Paragraph 3 Modifications of the Ambient Air Quality DirectiveI1

Northern Ireland

(1)

For the purposes of the Air Quality Standards Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010, the Ambient Air Quality Directive is to be read in accordance with this paragraph.

(2)

A reference to one or more Member States in a provision imposing an obligation or conferring a discretion on a Member State or Member States is to be read as a reference to the competent authority which, immediately before F1IP completion day, was responsible for the United Kingdom's compliance with that obligation or able to exercise that discretion.

(3)

Article 3(f) is to be read as if, for “other Member States” there were substituted “ Member States ”.

(4)

Annex 1 is to be read as if—

(a)

in section A, footnote (1)—

(i)

for “Member States” there were substituted “ The Department ”;

(ii)

for “they” there were substituted “ the Department ”; and

(iii)

the words “to the Commission” were omitted;

(b)

in section C—

(i)

in paragraph 1, for “the appropriate competent authorities and bodies designated pursuant to Article 3” there were substituted “ the Department ”;

(ii)

in point (i), for the words “pursuant to Article 6” to the end, there were substituted “ are in accordance with this section ”;

(iii)

in point (iii), the words from “and that institutions” to the end were omitted;

(iv)

in point (iv), in the first sentence—

(aa)

the words from “are appointed by” to “Article 3 and” were omitted;

(bb)

for “harmonised” there were substituted “ designated ”; and

(cc)

the words from “the reference to” to “the European Union” were omitted;

(v)

in point (iv), in the second sentence, the words from “for the co-ordination” to “also be responsible” were omitted;

(vi)

points (v) and (vi) were omitted; and

(vii)

in paragraph (2), for “All reported data under Article 27” there were substituted “ All data ”.

(5)

Annex 2 is to be read as if, in section B paragraph 2, for “Member States” there were substituted “ the Department ”.

(6)

Annex 3 is to be read as if, in section A paragraph 2(b), the words “In accordance with Article 2(1)” were omitted.

(7)

Annex 5 is to be read as if, in section A paragraph 1, in the footnotes (1) and (2) for “a Member State” there were substituted “ the Department ”.

(8)

Annex 6 is to be read as if, in section B—

(a)

in paragraph 1—

(i)

for “A Member State” there were substituted “ The Department ”; and

(ii)

for “the Member State” there were substituted “ the Department ”;

(b)

paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 were omitted.

(9)

Annex 8 is to be read as if, in section A, in the paragraph following the table, after the words “in the Community” there were inserted “ insofar as it forms part of F2assimilated law ”.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Regulations substituted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Waste (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/284), regs. 1(1), 3(2)
F2: Word in Sch. 3 para. 3(9) substituted (27.2.2025) by The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/82), reg. 1(2), Sch. 10 para. 33(a)

Commencement

I1: Sch. 3 para. 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