Statutory Instruments

2019 No. 281

Exiting The European Union, Northern Ireland

Environmental Protection, Northern Ireland

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

Sift requirements satisfied

14th February 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 M1 .

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.

Marginal Citations

M1 2018 c.16

Citation, commencement and extent N.I.

1.—(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.

Commencement Information

I1 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)

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

2.—(1) The Controls on Ozone-Depleting Substances Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 M2 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.”;

F1 (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, ”.

Textual Amendments

F1 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))

Commencement Information

I2 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)

Marginal Citations

M2 S.R. 2011 No. 239

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

3.  After regulation 2(4) of the Ozone-Depleting Substances (Qualifications) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 M3 , 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.”

Commencement Information

I3 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)

Marginal Citations

M3 S.R. 2011 No. 240

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

4.—(1) The Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 M4 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).

F2 (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F2 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))

Commencement Information

I4 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)

Marginal Citations

M4 S.R. 2015 No. 425

Thérèse Coffey

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations remove references to the United Kingdom being a Member State of the European Union and are being made under the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.

These Regulations make amendments to legislation in the field of ozone-depleting substances (regulations 2 and 3) and fluorinated greenhouse gases (regulation 4).

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no significant impact on the private or voluntary sector is foreseen.