Northern Ireland Statutory Rule 2013 United Kingdom

Pollution Prevention and Control (Industrial Emissions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013

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NIEA

What's here

16 compliance obligations, 2 practical guides across 2 topics · 3 journeys

Penalty landscape

1 of 16 obligations carry an unlimited fine. 1 carries different penalties and 14 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.

  • Operator 4
  • Any Person 4

Plus 8 non-business duties on Crown ministers, regulators, local authorities or tribunals — shown collapsed under each section below.

Step-by-step journeys using this legislation

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Relevant guidance

Practical guides for businesses affected by this Act, ordered by how closely they engage with it.

Direct — cites this Act

1 guides

Supporting — topic alignment

1 guides

Other Acts binding the same actors

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Operators also bound by 125 other Acts (top 5 shown)
Any Person also bound by 749 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

s.007

Discharge and scope of functions

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Chief Inspector must monitor Best Available Techniques (BAT) developments Statutory regulator
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Part 2 — PERMITS

s.016

General binding rules

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Northern Ireland Environment Agency must issue and update general binding rules Crown / Minister / Government department
s.conditions of permits: materials facilities

Conditions of permits: Materials facilities

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • NIEA must include Materials Facilities Code compliance in waste permits Statutory regulator
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Part 3

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Part 4

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Part 5

s.033

Public registers of information

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

Part 6

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Part 7

s.041

Guidance to enforcing authorities

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • NIEA must follow government guidance when enforcing industrial emissions rules Statutory regulator
Browse 2 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement

Part 8

s.043

Disclosure of information

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Regulators and Department may share information for industrial emissions duties Statutory regulator
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Schedules

s.sch011

WASTE INCINERATION

  • Do not incinerate waste collected for recycling or re-use Operator
Browse 17 other Schedules — structural / supplementary
s.sch009a

Medium Combustion Plant

s.sch009b

Specified generators

s.sch013a

ENERGY EFFICIENCY DIRECTIVE

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Official guidance

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Enforcement and responsible bodies

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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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