Environmental Liability (Prevention and Remediation) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. No. 210 of 2011)

Status: This is the original version (as it was originally made). Northern Ireland Statutory Rules are not carried in their revised form on this site. S T A T U T O R Y R U L E S O F N O R T H E R N I R E L A N D 2011 No. 210 EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION The Environmental Liability (Prevention and Remediation) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 Made - - - - 3rd June 2011 Coming into operation 25th June 2011 The Department of the Environment, being a Department(1) designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(2) in relation to the environment, acting in exercise of the powers conferred upon it by that section, makes the following Regulations: Citation, commencement and interpretation 1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Environmental Liability (Prevention and Remediation) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 and come into operation on 25th June 2011. (2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(3) applies to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly. Amendment of the Environmental Liability (Prevention and Remediation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 2.—(1) The Environmental Liability (Prevention and Remediation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009(4) are amended as follows. (2) In Schedule 2, after paragraph 9 insert— “Geological storage of carbon dioxide 10. The operation of storage sites pursuant to Directive 2009/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the geological storage of carbon dioxide.”. (1) S.I. 2008/301 (2) 1972 c.68 (3) 1954 c. 33 (N.I.) (4) S.R. 2009 No. 252, amended by S.R. 2009 No. 361 http://www.opsi.gov.uk/legislation/european/directive/2009/0031 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2008/301 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1972/68 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1954/33 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2009/252 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2009/361 Document Generated: 2011-07-06 Status: This is the original version (as it was originally made). Northern Ireland Statutory Rules are not carried in their revised form on this site. 2 Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 3rd June 2011. Denis McMahon A senior officer of the Department of the Environment Document Generated: 2011-07-06 Status: This is the original version (as it was originally made). Northern Ireland Statutory Rules are not carried in their revised form on this site. 3 EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Regulations) These Regulations amend the Environmental Liability (Prevention and Remediation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 which implement Directive 2004/35/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on environmental liability with regard to the prevention and remedying of environmental damage (“the Environmental Liability Directive”). The Regulations make provision for implementing an amendment to the Environmental Liability Directive by Article 34 of Directive 2009/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the geological storage of carbon dioxide. http://www.opsi.gov.uk/legislation/european/directive/2004/0035 http://www.opsi.gov.uk/legislation/european/directive/2009/0031