# The Control of Major Accident Hazards (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
1 These Regulations implement Article 30 of Directive 2012/18/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on the control of major accident hazards involving dangerous substances (O.J. No. L 197, 24.7.2012, p.1) (the Seveso III Directive).
2 Article 30 of the Seveso III Directive deals with uncertainty in relation to the correct classification of heavy fuel oils, by adding heavy fuel oils to the table in Part 2 of Annex 1 to Council Directive 96/82 (O.J. No. L 10, 14.1.1997, p.13) as amended by Directive 2003/105 of the European Parliament and of the Council (O.J. No. L 345, 31.12.2003, p.97) (the Seveso II Directive) under the heading Petroleum Products with qualifying quantities of 2,500 tonnes for column 2 and 25,000 tonnes for column 3. This removes the uncertainty that existed as regards the appropriate qualifying quantities for heavy fuel oils for the purposes of implementing Seveso II.
3 Regulation 2 of these Regulations amends the Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 (“the 2000 Regulations”) by adding heavy fuel oils to the list of named substances in Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the 2000 Regulations. The effect of this is that an establishment where heavy fuel oils are present in a quantity equal to, or exceeding the qualifying quantity in column 2 (2,500 tonnes) becomes subject to the 2000 Regulations and an establishment where heavy fuel oils are present in a quantity equal to, or exceeding the quantity in column 3 (25,000 tonnes) becomes subject to additional requirements as set out in regulation 3(1) of the 2000 Regulations.
4 In Great Britain the corresponding Regulations are the Heavy Fuel Oil (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/162). The Great Britain Health and Safety Executive has prepared a full impact assessment in relation to these Regulations. A copy of that assessment together with a Northern Ireland supplement prepared by the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland is held at the offices of that Executive at 83 Ladas Drive, Belfast, BT6 9FR, from where a copy may be obtained on request. A copy is annexed to the Explanatory Memorandum which is available alongside these Regulations at www.legislation.gov.uk.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2014/74/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-major-accident-hazards-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2014/note
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