{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-liability-prevention-and-remediation-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-liability-prevention-and-remediation-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2015/231",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Liability (Prevention and Remediation) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-liability-prevention-and-remediation-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2015",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Environmental Liability (Prevention and Remediation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009",
  "text": "(1) The Environmental Liability (Prevention and Remediation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (5)—\n(2) In regulation 2 insert in the appropriate alphabetical order—\n“”baseline” means the low-water line along the coast as defined in the Territorial Seas (Baseline) Order 2014”\n(3) After regulation 2A insert—\n“Application\n2B. These Regulations apply to the areas specified in the following table—\nTable 1\nType of damage\nArea in which these Regulations apply\nDamage to surface water or groundwater\nNorthern Ireland in so far as it extends to all water up to one nautical mile seaward from the baseline in Northern Ireland.\nDamage to marine waters\nAll water up to 12 nautical miles seaward from the baseline in Northern Ireland so far as not already addressed as damage to surface or groundwater.\nDamage in an Area of Special Scientific Interest\nNorthern Ireland\nDamage to a protected species or natural habitats\nNorthern Ireland\nThe seabed out to 12 nautical miles\nDamage to land\nNorthern Ireland\n”\n(4) For regulation 3(1) substitute—\n“3. (1) Subject to regulations 5, 6 and 7, these Regulations apply to environmental damage to—\n(a) Protected species or natural habitats, or an area of special scientific interest;\n(b) Surface water or groundwater;\n(c) Marine waters; or\n(d) Land.”\n(5) After regulation 3(4) insert—\n“(4A) Environmental damage to marine waters means damage to marine waters classified as such pursuant to Directive 2008/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for community action in the field of marine environmental policy, such that their environmental status is significantly adversely affected in accordance with Directive 2008/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.R.2009 No.252"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I.2014 No.1353"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/231/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:01:33.730179+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}