1998 No. 53 (C. 2)
The Industrial Pollution Control (1997 Order) (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 1998
Made
The Department of the Environment, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Article 1(2) of the Industrial Pollution Control (Northern Ireland) Order 19971 and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:
Citation1
This Order may be cited as the Industrial Pollution Control (1997 Order) (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 1998.
Appointed Day2
The day appointed for the coming into operation of the provisions of the Industrial Pollution Control (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 which are specified in column 1 of the Schedule and which relate to the subject matter specified in column 2 thereof shall be 2nd March 1998.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on
SCHEDULE
Provisions of the Order | Subject matter of provisions |
|---|---|
Article 1 | Title and commencement |
Article 2 | Interpretation |
Article 3 | Prescribed processes and prescribed substances |
Article 4 | Emission etc. limits and quality objectives |
Article 5 | Discharge and scope of functions |
Article 6 | Authorisations: general provisions |
Article 7 | Conditions of authorisations |
Article 8 | Fees and charges for authorisations |
Article 9 | Transfer of authorisations |
Article 10 | Variation of authorisations by enforcing authority |
Article 11 | Variation of conditions etc: applications by holders of authorisations |
Article 12 | Revocation of authorisation |
Article 13 | Enforcement notices |
Article 14 | Prohibition notices |
Article 15 | Appeals as respects authorisations and against variation, enforcement and prohibition notices |
Article 16 | Appointment of chief inspector and other inspectors |
Article 17 | Powers of inspectors and others |
Article 18 | Power to deal with cause of imminent danger of serious pollution, etc. |
Article 19 | Obtaining of information from persons and authorities |
Article 20 | Public registers of information |
Article 21 | Exclusion from registers of information affecting national security |
Article 22 | Exclusion from registers of certain confidential information |
Article 23 | Offences |
Article 24 | Enforcement by High Court |
Article 25 | Evidence in connection with certain pollution offences |
Article 26 | Power of court to order cause of offence to be remedied |
Article 27 | Power of chief inspector to remedy harm |
Article 28 | Authorisations and other statutory controls |
Article 29 | Disclosure of information |
Article 30 | Power to give effect to Community and other international obligations etc. |
Article 31 | Application to Crown |
Article 32 | Offences by bodies corporate |
Article 33 | Offences due to fault of others |
Article 34 | Regulations, orders and directions |
Article 35 so far as it relates to the provisions of Schedules 4 and 5 of the Order specified below | Amendments and repeals |
Schedule 1 | Authorisations for processes: supplementary provisions |
Schedule 2 | Appeals and matters referred to the Planning Appeals Commission |
Schedule 3 | Supplemental provisions with respect to powers of entry |
Schedule 4 | Consequential Amendments |
Paragraphs 1-12 | |
Paragraph 14 | |
In Schedule 5 | Repeals |
The entry relative to the Water Act (Northern Ireland) 19722 | |
The entry relative to the Pollution Control and Local Government (Northern Ireland) Order 19783 insofar as it refers to the words “or the place at which he does so is a work registered in pursuance of section 9 of the Alkali Act” in Article 56(1) | |
The entry relative to Schedule 3 to the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 19854 insofar as it repeals paragraphs 32 to 33 |
(This note is not part of the Order.)