Northern Ireland Statutory Rule SI 2016 Northern Ireland

The Emissions Performance Standard Monitoring and Enforcement Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016

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Status
In Force
Penalty ceiling
Prosecution 2 of 10 obligations carry an unlimited fine. 8 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Operator6 Any Person2

Plus 2 duties on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

Other Acts binding the same actors

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Operator — also bound by 746 other Acts
Any Person — also bound by 2340 other Acts

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.

Schedules

Schedules

1 of 5 shown
s.sch001 (1) An operator who wishes to appeal to the appeals... Regulated
  • Appeal a chief inspector's decision to the appeals commissionOperator
4 other schedules
s.sch001 Appeals (opens in a new tab)
s.sch001 Notice of appeal in accordance with paragraph 1 is to...
s.sch001 (1) The appeals commission must determine the appeal and section...
s.sch001 An appeal under this Schedule must be accompanied by a...
s.003 Enforcing authority Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Chief inspector must monitor and enforce emissions limitsStatutory regulator
s.004 Emissions limit notification duty Regulated
  • Notify the chief inspector of your plant's emissions limitOperator
s.005 Carbon capture and storage (CCS) notification Regulated
  • Notify the chief inspector when a CCS system is readyOperator
s.006 EPS annual emissions notification Regulated
  • Submit EPS annual emissions notification to chief inspectorOperator
s.007 Charges Regulated
  • Pay charges imposed under the EPS charging schemeOperator
s.009 Enforcement notices Regulated
  • Comply with any enforcement notice served by the chief inspectorOperator
s.010 Civil penalty notices Prosecution
  • Exceed the emissions performance limit dutyAny Person

Unlimited fine

s.011 Directions under section 59(2) of the Act Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Chief Inspector must follow Departmental directions on emission limitsStatutory regulator
s.014 Enforcement by the High Court Prosecution
  • Fail to comply with emissions enforcement or information noticesAny Person

Unlimited fine

6 other provisions
s.001 Citation and commencement
s.002 Interpretation
s.008 Information notices
s.012 Appeals
s.013 Publication of information
s.015 Amendment of the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Regulations 2012

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