from the Department of the Environment in Northern Ireland, to that Department.

    (7) In any proceedings, a certificate which—

(a) purports to be signed by or on behalf of the chief finance officer, or in Northern Ireland an authorised person; 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.

Revocations
     60. —(1) The following are revoked—

(a) the Transfrontier Shipment of Waste Regulations 1994[15];

(b) the Transfrontier Shipment of Waste (Amendment) Regulations 2005[16]; and

(c) the Transfrontier Shipment of Waste (Fee) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005[17].

    (2) Notwithstanding the revocation of the Transfrontier Shipment of Waste Regulations 1994, shipments to which Article 62 (transition rules) applies are subject to the provisions of those Regulations.


Ben Bradshaw
Minister of State Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

12th June 2007

    (2) The notice must give reasons for serving it and, if appropriate, specify what action must be taken and give time limits.

Appeals against enforcement and prohibition notices
     4. —(1) Any person who is aggrieved by an enforcement or prohibition notice may appeal to a magistrates' court or, in Scotland, to the sheriff.

    (2) The procedure on an appeal to a magistrates' court is by way of complaint, and the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980[19] or, in the case of Northern Ireland, the Magistrates' Court (Northern Ireland) Order 1981[20] applies to the proceedings.

    (3) An appeal to the sheriff is by summary application.

    (4) The period within which an appeal may be brought is 28 days or, in the case of an enforcement notice, the period specified in the notice, whichever ends earlier.

    (5) An enforcement or prohibition notice must state—

(a) the right of appeal to a magistrates' court or the sheriff;

(b) the period in which such an appeal may be brought.

Powers to seize waste
     5. —(1) This paragraph applies if an authorised person has reasonable grounds to suspect that—

(a) the provisions of the Community Regulation or these Regulations are not being, have not been or are not likely to be complied with in respect of any waste; or

(b) the shipment, recovery or disposal of any waste cannot be completed in accordance with the notification and movement documents or the contract between the notifier and consignee.

    (2) The authorised person may do any of the following—

(a) seize that waste;

(b) serve a notice on any person who appears to him to be in control of such waste—


(i) requiring that person to send the waste to any place specified in the notice; or

(ii) prohibiting or restricting the movement of that waste.

    (3) In this paragraph any reference to waste includes—

(a) any thing that the authorised person has reasonable grounds to suspect is waste; and

(b) the container in which the waste or thing is carried.

Seizure procedures
     6. —(1) If an authorised person seizes any waste under paragraph 5, he must give to the person in control of it a notice (a "seizure notice")—

(a) giving the grounds for seizing it; and

(b) setting out the rights under this paragraph to make a claim, and the address for the service of the claim.

    (2) If an authorised person is not immediately able to remove any waste seized under paragraph 5, he may mark it in any way he sees fit and serve a notice on the person in control of it, identifying it and prohibiting its removal from the premises until it is collected by, or under the direction of, an authorised person.

    (3) Any person (other than an authorised person or a person acting under his direction) who removes waste referred to in sub-paragraph (2) from the premises is guilty of an offence.

    (4) If it appears that the waste seized is—

(a) waste from a shipment that cannot be completed as intended, as referred to in Article 22; or

(b) an illegal shipment, as referred to in Article 23,

and it is seized in an area that is not under the jurisdiction of the competent authority with responsibility for take-back pursuant to those Articles, the competent authority that seizes it must store it pending action by the competent authority with such responsibility.

    (5) If the owner of the waste claims that the waste was not liable to seizure he may, within 28 days of the seizure, notify his claim to the competent authority at the address specified in the seizure notice, setting out the grounds in full.

    (6) If a notification of a claim is not received within 28 days, the competent authority must take such steps as it considers appropriate to ensure the recovery or disposal of the waste and for these purposes may serve a notice on the notifier requiring him to recover or dispose of the waste in the manner and within the time period specified in the notice.

    (7) If a notification of a claim is received within 28 days, the competent authority must either return the waste or take proceedings for an order for the confirmation of the notice and the recovery or disposal of the waste in a magistrates' court (or, in Scotland, the sheriff) and if the court confirms the notice it must order its recovery or disposal.

Requests for assistance from other competent authorities
     7. An authorised person may exercise any powers in this Schedule for the purposes of fulfilling any request from any competent authority to assist it in carrying out its functions under the Community Regulation.

Regulation 59(3)(a)


Form of fixed penalty notices

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[2] S.I. 1993/2661, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.back

[3] S.I. 1992/2870, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.back

[4] OJ No L 190, 12.7.2006, p.1.back

[5] Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51).back

[6] 1964 c. 29. Areas have been designated under section 1(7) by S.I. 1987/1265, 2000/3062 and 2001/3670. Section 1(7) was amended by paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to the Oil and Gas (Enterprise) Act 1982 (c.23).back

[7] 2004 c. 20. Areas have been designated under section 84(4) by S.I. 2004/2668.back

[8] 1987 c. 49.back

[9] OJ No L 114, 27.4.2006, p 9.back

[10] S.I. 1994/1056, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.back

[11] S.R. (NI) 2003 No 493.back

[12] 1995 c. 25.back

[13] S.I. 1997/ 2778 (N.I. 19).back

[14] 1988 c. 36.back

[15] S.I. 1994/1137.back

[16] S.I. 2005/187.back

[17] S.R. (NI) 2005 No 90.back

[18] 1971 c. 80.back

[19] 1980 c. 43; sections 51 and 52 have been substituted by section 47 of the Courts Act 2003 (c. 39).back

[20] S.I. 1981/1675 (N.I. 26).back

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