Valid from 01/06/2015
Regulation 7(2)
SCHEDULE 1N.I.Defence Exemption Certificates
1. The Secretary of State may decide that it is necessary in the interests of defence for a person to be exempt from compliance with a requirement or prohibition in the CLP Regulation.N.I.
2. The Secretary of State may decide to apply the exemption—N.I.
(a)to a person, including the Secretary of State, or a category of persons;
(b)to one or more requirement or prohibition at the same time;
(c)prospectively;
(d)for a limited or unlimited period;
(e)generally or to a particular case;
(f)subject to such limitations and conditions as the Secretary of State sees fit.
3. A decision by the Secretary of State to apply the exemption must be evidenced in writing by a certificate.N.I.
4. A certificate—N.I.
(a)must contain sufficient particulars of the persons to whom, and the matters to which, it relates; and
(b)may be varied or revoked in writing.
5. The Secretary of State may provide to a person who has the benefit of a certificate—N.I.
(a)the certificate;
(b)a copy of it; or
(c)a copy of a relevant extract of the certificate.
6. A person who claims the benefit of a certificate must produce to the person listed in paragraph 7, when reasonably requested to do so—N.I.
(a)the certificate;
(b)a copy of it made by the Secretary of State; or
(c)a copy made by the Secretary of State of a relevant extract of the certificate.
7. The persons referred to in paragraph 6 are—N.I.
(a)an enforcing authority;
(b)a competent authority;
(c)the equivalent of an enforcing authority of another Member State;
(d)the European Chemicals Agency.
8. Unless the contrary is proved—N.I.
(a)the certificate;
(b)a copy of it made by the Secretary of State; or
(c)a copy made by the Secretary of State of a relevant extract of the certificate,
is conclusive evidence of the matters to which it relates.
9. A person who fails to comply with paragraph 6 shall not be exempt from compliance with a requirement or prohibition in the CLP Regulation in the interests of defence.N.I.
Regulation 2
SCHEDULE 2N.I.Premises and Activities within the Territorial Sea
1.—(1) In this Schedule—N.I.
“activity” includes a diving project and standing a vessel by;
“designated area” means any area designated by Order under section 1(7) of the Continental Shelf Act() and “within a designated area” includes over and under it;
“diving project” has the meaning assigned to it by regulation 2(1) of the Diving at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005() save that it includes an activity in which a person takes part as a diver wearing an atmospheric pressure suit and without breathing in air or other gas at a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure;
“gas importation and storage zone” has the meaning assigned to it by section 1(5) of the Energy Act();
“offshore installation” shall be construed in accordance with paragraph 2(2) and (3);
“supplementary unit” means a fixed or floating structure, other than a vessel, for providing energy, information or substances to an offshore installation;
“vessel” includes a hovercraft and any floating structure which is capable of being navigated.
(2) For the purposes of this Schedule, any structures and devices on top of a well shall be treated as forming part of the well.
(3) Any reference in this Schedule to premises and activities includes a reference to any person, article or substance on those premises or engaged in, or, as the case may be, used or for use in connection with any such activity, but does not include a reference to an aircraft which is airborne.
Offshore installationsN.I.
2.—(1) This paragraph shall apply to a designated area or gas importation and storage zone to and in relation to—
(a)any offshore installation and any activity on it;
(b)any activity in connection with, or any activity immediately preparatory to an activity in connection with, an offshore installation, whether carried on from the installation itself, in or from a vessel or in any manner, other than an activity falling within sub-paragraph (4);
(c)a diving project involving—
(i)the survey and preparation of the sea bed for an offshore installation;
(ii)the survey and restoration of the sea bed consequent on the removal of an offshore installation.
(2) Subject to sub-paragraph (3), in this paragraph “offshore installation” means a structure which is, or is to be, or has been, used while standing or stationed in water, or on the foreshore or other land intermittently covered with water—
(a)for the exploitation, or exploration with a view to exploitation, of mineral resources by means of a well;
(b)for undertaking activities falling within paragraph 6(2);
(c)for the conveyance of things by means of a pipe;
(d)for undertaking activities that involve mechanically entering the pressure containment boundary of a well; or
(e)primarily for the provision of accommodation for persons who work on or from a structure falling within any of the provisions of heads (a) to (d),
together with any supplementary unit which is ordinarily connected to it, and all the connections.
