Section 59 | Electronic Waste Tracking: Northern Ireland | Environment Act 2021 C30

59 Electronic waste tracking: Northern Ireland

Environment Act 2021 (2021 c 30) | Legislation

59 Electronic waste tracking: Northern Ireland

(1) The Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 (SI 1997/2778 (NI 19)) is amended as follows.

(2) After Article 5F insert—

“Electronic waste tracking

5G Electronic waste tracking

(1) The Department may by regulations make provision for the purpose of tracking relevant waste, including provision about the establishment of an electronic system (“the system”) for that purpose.

(2) The regulations may impose requirements on relevant waste controllers, or the Department, to take specified steps to secure the entry into the system of specified information about, or which is relevant to the tracking or regulation of, specified relevant waste.

(3) The information which may be specified includes information about—

(a) the processing, movement or transfer to another person of relevant waste or waste processing products;

(b) persons to whom relevant waste or waste processing products have been transferred;

(c) the carrying out of any activity by relevant waste controllers in relation to, or in connection with, relevant waste or waste processing products;

(d) relevant waste controllers.

(4) The regulations may impose requirements on relevant waste controllers to take specified steps to enable physical identification of specified relevant waste or waste processing products.

(5)