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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-asbestos-in-water-regulations-northern-ireland-1995/note",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1995/93",
  "legislation_title": "The Control of Asbestos in Water Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-asbestos-in-water-regulations-northern-ireland-1995",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations.)\nThese Regulations implement the requirements of Council Directive 87/217/EEC (“the Directive”) on the prevention and reduction of environmental pollution by asbestos, in relation to asbestos emissions into the aquatic environment.\nRegulation 3 requires the Department of the Environment to take, in accordance with the Directive, the measures necessary to reduce at source and prevent, as far as is reasonably practicable, discharges of asbestos into the aquatic environment.\nRegulation 4 provides that a person shall not without the written consent of the Department make a discharge of asbestos into the aquatic environment and that any such consent shall specify emission standards, conditions and limits in accordance with Article 5 of the Directive.\nRegulation 5 provides that a person who contravenes regulation 4(1) or fails to comply with any condition or requirement specified in a consent granted under regulation 4(1) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale (£5,000). On conviction on indictment the prescribed penalty is an unlimited fine or a term of imprisonment not exceeding 2 years or both.\nCopies of the Directive and of extracts from the Official Journal of the European Communities may be obtained from Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 16 Arthur Street, Belfast BT1 4GD.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1995/93/note",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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