The Environmental Protection (Controls on Ozone-Depleting Substances) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

8.  A person who, on or after the commencement date –

(a) subject to Article 4(4)(i)(a) and (b) and (5), places, or causes or permits another person to place, chlorofluorocarbons on the market; or

(b) subject to Article 4(4)(i)(b) and (5), uses, or causes or permits another person to use, chlorofluorocarbons otherwise than –

(i) in the maintenance or servicing of refrigeration and air-conditioning equipment or in finger-printing processes;

(ii) in delivery mechanisms for hermetically sealed devices designed for implantation in the human body for delivery of measured doses of medication, or

(iii) in existing military applications, or

(c) uses, or causes or permits another person to use, chlorofluorocarbons in an application referred to in sub-paragraph (b)(ii) or (iii) otherwise than in accordance with the terms of an authorisation issued by the Commission under Article 4(l),

commits an offence.