The Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009

Made: 6th May 2009

Coming into operation in accordance with regulation 1.

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PART 1 — Introductory provisions

Citation, commencement and application

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Interpretation

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Competent authority

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PART 2 — General provisions

Leakages

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Leakage checks of stationary equipment

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Leakage checks of fire protection systems

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Leakage detection systems

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Records

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Recovery of fluorinated greenhouse gases

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Taking delivery of fluorinated greenhouse gases

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Reporting requirements and the provision of information

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Labelling

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Instruction manuals

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Prohibition on the use of sulphur hexafluoride

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Placing on the market

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PART 3 — Qualifications

CHAPTER 1 — Stationary refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump equipment

City and Guilds of London Institute and the Construction Industry Training Board as certification and evaluation bodies

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Qualifications of individuals relating to certain stationary equipment

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Interim stationary equipment certificates for individuals – stationary equipment

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Certification bodies for companies – stationary equipment

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Certificates for companies – stationary equipment

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Interim company certificates – stationary equipment

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Certificates relating to certain stationary equipment issued in other EEA states and Great Britain

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CHAPTER 2

Fire protection systems and fire extinguishers

Fire Industry Association as certification and evaluation body

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Qualifications of individuals relating to fire protection systems

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Interim fire protection system certificates for individuals

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Certification bodies for companies – fire protection systems

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Certificates for companies – fire protection systems

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Interim company certificates – fire protection systems

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Certificates relating to fire protection systems issued in other EEA states and Great Britain

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CHAPTER 3

High-voltage switchgear

Certification and evaluation bodies

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Qualification of individuals relating to high-voltage switchgear

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Certificates relating to high-voltage switchgear issued in other EEA states and in Great Britain

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CHAPTER 4

Fluorinated greenhouse gas-based solvents

Fluorinated greenhouse gas-based solvents certification and evaluation bodies

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Qualification of individuals relating to fluorinated greenhouse gas-based solvents

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Certificates relating to fluorinated greenhouse gas-based solvents issued in EEA states and in Great Britain

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CHAPTER 5

Air conditioning systems in certain motor vehicles

Attestation bodies

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Qualifications relating to air conditioning systems in motor vehicles

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Attestations issued in EEA states and in Great Britain

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CHAPTER 6

Miscellaneous obligations

Obligation of employers to employ qualified employees

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Training records

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Obligations of certification bodies, attestation bodies and evaluation bodies to provide information

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PART 4 — Enforcement, offences and penalties

Powers of authorised persons

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Information notices

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Enforcement and prohibition notices

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Appeals against enforcement or prohibition notices

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Enforcement by the High Court

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Miscellaneous offences

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Corporate offences

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Penalties

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Fixed penalties

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Enforcement

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Application to the Crown

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SCHEDULE 1 — Category I, II, III and IV certificates

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SCHEDULE 2 — Interim Qualifications

PART 1

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PART 2

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SCHEDULE 3 — Form of fixed penalty notice

Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 6th May 2009

Wesley Shannon — A senior officer of the — Department of the Environment

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 2008/301

[^f00002]: S.I. 1972 c. 68

[^f00003]: OJ No L332, 18.12.07, p7

[^f00004]: OJ No L332, 18.12.07, p25

[^f00005]: Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c51)

[^f00006]: OJ No L 161, 14.6.06, p 1.

[^f00007]: OJ No L 332, 18.12.07, p 7.

[^f00008]: OJ No L 332, 18.12.07, p 25.

[^f00009]: OJ No L 333, 19.12.07, p 4.

[^f00010]: OJ No L 335, 20.12.07, p 10.

[^f00011]: OJ No L 92, 3.4.08, p 3.

[^f00012]: OJ No L 92, 3.4.08, p 12.

[^f00013]: OJ No L 92, 3.4.08, p 17.

[^f00014]: OJ No L 92, 3.4.08, p 21, corrected by a corrigendum published in OJ No L 280, 23.10.08, p 38.