(3) Any reference in sub-paragraph (2) to a structure or supplementary unit does not include—
(a)a structure which is connected by dry land by a permanent structure providing access at all time and for all purposes;
(b)a well;
(c)a mobile structure which has been taken out of use and is not yet being moved with a view to its being used for any of the purposes specified in sub-paragraph (2);
(d)any part of a pipeline; and
(e)a structure falling within paragraph 8(c).
(4) Subject to sub-paragraph (5), the following activities fall within this paragraph—
(a)transporting, towing or navigating an installation;
(b)any of the following activities carried on in or from a vessel—
(i)giving assistance in the event of an emergency;
(ii)training in relation to the giving of assistance in the event of an emergency;
(iii)testing equipment for use in giving assistance in the event of an emergency;
(iv)putting or maintaining a vessel on stand-by ready for an activity referred to in any of sub-heads (i) to (iii).
(5) Sub-paragraph (4)(b) does not apply in respect of a vessel in or from which an activity is carried on in connection with, or any activity that is immediately preparatory to an activity in connection with, an offshore installation other than an activity falling within sub-paragraph (4)(b).
WellsN.I.
3.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), this paragraph applies to and in relation to—
(a)a well and any activity in connection with it; and
(b)an activity which is immediately preparatory to any activity in head (a).
(2) Sub-paragraph (1) includes keeping a vessel on station for the purpose of working on a well but otherwise does not include navigation or an activity connected with navigation.
PipelinesN.I.
4.—(1) This paragraph applies to and in relation to—
(a)any pipeline;
(b)any pipeline works;
(c)the following activities in connection with pipeline works—
(i)the loading, unloading, fuelling or provisioning of a vessel;
(ii)the loading, unloading, fuelling, repair and maintenance of an aircraft on a vessel, being in either case a vessel which is engaged in pipeline works; or
(iii)the moving, supporting, laying or retrieving of anchors attached to a pipe-laying vessel including the supervision of those activities and giving of instruction on connection with them.
(2) In this paragraph—
“pipeline” means a pipe or system of pipes for the conveyance of any thing, together with—
(a)
any apparatus for inducing or facilitating the flow of any thing through, or through part of, the pipe or system;
(b)
any apparatus for treating or cooling any thing which is to flow through, or through part of, the pipe or system;
(c)
valves, valve chambers and similar works which are annexed to, or incorporated in the course of, the pipe or system;
(d)
apparatus for supplying energy for the operation of any such apparatus or works as are mentioned in heads (a) to (c);
(e)
apparatus for the transmission of information for the operation of the pipe or system;
(f)
apparatus for the cathodic protection of the pipe or system; and
(g)
a structure used or to be used solely for the support of a part of the pipe or system;
but not including a pipeline of which no initial or terminal point is situated in the United Kingdom, within the territorial sea adjacent to the United Kingdom, or within a designated area;
“pipeline works” means—
(a)
assembling or placing a pipeline or length of pipeline including the provision of internal or external protection for it;
(b)
inspecting, testing, maintaining, adjusting, repairing, altering or renewing a pipeline or length of pipeline;
(c)
changing the position of or dismantling or removing a pipeline or length of pipeline;
(d)
opening the bed of the sea for the purposes of the works mentioned in heads (a) to (c), and tunnelling or boring for those purposes;
(e)
any activities incidental to the activities described in heads (a) to (d);
(f)
a diving project in connection with any of the works mentioned in heads (a) to (e) or for the purpose of determining whether a place is suitable as part of the site of a proposed pipeline and the carrying out of surveying operations for settling the route of a proposed pipeline.
MinesN.I.
5.—(1) This paragraph applies to and in relation to a mine within the territorial sea or extending beyond it, and any activity in connection with it, while it is being worked.
(2) In this paragraph “mine” has the same meaning as in the Mines Act (Northern Ireland) 1969().
Gas importation and storageN.I.
6.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (3), this paragraph applies within a gas importation and storage zone to and in relation to any activities connected with or immediately preparatory to the activities set out in sub-paragraph (2).
(2) The activities are—
(a)the unloading of gas to an installation or pipeline;
(b)the storage of gas, whether temporary or permanent, in or under the shore or bed of any water;
(c)the conversion of any natural feature for the purpose of storing gas, whether temporarily or permanently;
(d)the recovery of gas stored;
(e)exploration with a view to, or in connection with, the carrying on of activities within heads (a) to (d).
(3) Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply to an activity falling within sub-paragraph (2) if the provisions of this Schedule apply to or in relation to that activity by virtue of paragraph 2(1).
