LegalizeThe Planning (Hazardous Substances) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
Made: 16th February 2015
Coming into operation: 1st April 2015
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PART 1 — General
Citation and commencement
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Interpretation
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PART 2 — Hazardous Substances, Controlled Quantities and Exemptions
Hazardous substances and controlled quantities
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Exemptions
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PART 3 — Consent
Application for hazardous substances consent
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Advertisement of notices of applications
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Certificates to accompany applications
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Council to take account of representations from certain persons
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Persons to be treated as in actual possession of land
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Consultations before determining applications for hazardous substances consent
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Determination of applications for hazardous substances consent
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Notification of decision
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Applications to the Department for consent to execute works without compliance with conditions previously attached
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Call in of certain applications for hazardous substances consent to the Department
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Application of the 2011 Act to councils
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PART 4 — Enforcement
Hazardous substances contravention notices
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Appeals against hazardous substances contravention notices
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Effect of hazardous substances contravention notices, etc.
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PART 5 — Electronic Communications
Use of electronic communications
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PART 6 — Revocations and Transitional Provisions
Revocations
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SCHEDULE 1 — PRESCRIBED FORMS
SCHEDULE 2 — HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES AND CONTROLLED QUANTITIES
PART A — NAMED SUBSTANCES
| Column 1 Hazardous Substances | Column 2 Controlled quantity (Q) tonnes | Column 3 Quantity for the purposes of Note 4 to the notes to Parts A and B (Q)* |
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| 1. Ammonium nitrate to which Note 1 of the notes to this Part applies | 5000.00 | |
| 2. Ammonium nitrate to which Note 2 of the notes to this Part applies | 1000.00 | 1250.00 |
| 3. Ammonium nitrate to which Note 3 of the notes to this Part applies | 350.00 | |
| 4. Ammonium nitrate to which Note 4 of the notes to this Part applies | 10.00 | |
| 5. Potassium nitrate to which Note 5 of the notes to this Part applies | 5000.00 | |
| 6. Potassium nitrate to which Note 6 of the notes to this Part applies | 1250.00 | |
| 7. Arsenic pentoxide, arsenic (V) acid and/or salts | 1.00 | |
| 8. Arsenic trioxide, arsenious (III) acid and/or salts | 0.10 | |
| 9. Bromine | 20.00 | |
| 10. Chlorine | 10.00 | |
| 11. Nickel compounds in inhalable powder form (nickel monoxide, nickel dioxide, nickel sulphide, trinickel disulphide, dinickel trioxide | 1.00 | |
| 12. Ethyleneimine | 10.00 | |
| 13. Fluorine | 10.00 | |
| 14. Formaldehyde (≥90%) | 5.00 | |
| 15. Hydrogen | 2.00 | 5.00 |
| 16. Hydrogen chloride (liquefied gas) | 25.00 | |
| 17. Lead alkyls | 5.00 | |
| 18. Liquefied petroleum gas, including commercial propane and commercial butane, and any mixture thereof, when held at a pressure greater than 1.4 bar absolute. | 25.00 | 50.00 |
| 19. Liquefied extremely flammable gases excluding pressurised LPG (entry no.18) | 50.00 | |
| 20. Natural gas | 15.00 | 50.00 |
| 21. Acetylene | 5.00 | |
| 22. Ethylene oxide | 5.00 | |
| 23. Propylene oxide | 5.00 | |
| 24. Methanol | 500.00 | |
| 25. 4,4-Methylenebis (2-Chloraniline) and/or salts, in powder form | 0.01 | |
| 26. Methylisocyanate | 0.15 | |
| 27. Oxygen | 200.00 | |
| 28. Toluene diisocyanate | 10.00 | |
| 29. Carbonyl dichloride (phosgene) | 0.30 | |
| 30. Arsenic trihydride (arsine) | 0.20 | |
| 31. Phosphorus trihydride (phosphine) | 0.20 | |
| 32. Sulphur dichloride | 1.00 | |
| 33. Sulphur trioxide (including sulphur trioxide dissolved in sulphuric acid to form Oleum) | 15.00 | |