[^f00015]: OJ No L 92, 3.4.08, p 25.

[^f00017]: 1954 c.33 (N.I.)

[^f00018]: Details can be obtained from City & Guilds, 1 Giltspur Street London EC1A 9DD; telephone number: 020 7294 2800; web-site: http://www.cityandguilds.com/

[^f00019]: Details can be obtained from the Construction and Industry Training Board, Bircham Newton, Kings Lynn, Norfolk PE31 6RH; telephone number: 01485 577700; web-site: http://www.cskills.org/; e-mail: bes.enquiry@skills.org

[^f00020]: S.I. 1999/2001, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00021]: Details can be obtained from the Domestic Appliance Service Association, 2nd floor, 145-157 St John Street, London EC1V 4PY; telephone number: 0870 224 0343; e-mail: info@dasa.org.uk

[^f00023]: Details can be obtained from Schneider Electric Limited, 123 Jack Lane, Leeds LS10 1BS; telephone: 0113 290 3500.

[^f00024]: Details can be obtained from Lucy Electric UK Limited, Walton Well Road, Oxford OX2 6EE; telephone: 01865 311 411.

[^f00025]: Details can be obtained from Siemens Transmission and Distribution Limited, 2 Koppers Way, Monkton Business Park South, Hebburn, Tyne and Wear, NE31 2EZ; telephone: 0191 495 3449.

[^f00026]: Details can be obtained from Areva T&D UK Limited, St Leonard’s Avenue, Stafford ST17 4LX; telephone: 01785 272 111 or 07801 776 727.

[^f00027]: Details can be obtained from ABB Limited, Daresbury Park, Daresbury, Warrington, Cheshire WA4 4BT; telephone: 01925 74 1111.

[^f00028]: Details can be obtained from Northern Ireland Electricity plc, P.O. Box 2, 120 Malone Road, Belfast BT9 5HT; telephone: 028 90 66 11 00.

[^f00029]: Details can be obtained from the Institute of the Motor Industry, Fanshaws, Brickendon, Hertford, SG13 8PQ; telephone: 01992 511 521; e-mail: imi@motor.org.uk ; web-site: http://www.motor.org.uk/

[^f00030]: Details can be obtained from the IMI Awards Limited, Fanshaws, Brickendon, Hertford, SG13 8PQ; telephone: 01992 511 521; e-mail: info@imiawards.org.uk

[^f00031]: Details can be obtained from the City and Guilds, 1 Giltspur Street, London EC1A 9DD; telephone: 020 7294 2800; web-site: http://www.cityandguilds.com/

[^f00032]: Details can be obtained from the Institute of Road Transport Engineers, Society of Operations Engineers, 22 Greencoat Place, London SW1P 1PR; telephone: 020 7630 1111; e-mail: irtec@irtec.org.uk

[^f00033]: OJ No L 92, 3.4.08, p.28

[^f00034]: 1981 No 1675 (NI 26)

[^f00035]: 1954 c.33 (N.I.)

[^f00036]: OJ No L 161, 14.6.06, p 1.

[^f00037]: OJ No L 332, 18.12.07, p 7.

[^f00038]: OJ No L 332, 18.12.07, p 25.

[^f00039]: OJ No L 333, 19.12.07, p 4.

[^f00040]: OJ No L 335, 20.12.07, p 10.

[^f00041]: OJ No L 92, 3.4.08, p 3.

[^f00042]: OJ No L 92, 3.4.08, p 12.

[^f00043]: OJ No L 92, 3.4.08, p 17.

[^f00044]: OJ No L 92, 3.4.08, p 21.

[^f00045]: OJ No L 92, 3.4.08, p 25.

[^f00046]: OJ No L 92, 3.4.08, p 28.

Editorial notes

... certification and evaluation bodies

The certification and evaluation bodies

Enforcement ... notices

Appeals against enforcement ... notices

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