{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fluorinated-greenhouse-gases-regulations-2015/regulation-28",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fluorinated-greenhouse-gases-regulations-2015/regulation-28.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2015/310",
  "legislation_title": "The Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fluorinated-greenhouse-gases-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/28",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "28",
  "heading": "Powers of the Secretary of State, the Scottish Ministers and the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies where, in contravention of Article 11 of the 2014 Regulation, a person has imported into Great Britain a product or equipment containing, or whose functioning relies upon, fluorinated greenhouse gases.\n(2) The Secretary of State may require the person to, within a reasonable period of time—\n(a) dispose of the product or equipment without causing pollution of the environment or harm to human health or the health of animals or plants;\n(b) otherwise render it harmless; or\n(c) remove it from—\n(i) the United Kingdom;\n(ii) an offshore installation; or\n(iii) a Northern Ireland offshore installation used in connection with any of the activities described in regulation 4(4)(a) to (g).\n(3) The Scottish Ministers may require the person to, within a reasonable period of time, remove the product or equipment from a Scottish offshore installation.\n(4) The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs may require the person to, within a reasonable period of time, remove the product or equipment from a Northern Ireland offshore installation used in connection with any of the activities described in regulation 4(4)(h) and (i).",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 28(1) substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2019/583, regs. 1(1), 35(1)(5) (as amended by The Ozone-Depleting Substances and Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1616), regs. 1(2), 2(2)(18)(a)(e)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 28(2)(c)(iii) inserted (22.2.2018) by The Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/98), regs. 1(2), 23(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 28(4) substituted (22.2.2018) by The Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/98), regs. 1(2), 23(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in reg. 28 heading substituted (22.2.2018) by The Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/98), regs. 1(2), 23(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "E",
      "label": "E1",
      "text": "This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/310/regulation/28",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:47:08.731343+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."
}