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Pollution Control and Local Government (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (No. 1049 (N.I. 19))

This version of this statute is extracted from the UK Statute Law Database (SLD). It is not necessarily in the form in which it was originally enacted but is a revised version, which means that any subsequent amendments to the text and other effects are incorporated with annotations.

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Northern Ireland Orders in Council

1978 No. 1049 (N.I. 19)

Pollution Control and Local Government (Northern Ireland) Order 1978

[25th July 1978]

Contents

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  1. PART I

    INTRODUCTORY

    1. 1..Title and commencement

    2. 2..Interpretation

  2. PART II

    WASTE ON LAND

    1. Waste other than controlled waste

      1. 19..Removal of waste deposited on land

      2. 20..Powers of district councils as respects other waste

    2. Motor vehicles

      1. 29..Penalty for abandoning motor vehicles

      2. 30..Removal of abandoned vehicles

      3. 31..Disposal of removed vehicles

      4. 32..Recovery of expenses connected with removed vehicles

    3. Supplemental

      1. 33..Enforcement of Articles 28 and 29

      2. 36..Interpretation, etc., of Part II

  3. PART III

    NOISE

    1. Periodical inspections by district councils

      1. 37..Periodical inspections by district councils

    2. Summary proceedings to deal with noise

      1. 38..Summary proceedings by district councils

      2. 39..Summary proceedings by occupier of premises

    3. Construction sites

      1. 40..Control of noise on construction sites

      2. 41..Prior consent for work on construction sites

    4. Noise in streets

      1. 42..Noise in streets

    5. Noise abatement zones

      1. 43..Designation of zones

      2. 44..Register of noise levels

      3. 45..Noise exceeding registered level

      4. 46..Reduction of noise levels

      5. 47..New buildings, etc

    6. Noise from plant or machinery

      1. 48..Noise from plant or machinery

    7. Supplemental

      1. 49..Execution of works by district council

      2. 50..Appeals

      3. 51..Codes of practice for minimising noise

      4. 52..“Best practicable means”

      5. 53..Interpretation, etc., of Part III

      6. 54..Penalties

  4. PART IV

    POLLUTION OF THE ATMOSPHERE

    1. Prevention of atmospheric pollution

      1. 55..Regulations about sulphur content of oil fuel for furnaces or engines

      2. 56..Cable burning

    2. Information about atmospheric pollution

      1. 57..Research and publicity

      2. 58..Notices requiring information about air pollution

      3. 59..Appeals against notices

      4. 60..Regulations about research and publicity

      5. 61..Provision by district councils of information for the Department

    3. Miscellaneous

      1. 63..Interpretation of Part IV

  5. PART VI

    MISCELLANEOUS AND GENERAL

    1. Miscellaneous functions of district councils

      1. 65..Defective premises

      2. 66..Ruinous and dilapidated buildings and neglected sites

      3. 67..Bye-laws as to pleasure fairs

      4. 68..Bye-laws as to seaside pleasure boats

      5. 69..Information as to ownership of property

      6. 70..Notices prohibiting recurrence of nuisances, etc

      7. 71..Reduction of numbers of pigeons and other birds in built-up areas

      8. 72..Power of district councils to obtain information

      9. 73..Acquisition of land otherwise than by agreement

      10. 74..Power of entry and inspection, etc

    2. Miscellaneous

      1. 76..Prohibition of disclosure of information

      2. 77..Local inquiries

      3. 78..Power of Department to assist certain projects

      4. 82..Adaptation of enactments to metric units

      5. 83..Power to give effect to international agreements

    3. Legal proceedings

      1. 84..Miscellaneous provisions relating to legal proceedings

    4. Supplemental

      1. 86..Orders and regulations

      2. 87..Transitional provisions, amendments and repeals

  6. SCHEDULE 1

    NOISE ABATEMENT ZONES