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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-hazardous-substances-no-2-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/regulation-25",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-hazardous-substances-no-2-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/regulation-25.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2015/344",
  "legislation_title": "The Planning (Hazardous Substances) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-hazardous-substances-no-2-regulations-northern-ireland-2015",
  "path": "regulation/25",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "25",
  "heading": "Interpretation of existing consents",
  "text": "(1) Nothing in this regulation shall affect the operation of section 29(3)(a) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954.\n(2) In this regulation, “relevant consent” means a hazardous substances consent granted before the commencement of these Regulations under which the following are expressly authorised—\n(a) the presence of a category of substance listed in column 1 of Part B of Schedule 2 to the Hazardous Substances Regulations; or\n(b) the presence of a substance named in column 1 of Part A of Schedule 2 to the Hazardous Substances Regulations.\n(3) This regulation applies to a relevant consent where the category or substance referred to in paragraph (1)—\n(a) is not contained in Schedule 2 to these Regulations; or\n(b) is differently named or defined under Schedule 2 to these Regulations.\n(4) Where this regulation applies references in a relevant consent to a category or substance referred to in paragraph (1) are to be interpreted as if these Regulations had not come into operation.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/344/regulation/25",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:00:08.288480+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."
}