Northern Ireland Statutory Rule
2009
Northern Ireland
Environmental Liability (Prevention and Remediation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009
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What this Act requires
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Schedules
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Conservation status of habitats
Conservation status of species
Areas of special scientific interest
Express authorisation
Operation of permitted installations
Geological storage of carbon dioxide
Interpretation
Waste management operations
Mining waste
Discharges requiring authorisation
Water abstraction and impoundment
Dangerous substances, plant protection products and biocidal products
Transport
Genetically modified organisms
Transboundary shipment of waste
Integrated pollution prevention and control
Waste
Landfill
Incineration plants
Discharges to water
Discharges to groundwater
Water abstraction or impoundment
Pesticides and biocides
Genetically modified organisms
Application of Part 1
Risk to human health
Objective
Primary and complementary remediation
Compensatory remediation
Choice of remediation
Identification of complementary and compensatory remediation
Options
Remediation of damage to land
Compensation for grant of rights
Interpretation
Period for making an application
Manner of making an application
Loss and damage for which compensation is payable
Basis on which compensation is assessed
Determination of disputes
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Citation and commencement
Interpretation
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Application
Meaning of “environmental damage”
Other legislation
Exceptions
Temporal application
Exception from environmental damage to surface water or groundwater
Enforcing authority
Preventing environmental damage
Preventing further environmental damage
Action by the enforcing authority
Costs
Following instructions from a public authority
Assessment of damage
Determining liability to remediate
Appeals against liability to remediate
Remediation notices
Appeal against the remediation notice
Appeals generally
Actions by the enforcing authority
Costs
Requests for action by interested parties
Proceedings for costs by the enforcing authority
Recovery of costs from other persons
Grant of and compensation for rights of entry etc.
Powers of authorised persons
Provision of information to the enforcing authority
Costs recoverable from owner to be a charge on land
Penalties
Enforcement and responsible bodies
The regulators that administer or enforce this legislation.
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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