The Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases and Ozone-Depleting Substances (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Made: 15th February 2019

Laid before Parliament: 18th February 2019

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(2).

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of powers conferred by section 8(1) of, and paragraph 21(b) of Schedule 7 to, the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 .

The requirements of paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 7 to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (relating to the appropriate Parliamentary procedure for these Regulations) have been satisfied.

Citation, commencement and extent

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• (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases and Ozone-Depleting Substances (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019.

• (2) These Regulations come into force on exit day.

• (3) These Regulations extend to Northern Ireland only.

Amendment of the Controls on Ozone-Depleting Substances Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011

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• (1) The Controls on Ozone-Depleting Substances Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 are amended as follows—

• (2) after regulation 2(4), insert—

(5) References in these Regulations to the EU Regulation are to the EU Regulation as amended by regulations made under the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.

• (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (4) in regulation 8(2)(b), for “Article 18(4), 27(1) to (7) or 28(3) of the EU Regulation (notifying the European Commission of changes to data supplied in a licence application, annual reporting to the Commission and providing information requested by the Commission),” substitute “ Article 18(4) or 27(1) to (7) of the EU Regulation, ”.

Amendment of the Ozone-Depleting Substances (Qualifications) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011

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After regulation 2(4) of the Ozone-Depleting Substances (Qualifications) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 , insert—

(5) References in these Regulations to the EU Regulation are to the EU Regulation as amended by regulations made under the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.

Amendment of the Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015

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• (1) The Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 are amended as follows—

• (2) In regulation 3 (interpretation: EU Regulations), after paragraph (3), insert—

(4) References in these Regulations to the legislation listed in paragraph (1) is to that legislation as amended by regulations made under the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.

• (3) In the following regulations, omit “other than the United Kingdom”—

• (a) regulation 7(1) (certificates, relating to stationary refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump equipment, issued in EEA States and Great Britain);

• (b) regulation 9(1) (certificates relating to fire protection systems and fire extinguishers issued in EEA States and Great Britain);

• (c) regulation 11(1) (certificates relating to electrical switchgear issued in EEA States and Great Britain);

• (d) regulation 13(1) (certificates relating to fluorinated greenhouse gas-based solvents issued in EEA States and Great Britain); and

• (e) regulation 15(1) (attestations relating to air conditioning systems in certain motor vehicles issued in EEA States and Great Britain).

• (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Signed

Thérèse Coffey — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — 2019-02-15

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2018 c.16

[^f00002]: S.R. 2011 No. 239

[^f00003]: S.R. 2011 No. 240

[^f00004]: S.R. 2015 No. 425

Editorial notes

[^c23589101]: 2018 c.16

[^c23589111]: S.R. 2011 No. 239

[^c23589121]: S.R. 2011 No. 240

[^c23589131]: S.R. 2015 No. 425

[^key-d2982f2ff03b4323b859b307894b512c]: Reg. 2 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(2)

[^key-5b7746dd394935c787554791b960a616]: Reg. 1 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(2)

[^key-0450d4da10c9cb4d229c25e559ff37fc]: Reg. 3 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(2)

[^key-d1813ef511fac7ea72043f48fde5688a]: Reg. 4 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(2)

[^key-507a90567df5483fc5efb973338b6455]: Reg. 2(3) revoked (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases and Ozone-Depleting Substances (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/304), regs. 1(2)(a), 4(2)(a) (with reg. 1(3))

[^key-af142fa5d769ec239e6913b1f3cb1437]: Reg. 4(4) revoked (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases and Ozone-Depleting Substances (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/304), regs. 1(2)(a), 4(2)(b) (with reg. 1(3))