The Pollution Prevention and Control (Industrial Emissions) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2016 No. 309

Environmental Protection

The Pollution Prevention and Control (Industrial Emissions) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016

Made

28th July 2016

Coming into operation

22nd August 2016

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 4(1) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Environment (Northern Ireland) Order 2002(1), makes the following Regulations.

In accordance with Article 4(4) of that Order, the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs has consulted district councils and such bodies or persons appearing to it to be representative of the interests of district councils as it considers appropriate, such bodies or persons appearing to it to be representative of the interests of industry, agriculture and business as it considers appropriate and such other bodies or persons as it considers appropriate.

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Pollution Prevention and Control (Industrial Emissions) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 and come into operation on 22nd August 2016.

Amendment of the Pollution Prevention and Control (Industrial Emissions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013

2.  The Pollution Prevention and Control (Industrial Emissions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013(2) are amended in accordance with regulations 3 and 4.

Amendment of Schedule 1 (activities, installations and mobile plant)

3.  In Schedule 1—

(a) at the end of Part C of section 1.2, in paragraph 1 (“interpretation of Part C”), in the definition of “new service station”, for “paragraph (c)” substitute “paragraph (d)”.

Amendment of Part 2 of Schedule 12

4.  In Schedule 12, in Part 2 (“PVR II”), for paragraph 2(1) substitute—

“Interpretation

2.— (1) In this Part, “PVR II” means Directive 2009/126/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 on Stage II petrol vapour recovery during refuelling of motor vehicles at service stations as last amended by Commission Directive 2014/99/EU (3).”

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs on 28th July 2016.

Dave Foster

A senior officer of the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This Note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Pollution Prevention and Control (Industrial Emissions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013 (“the principal Regulations”).

These Regulations implement Commission Directive 2014/99/EU (O.J. No. L 304, 23.10.2014, p. 89), which amends Directive 2009/126/EC (O.J. No. L 285, 31.10.2009, p. 36) as regards the test methods to certify petrol vapour recovery systems for use in service stations and the test methods to verify the operation of such systems.

Regulation 4 amends the principal Regulations to substitute the definition of “PVR II” in paragraph 2 of Part 2 of Schedule 12 so that the updated definition refers to that Directive as amended by Commission Directive 2014/99/EU.

An Impact Assessment has been prepared and copies can be obtained from the Air and Environmental Quality Unit, Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Goodwood House, 44-58 May Street, Town Parks, Belfast, BT1 4NN. A copy has been placed in the Assembly library.

(1)

S.I. 2002/3153 (N.I. 7)

(2)

S.R. 2013 No. 160

(3)

O.J. No. L 285, 31.10.2009, p. 36, as last amended by Commission Directive 2014/99/EU (O.J. No. L 304, 23.10.2014, p. 89).