Northern Ireland Statutory Rule 2003 United Kingdom

Pollution Prevention and Control Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

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At a glance

Enforced by

NIEA

What's here

12 compliance obligations

Penalty landscape

1 of 12 obligations carry imprisonment (5 years). 11 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

Who this Act binds

Business-side actors with duties under this Act, ranked by how often they appear.

  • Any Person 5
  • Applicant 1

Plus 6 non-business duties on Crown ministers, regulators, local authorities or tribunals — shown collapsed under each section below.

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Applicants also bound by 146 other Acts (top 5 shown)

What this Act requires

Sections that create concrete duties on businesses or carry penalties. Procedural and definitional sections are folded into the “Browse other sections” expander at the bottom of each group. Click any section title to read the source text on legislation.gov.uk.

Part 1 — GENERAL

s.005

Application to the Crown

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Crown employees must comply with pollution control regulations Crown / Minister / Government department
Browse 6 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement

Part 2 — PERMITS

s.015

Review of conditions of permits

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • NIEA must periodically review environmental permit conditions Statutory regulator
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Part 3 — ENFORCEMENT

s.025

Suspension notices

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • NIEA must issue suspension notices for imminent pollution risks Statutory regulator
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Part 4 — APPEALS

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Part 5 — INFORMATION AND PUBLICITY

s.030

Public registers of information

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Enforcing authorities must maintain and provide access to public registers Statutory regulator
Browse 3 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement

Part 6 — PROVISION AS TO OFFENCES

s.033

Offences

5 years imprisonment
  • Contravene regulation 9(1) Any Person
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Part 7 — THE DEPARTMENT'S POWERS

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Part 8 — MISCELLANEOUS AND SUPPLEMENTAL PROVISIONS

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Schedules

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Enforcement and responsible bodies

The regulators that administer or enforce this legislation.

NIEA

Northern Ireland Environment Agency

Northern Ireland's environmental regulator. Part of the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA). Issues environmental permits, regulates waste and emissions, …

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