| 34. Polychlorodibenzofurans and polychlorodibenzodioxins (including TCDD), calculated in TCDD equivalent (to which Note 7 of the Notes to this Part applies) | 0.001 | |
| 35. The following CARCINOGENS at concentration above 5% by weight: 4-Aminobiphenyl and/or its salts; Benzotrichloride; Benzidine and/or salts; Bis(chloromethyl) ether; Chloromethyl methyl ether; 1,2-Dibromoethane; Diethyl sulphate; Dimethyl sulphate; Dimethylcarbamoyl chloride; 1,2-Dibromo-3-chloropropane; 1,2-Dimethylhydrazine; Dimethylnitrosamine; Hexamethylphosphoric triamide; Hydrazine; 2-Naphthylamine and/or salts; 4-Nitrodiphenyl; and 1,3 Propanesultone | 0.5 | |
| 36. Petroleum products (a) gasolines and naphthas, (b) kerosenes (including jet fuels), (c) gas oils (including diesel fuels, home heating oils and gas oil blending streams) (d) heavy fuel oils | 2500.00 | |
| 37. Acrylonitrile | 20.00 | 50.00 |
| 38. Carbon disulphide | 20.00 | 50.00 |
| 39. Hydrogen selenide | 1.00 | 50.00 |
| 40. Nickel tetracarbonyl | 1.00 | 5.00 |
| 41. Oxygen difluoride | 1.00 | 5.00 |
| 42. Pentaborane | 1.00 | 5.00 |
| 43. Selenium hexafluoride | 1.00 | 50.00 |
| 44. Stibine (antimony hydride) | 1.00 | 5.00 |
| 45. Sulphur dioxide | 20.00 | 50.00 |
| 46. Tellurium hexafluoride | 1.00 | 5.00 |
| 47. 2,2-Bis(tert-butylperoxy) butane (>70%) | 5.00 | 50.00 |
| 48. 1,1-Bis(tert-butylperoxy) cyclohexane (>80%) | 5.00 | 50.00 |
| 49. tert-Butyl peroxyacetate (>70%) | 5.00 | 50.00 |
| 50. tert-Butyl peroxyisobutyrate (>80%) | 5.00 | 50.00 |
| 51. tert-Butyl peroxyisopropylcarbonate (>80%) | 5.00 | 50.00 |
| 52. tert-Butyl peroxymaleate (>80%) | 5.00 | 50.00 |
| 53. tert-Butyl peroxypivalate (>77%) | 5.00 | 50.00 |
| 54. Cellulose Nitrate other than— (1) cellulose nitrate for which a license, granted under the Manufacture and Storage of Explosives Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006[^f00010], is required; or (2) cellulose nitrate where the nitrogen content of the cellulose nitrate does not exceed 12.3% by weight and contains not more than 55 parts of cellulose nitrate per 100 parts by weight of solution. | 50.00 | |
| 55. Dibenzyl peroxydicarbonate (>90%) | 5.00 | 50.00 |
| 56. Diethyl peroxydicarbonate (>30%) | 5.00 | 50.00 |
| 57. 2,2- Dihydroperoxypropane (>30%) | 5.00 | 50.00 |
| 58. Di-isobutyryl peroxide (>50%) | 5.00 | 50.00 |
| 59. Di-n-propyl peroxydicarbonate (>80%) | 5.00 | 50.00 |
| 60. Di-sec-butyl peroxydicarbonate (>80%) | 5.00 | 50.00 |
| 61. 3,3,6,6,9,9-Hexamethyl-1,2,4,5-tetroxacyclononane (>75%) | 5.00 | 50.00 |
| 62. Methyl ethyl ketone peroxide (>60%) | 5.00 | 50.00 |
| 63. Methyl isobutyl ketone peroxide (>60%) | 5.00 | 50.00 |
| 64. Peracetic acid (>60%) | 5.00 | 50.00 |
| 65. Sodium Chlorate | 25.00 | 50.00 |
| 66. Gas or any mixture of gases (not covered by entry 20) which is flammable in air, when held as a gas | 15.00 | |
| 67. A substance or any mixture of substances which is flammable in air when held above its boiling point (measured at 1 bar absolute) as a liquid or as a mixture of liquid and gas at a pressure of more than 1.4 bar absolute (see Note 8 of the notes to this Part). | 25.00 |
NOTES TO PART A
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PART B — CATEGORIES OF SUBSTANCES AND PREPARATIONS NOT SPECIFICALLY NAMED IN PART A
| Column 1 Categories of hazardous substances | Column 1 Categories of hazardous substances | Column 2 Controlled quantity (Q) in tonnes |
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| 1. | VERY TOXIC | 5.00 |
| 2. | TOXIC | 50.00 |
| 3. | OXIDISING | 50.00 |
| 4. | EXPLOSIVE ((see Note 2 to this Part) where the substance, preparation or article falls under UN/ADR Division 1.4, excluding those at a factory subject to the public hearing procedure under regulation 12 of the Manufacture and Storage of Explosives Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006[^f00016] or those licensed under the Explosives in Harbour Area Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995[^f00017]) | 50.00 |
| 5. | EXPLOSIVE ((see Note 2 to this Part) where the substance, preparation or article falls under any of: UN/ADR Divisions 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.5 or 1.6 or risk phrase R2 or R3, excluding those at a factory subject to the public hearing procedure under regulation 12 of the Manufacture and Storage of Explosives Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 or those licensed under the Explosives in Harbour Areas Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995) | 10.00 |
| 6. | FLAMMABLE (where the substance or preparation falls within the definition given in Note 3(a) to this Part) | 5000.00 |
| 7. | HIGHLY FLAMMABLE (where the substance or preparation falls within the definition given in Note 3(b)(i) and (b)(ii) to this Part) | 50.00 |
