The Litter (Northern Ireland) Order 1994

Northern Ireland Order in Council 1994 No. 1896 — creates 7 criminal offences.

Made

19 July 1994

In force from

Not determined

Extent

Not stated

Subject

Education, social security, pensions and public services

Made under

Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Act 1974

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

This Order amends the law relating to litter and makes further provision conferring powers to keep land in the open air clear of litter and clean and in relation to trolleys abandoned on land in the open air.

Offences created by this instrument

• Summary proceedings by persons aggrieved by litter article 11(10) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Summary proceedings by persons aggrieved by litter article 11(9) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Summary proceedings by district councils article 12(6) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Summary proceedings by district councils article 12(7) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Street litter: supplementary provisions article 14(9) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Power of district councils to obtain information article 20(3) · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
• Enforcement of Articles 3 and 4 article 5(3) · Status not determined · Strict liability

How Parliament handled it

Parliament's Statutory Instruments service records procedure from May 2017 onwards, and this instrument predates it. That is a limit of the source, not a statement that nothing happened.

Check the source

• This instrument on legislation.gov.uk The authoritative text, including amendments made since
• Other instruments from 1994