Retained EU Law SI 2017 United Kingdom

Mercury Regulations

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Enforced by
NRW
Status
Amended (in force with amendments)
Penalty ceiling
Regulated

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Operator3

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What it requires

Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

s.art008 New mercury-added products and new manufacturing processes Regulated
  • Do not use new mercury-added products or processes without authorisationOperator
s.art010 Dental amalgam Regulated
  • Comply with dental amalgam use, separator, and waste disposal rulesOperator
s.art012 Reporting on large sources Regulated
  • Submit annual mercury waste report to NRWOperator
29 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.annex i para.1 Mercury compounds prohibited for export from 1 January 2018:
s.annex i para.2 Mercury (I) chloride (Hg2Cl2, CAS RN 10112-91-1) Mercury (II) oxide...
s.annex i para.3 Mercury compounds prohibited for export from 1 January 2020:
s.annex i para.4 Mercury (II) sulphate (HgSO4, CAS RN 7783-35-9) Mercury (II) nitrate...
s.annex i para.5 Mixtures of mercury prohibited for export and import from 1...
s.annex i para.6 Mixtures of mercury with other substances, including alloys of mercury,...
s.annex iv para.1 The national plan shall include the following information:
s.annex iv para.2 national objectives and reduction targets to eliminate the use of...
s.art001 Subject matter and objective
s.art002 Definitions
s.art003 Export restrictions
s.art004 Restrictions on imports and movements involving Northern Ireland
s.art005 Export, import and manufacturing of mercury-added products
s.art006 Forms for import and export
s.art007 Industrial activities
s.art009 Artisanal and small-scale gold mining and processing
s.art011 Waste
s.art013 Storage of mercury waste
s.art014 Traceability
s.art015 Contaminated sites
s.art016 Penalties
s.art017 Competent authorities
s.art018 Report
s.art019 Review
s.art020 Amendment of Annexes
s.art021 Exercise of the delegation
s.art022 Committee procedure
s.art023 Repeal
s.art024 Entry into force

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