# The Environmental Liability (Prevention and Remediation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009, Paragraph 7: Identification of complementary and compensatory remediation

Extent: N.I.

(1) If possible, complementary and compensatory remedial measures shall provide natural resources or services of the same type, quality and quantity as those damaged.
(2) Where this is not possible, similar but different natural resources or services shall be provided (for example, by offsetting a reduction in the quality of natural resources or services by increasing their quantity).
(3) Where this is not possible, different natural resources or services may be provided, and the remedial measures shall have the same monetary valuation as the lost natural resources or services.
(4) If valuation of the lost natural resources or services is practicable, but valuation of the remedial measures cannot be made within a reasonable time or at a reasonable cost, then remedial measures may be provided whose cost (instead of monetary valuation) is equivalent to the value of the lost natural resources or services.
(5) In the case of complementary remediation at a new site, where possible and appropriate this site should be geographically linked to the damaged site.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2009/252/schedule/4/paragraph/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-liability-prevention-and-remediation-regulations-northern-ireland-2009/schedule-4/paragraph-7
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