| 8. | HIGHLY FLAMMABLE liquids (where the substance or preparation falls within the definition given in Note 3(b)(iii) to this Part) | 5000.00 |
| 9. | EXTREMELY FLAMMABLE (where the substance or preparation falls within the definition given in Note 3(c) to this Part) | 10.00 |
| 10. | DANGEROUS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT risk phrases: (i) R50: “Very toxic to aquatic organisms” (including R50/53); (ii) R51/53: “Toxic to aquatic organisms; may cause long term adverse effects in the aquatic environment” | 100.00 200.00 |
| 11. | ANY CLASSIFICATION not covered by those given above in combination with risk phrases: (i) R14: “reacts violently with water” (including R14/15); (ii) R29: “in contact with water, liberates toxic gas” | 100.00 50.00 |
NOTES TO PART B
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NOTES TO PARTS A AND B
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PART C — SUBSTANCES USED IN AN INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL PROCESS
| Column 1 Hazardous substances | Column 2 Controlled quantity |
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| Where it is believed that a substance, which is within Part A or Part B, may be generated during loss of control of an industrial chemical process (“HS”), any substance which is used in that process (“S”). | The amount of S which it is believed may generate, on its own or in combination with other substances used in the relevant industrial chemical process, the controlled quantity of the HS in question. |
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SCHEDULE 3 — ENFORCEMENT – MODIFICATIONS OF THE 2011 ACT
PART 1 — APPEALS AGAINST HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES CONTRAVENTION NOTICES
| Provisions of the 2011 Act Applied | Modifications |
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| Section 143 (appeal against enforcement notice) Subsection (1) | For the words “an enforcement notice” substitute “a hazardous substances contravention notice”. |
| Subsection (2) | In subsection (a) for the words “enforcement notice” substitute “hazardous substances contravention notice”. |
| Subsection (3) | For subsection (3) substitute— 3 An appeal may be brought on any of the following grounds— a that in respect of any contravention of hazardous substances control specified in the notice, hazardous substances consent ought to be granted for the quantity of hazardous substance present on, over or under the land or, as the case may be, the condition concerned ought to be discharged; b that the matters alleged to constitute a contravention of hazardous substances control have not occurred; c that those matters (if they occurred) do not constitute a contravention of hazardous substances control; d that copies of the hazardous substances contravention notice were not served as required by section 162(4); e that the steps required by the notice to be taken exceed what is necessary to remedy any contravention of hazardous substances control; f that any period specified in the notice in accordance with section 162(5)(b) falls short of what should reasonably be allowed. |
| Subsection (4) | For the words “enforcement notice” substitute “hazardous substances contravention notice”. |
| Subsection (5) | None |
| Subsection (6) | None |
| Subsection (7) | Omit |
| Subsection (8) | For the words “an enforcement notice” substitute “a hazardous substances contravention notice”. |
| Subsection (9) | For the words “enforcement notice” in each place where they occur substitute “hazardous substances contravention notice”. |
| Section 144 (appeal against enforcement - general supplementary provisions) | For the words “enforcement notice” in each place where they occur substitute “hazardous substances contravention notice”. |
| Section 145 (appeal against enforcement - supplementary provisions relating to planning permission) Subsection (1) | For subsections (a) and (b) substitute— a grant hazardous substances consent for the presence of hazardous substances on, over or under the land to which the hazardous substances contravention notice relates or on, over or under part of that land; b discharge any condition subject to which hazardous substances consent was granted. |
| Subsection (1) (c) | Omit |
| Subsection (2) | Omit |
| Subsection (3) | Omit |
| Subsection (4) | For subsection (4) substitute— 4 In considering whether to grant hazardous substances consent under subsection (1), the planning appeals commission shall have regard to the considerations specified in section 110(2) and to any other material considerations; and the hazardous substances consent granted under subsection (1) is any hazardous substances consent that might be granted under Part 4; and where under that subsection the planning appeals commission discharges a condition, it may substitute another for it whether more or less onerous. |
