Northern Ireland Statutory Rule
2016
Northern Ireland
The Emissions Performance Standard Monitoring and Enforcement Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016
At a glance
What's here
7 compliance obligations
Penalty landscape
2 of 7 obligations carry an unlimited fine. 5 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 3
- 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
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Operators also bound by 128 other Acts (top 5 shown)
- Space Industry Regulations 2021 2021 71 duties
- Payment Services Regulations 2017 2017 41 duties
- Air Navigation Order 2016 2016 34 duties
- The Quarries Regulations 1999 1999 31 duties
- Reservoirs Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 2015 22 duties
Any Person also bound by 770 other Acts (top 5 shown)
- Human Medicines Regulations 2012 2012 110 duties
- Merchant Shipping Act 1995 1995 97 duties
- Road Traffic Act 1988 1988 95 duties
- Air Navigation Order 2016 2016 86 duties
- Licensing Act 2003 2003 78 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
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
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 in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
Schedules
Browse 5 other Schedules — structural / supplementary
Appeals
(1) An operator who wishes to appeal to the 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 exist in the Act but the contents-of-Parts walker did not place them under a Part. Likely amendments or sections inserted out of the original Part structure.
Browse 15 other unclassified sections
Citation and commencement
Interpretation
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
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