{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-controls-on-ozone-depleting-substances-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-controls-on-ozone-depleting-substances-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2003/97",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Protection (Controls on Ozone-Depleting Substances) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-controls-on-ozone-depleting-substances-regulations-northern-ireland-2003",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations –\n“the 1979 Act” means the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979;\n“authorised officer” means an officer authorised by a district council for the purposes of these Regulations;\n“authorised person” means a person authorised by the Department for the purposes of these Regulations;\n“the commencement date” means the date on which these regulations come into operation;\n“customs officer” means an officer within the meaning of the 1979 Act;\n“the Department” means the Department of the Environment;\n“district council” means a district council within the meaning of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972;\n“the principal Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) No. 2037/2000 on substances that deplete the ozone layer, as amended by Council Regulations (EC) Nos. 2038/2000 and 2039/2000.\n(2) Unless the context indicates otherwise –\n(a) expressions used in these Regulations and in the principal Regulation have the same meaning in these Regulations as they have in that Regulation; and\n(b) any reference in these Regulations to a numbered Article is a reference to the Article bearing that number in the principal Regulation.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1979 c. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c. 9 (N.I.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "O.J. No. L244, 29.9.00, p. 1. The text of the amending Regulations will be found at O.J. No. L244, 29.9.00, p. 25 and p. 26"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/97/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:04:21.460559+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."
}