| Subsection (5) | For subsection (5) substitute— 5 Where an appeal against a hazardous substances contravention notice is brought under section 143, the appellant shall be deemed to have made an application for hazardous substances consent for the presence of the hazardous substance on, over or under the land to which the notice relates and, in relation to any exercise by the planning appeals commission of its powers under subsection (1)— a any hazardous substances consent granted under that subsection shall be treated as granted on that application; b in relation to a grant of hazardous substances consent or a determination under that subsection, the decision of the planning appeals commission will be final; and c subject to sub-section (b), any hazardous substances consent granted under that subsection shall have the like effect as a consent granted under Part 3. |
| Subsection 6 | None |
PART 2 — EFFECT OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES CONTRAVENTION NOTICES ETC.
| Provisions of the 2011 Act Applied | Modifications |
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| Section 146 (execution and costs of works required by enforcement notice) | Section 146 (execution and costs of works required by enforcement notice) |
| Subsection (1) | For the words “an enforcement notice” substitute “a hazardous substances contravention notice”. |
| Subsection (2) | For the words “an enforcement notice” substitute “a hazardous substances contravention notice” and for the words “breach of planning control” in both places where they occur substitute “contravention of hazardous substances control”. |
| Subsections (3) to (9) | None |
| Section 147 (offence where enforcement notice not complied with) Subsection (1) | For subsection (1) substitute— 1 Where, at any time after the end of the period for compliance with a hazardous substances contravention notice, any steps required by the notice to be taken have not been taken, the person who is then the owner of the land and any person other than the owner who is in control of the land is in breach of the notice. |
| Subsection (2) | For the words “the owner of the land” substitute “a person” and for the words “an enforcement notice” substitute “a hazardous substances contravention notice”. |
| Subsection (3) | None |
| Subsection (4) | Omit |
| Subsection (5) | Omit |
| Subsection (6) | Omit the words “or (5)” |
| Subsection (7) | For the words “enforcement notice” substitute “hazardous substances contravention notice.” |
| Subsection (8) | None |
| Subsection (9) | None |
| Section 148 (effect of planning permission, etc., on enforcement or breach of condition notice) Subsection (1) | For paragraph (1) substitute— 1 Where after the service of a copy of a hazardous substances contravention notice, hazardous substances consent is granted for the presence of a hazardous substance on, over or under land to which the notice relates, the notice shall cease to have effect so far as inconsistent with that consent. |
| Subsection (2) | Omit |
| Subsection (3) | For the words “an enforcement notice or breach of condition notice” substitute “a hazardous substances contravention notice”. |
| Section 149 (enforcement notice to have effect against subsequent development) | For Section 149 substitute— 1 Compliance with a hazardous substances contravention notice shall not discharge that notice. 2 Without prejudice to subsection (1), where a provision of a hazardous substances contravention notice requires a hazardous substance to be removed from the land to which the notice relates, the presence on, over or under that land of a quantity of that substance equal to or exceeding its controlled quantity at any time after the substance has been removed in compliance with the hazardous substances contravention notice, shall be in contravention of that notice. 3 Without prejudice to subsection (1), where a provision of a hazardous substances contravention notice requires the quantity of a hazardous substance on, over or under the land to which the notice relates to be reduced below a specified quantity (being greater than the controlled quantity), the presence on, over or under that land of a quantity of that substance equal to or in excess of the specified quantity at any time after the quantity of that substance has been reduced below the specified quantity in compliance with the hazardous substances contravention notice, shall be in contravention of that notice. 4 Without prejudice to subsection (1), where a provision of a hazardous substances contravention notice requires steps to be taken to remedy a failure to comply with a condition subject to which a hazardous substances consent was granted, after those steps have been taken no further steps shall be taken which would constitute a breach of that condition, and the taking of such further steps shall be in contravention of that notice. 5 Sections 146 and 147 shall apply to the contravention of a hazardous substances contravention notice to which this section applies as if the period for compliance with the notice had expired on the date the contravention took place, but a person authorised in writing by the council shall not enter the land under section 146(1) without, at least 28 days before entry, serving on the owner or occupier of the land a notice of that person’s intention to do so. |