(4) In this paragraph—
“gas” means any substance which is gaseous at a temperature of 15oC and a pressure of 101.325kPa (1013.25 mb); and
“installation” includes any floating structure or device maintained on a station by whatever means.
(5) For the purposes of sub-paragraphs (2) to (4), references to gas include any substance which consists wholly or mainly of gas.
Production of energy from water or windN.I.
7.—(1) This paragraph applies within a renewable energy zone to and in relation to any energy structures or activities connected with or preparatory to—
(a)the exploitation of those areas for the production of energy from water or wind;
(b)the exploration of such areas with a view to, or in connection with, the production of energy from water or wind; or
(c)the operation of a cable for transmitting electricity from an energy structure.
(2) In this paragraph—
“energy structure” means a fixed or floating structure or machine, other than a vessel, which is, or is to be, or has been, used for producing energy from water or wind; and
“renewable energy zone” has the meaning given by section 84(4) of the Energy Act 2004() and “within a renewable energy zone” includes over and under it.
Underground coal gasificationN.I.
8. This paragraph applies within a designated area to and in relation to—
(a)underground coal gasification and any activity in connection with it;
(b)any activity which is immediately preparatory to any activity in sub-paragraph (a); and
(c)any fixed or floating structure which is, or is to be, or has been, used in connection with the carrying on of activities within sub-paragraphs (a) and (b).
Other activitiesN.I.
9.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), this paragraph applies to and in relation to—
(a)the construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair, maintenance, cleaning, use, operation, demolition and dismantling of any building, or other structure, not being in any case a vessel, or any preparation for such activity;
(b)the transfer of people or goods between a vessel or aircraft and a structure (including a building) mentioned in head (a);
(c)the loading, unloading, fuelling or provisioning of a vessel;
(d)a diving project;
(e)the laying, installation, inspection, maintenance, operation, recovery or repair of a cable;
(f)the construction, reconstruction, finishing, refitting, repair, maintenance, cleaning or breaking up of a vessel except when carried out by the master or any officer or member of the crew of that vessel;
(g)the maintaining on a station of a vessel which would be an offshore installation were it not a structure to which paragraph 2(3)(c) applies;
(h)the transfer of people or goods between a vessel or aircraft and a structure mentioned in head (g).
(2) This paragraph does not apply—
(a)to a case where paragraph 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 applies; or
(b)to vessels which are registered outside the United Kingdom and are on passage through the territorial sea.
These Regulations, in respect of Northern Ireland, provide for the appointment of competent authorities in relation to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (“the CLP Regulation”, (OJ No. L353, 31.12.08, p.1)).
These Regulations also provide for the enforcement, in respect of Northern Ireland, of the CLP Regulation.
Provision is made for the coming into operation of the Regulations and to extend the application of the Regulations outside Northern Ireland in regulation 2 and Schedule 2.
Most of the terms and expressions used in these Regulations are defined in regulation 3.
Regulation 4 provides that the Department of Justice is designated as the competent authority in relation to the CLP Regulation.
Regulation 5 makes provision for the enforcement of the CLP Regulation by applying enforcement and penalty provisions of the 1978 Order to the CLP Regulation as if it were health and safety regulations for the purposes of the 1978 Order.
Regulation 6 provides that the CLP Regulation is enforced by the Department of Justice.
Regulation 7 and Schedule 1 make provision for defence exemption certificates in respect of requirements and prohibitions contained in the CLP Regulation.
Regulation 8 disapplies the provisions for these Regulations where an enforcing authority takes a sample of a substance or mixture for enforcement purposes.
Regulation 9 sets out the penalties that apply for an offence under Article 31 of the 1978 Order, as applied to these Regulations and the CLP Regulation by provisions in these Regulations.
Regulation 10 provides for a defence of due diligence in any proceedings for an offence in respect of a breach of these Regulations and the CLP Regulation.
Regulation 11 revokes provisions in the 2009 Regulations on two dates so that domestic provisions which implemented Council Directive 67/548/EEC and Council Directive 1999/45/EC are revoked in accordance with time periods for the transition to the CLP Regulation.
Regulation 12 amends the 2009 Regulations by making provision for the advertising of dangerous preparations and bring penalties in line with the European Communities Act 1972. These amendments will have effect from 31st May 2015 until the 2009 Regulations are revoked in accordance with Regulation 11.