Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
The Planning (Control of Major-Accident-Hazards) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 (“the 2009 Regulations”) implemented, in relation to Northern Ireland, the land use planning provisions of Directive 96/82/EC on the control of major accident hazards involving dangerous substances (O.J. No.L.10, 14.1.1997, p.13) (“the Seveso II Directive”), as amended by Council Directive 2003/105/EC (O.J. No. L345, 31.12.2003, p.97).
As part of the implementation of the Seveso II Directive, the 2009 Regulations substituted a new Schedule 3 to the Planning (Hazardous Substances) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993. Regulation 2 corrects an error in the substituted Schedule 3.
Regulation 3 confers transitional immunity from prosecution and contravention proceedings for a period of six months from the day these Regulations come into operation. During this time an application for consent may be made.
A Regulatory Impact Assessment has not been prepared for these Regulations as their only purpose is to correct the error in the substituted Schedule 3 to the Hazardous Substances Regulations.