PART 3 — SECTIONS OF THE 2011 ACT AS MODIFIED
Appeal against hazardous substances contravention notice
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Appeal against hazardous substances contravention notice – general supplementary provisions
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Appeal against hazardous substances contravention notice – supplementary provisions relating to hazardous substances consent
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Execution and cost of works required by hazardous substances contravention notice
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Offence where hazardous substances contravention notice not complied with
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Effect of hazardous substances consent on hazardous substances contravention notice
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Hazardous substances contravention notice to have effect against subsequent development
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Signed
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 16th February 2015.
Angus Kerr — A senior officer of the — Department of the Environment
Explanatory note
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Footnotes
[^f00001]: 2011 c.25 (N.I.) see section 250(1) for definition of “the Department” and “prescribed”
[^f00002]: O.J. No. L10,14.1.1997, p. 13
[^f00003]: O.J. No. L345, 31.12.2003, p .97
[^f00004]: O.J. No. L197, 24.7.2012, p. 1-37
[^f00005]: 2001 c.9 (N.I.) as amended by 2003 c.21
[^f00006]: S.R. 1991 No. 509
[^f00007]: 1965 c. 57; section 1 was amended by S.I. 1974/2056 and S.I. 1990/1981
[^f00008]: S.I. 1996/275 (N.I.2)
[^f00009]: S.R. 1993 No. 275
[^f00010]: S.R. 2006 No.425
[^f00011]: 15.75 per cent nitrogen content by weight as a result of ammonium nitrate corresponds to 45 per cent ammonium nitrate
[^f00012]: 24.5 per cent nitrogen content by weight as a result of ammonium nitrate corresponds to 70 per cent ammonium nitrate
[^f00013]: S.I. 2003/1082
[^f00014]: 28 per cent nitrogen content by weight as a result of ammonium nitrate corresponds to 80 per cent ammonium nitrate.
[^f00015]: North Atlantic Treaty Organisation/Committee for the Challenges of Modern Society
[^f00016]: S.R. 2006 No.425
[^f00017]: S.R. 1995 No.87
[^f00018]: S.R. 2009 No.238
[^f00019]: 1985 c.48
[^f00020]: O.J. No.L.319, 12.12.1994, p.7. Directive as last amended by Commission Directive 2003/28/EC O.J No. L90,8.4.2003, p.45
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(3) An appeal may be brought on any of the following grounds— (a) that in respect of any contravention of hazardous substances control specified in the notice, hazardous substances consent ought to be granted for the quantity of hazardous substance present on, over or under the land or, as the case may be, the condition concerned ought to be discharged; (b) that the matters alleged to constitute a contravention of hazardous substances control have not occurred; (c) that those matters (if they occurred) do not constitute a contravention of hazardous substances control; (d) that copies of the hazardous substances contravention notice were not served as required by section 162(4); (e) that the steps required by the notice to be taken exceed what is necessary to remedy any contravention of hazardous substances control; (f) that any period specified in the notice in accordance with section 162(5)(b) falls short of what should reasonably be allowed.
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(1) Where, at any time after the end of the period for compliance with a hazardous substances contravention notice, any steps required by the notice to be taken have not been taken, the person who is then the owner of the land and any person other than the owner who is in control of the land is in breach of the notice.
Editorial notes
[^key-72643398c78c73793ef613f9b9b1f0b1]: Regulations revoked (16.10.2015) by The Planning (Hazardous Substances) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/344), regs. 1, 24 (with reg. 25(4))
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