Northern Ireland Statutory Rule
2016
Northern Ireland
The Emissions Performance Standard Monitoring and Enforcement Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016
At a glance
What's here
10 compliance obligations
Penalty landscape
2 of 10 obligations carry an unlimited fine. 8 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 6
- Any Person 2
Plus 2 non-business duties on Crown ministers, regulators, local authorities or tribunals — shown collapsed under each section below.
Other Acts binding the same actors
For each actor bound by this Act, the other UK Acts that bind them most often. Useful for understanding the full compliance landscape facing each role.
Operators also bound by 730 other Acts (top 5 shown)
- Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 (Air Operations) 2012 138 duties
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2066 of 19 December 2018 on the monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Commission Regulation (EU) No 601/2012 (Text with EEA relevance) 2018 121 duties
- Commission Regulation (EU) No 601/2012 of 21 June 2012 on the monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance) (repealed) 2012 112 duties
- Space Industry Regulations 2021 2021 75 duties
- Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on transmissible animal diseases and amending and repealing certain acts in the area of animal health (‘Animal Health Law’) (Text with EEA relevance) 2016 66 duties
Any Person also bound by 2338 other Acts (top 5 shown)
- Human Medicines Regulations 2012 2012 169 duties
- Merchant Shipping Act 1995 1995 144 duties
- Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 2016 101 duties
- Road Traffic Act 1988 1988 95 duties
- Air Navigation Order 2016 2016 95 duties
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
Browse 2 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
Interpretation
Part 2 — Monitoring and enforcement
Browse 13 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
Enforcing authority
Emissions limit notification duty
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) notification
EPS annual emissions notification
Charges
Information notices
Enforcement notices
Civil penalty notices
Directions under section 59(2) of the Act
Appeals
Publication of information
Enforcement by the High Court
Amendment of the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Regulations 2012
Schedules
(1) An operator who wishes to appeal to the appeals...
- Appeal a chief inspector's decision to the appeals commission Operator
Browse 4 other Schedules — structural / supplementary
Appeals
Notice of appeal in accordance with paragraph 1 is to...
(1) The appeals commission must determine the appeal and section...
An appeal under this Schedule must be accompanied by a...
Other sections — not classified into a Part
These sections sit outside the numbered Parts — usually provisions added or moved by later amendments.
Enforcing authority
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Chief inspector must monitor and enforce emissions limits Statutory regulator
Emissions limit notification duty
- Notify the chief inspector of your plant's emissions limit Operator
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) notification
- Notify the chief inspector when a CCS system is ready Operator
EPS annual emissions notification
- Submit EPS annual emissions notification to chief inspector Operator
Charges
- Pay charges imposed under the EPS charging scheme Operator
Enforcement notices
- Comply with any enforcement notice served by the chief inspector Operator
Civil penalty notices
Unlimited fine- Exceed the emissions performance limit duty Any Person
Directions under section 59(2) of the Act
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Chief Inspector must follow Departmental directions on emission limits Statutory regulator
Enforcement by the High Court
Unlimited fine- Fail to comply with emissions enforcement or information notices Any Person
Browse 6 other sections
Citation and commencement
Interpretation
Information notices
Appeals
Publication of information
Amendment of the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Regulations 2012
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