Groundwater Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009

1. Introductory Text

2. PART 1 Introduction

   1. 1. Citation and commencement

   2. 2. Interpretation

   3. 3. Meaning of “hazardous substance”

   4. 4. Meaning of “non-hazardous pollutant”

   5. 5. Exceptions

   6. 6. Exemptions granted by the Department

3. PART 2 Groundwater assessment

   1. 7. General Duty in the Neagh Bann, North Western and Shannon International River Basin Districts

   2. 8. Threshold values

   3. 9. Criteria and Procedure for assessing groundwater chemical status

   4. 10. Significant and sustained upward trends and the starting point for trend reversal

   5. 11. Information to be included in a river basin management plan

4. PART 3 Authorisations

   1. 12. Granting an authorisation

   2. 13. Review of existing disposal licences and existing resolutions of a District Council

   3. 14. Measures to prevent the input of hazardous substances into groundwater

   4. 15. Measures to limit the input of non-hazardous pollutants into groundwater

   5. 16. Discharges that may be authorised

   6. 17. Authorisations generally

   7. 18. Review of authorisations

5. PART 4 Discharge of a hazardous substance or non-hazardous pollutant

   1. 19. Discharge of a hazardous substance or non-hazardous pollutant

   2. 20. Application of the Water (Northern Ireland) Order 1999

   3. 21. Transfer of an authorisation under regulation 19

   4. 22. Grant of an authorisation under regulation 19

   5. 23. Appeals against refusal, variation or revocation of an authorisation

6. PART 5 Enforcement and penalties

   1. 24. Power to require the provision of information

   2. 25. Notice to prevent or control the input of hazardous substance or non-hazardous pollutant

   3. 26. Appeals against notices

   4. 27. Codes of practice

   5. 28. Particulars to be included in registers

   6. 29. Penalties

   7. 30. Corporate offences

   8. 31. Revocation

7. Signature

8. 1. SCHEDULE 1

      Groundwater Threshold Values

   2. SCHEDULE 2

      Modifications of Directives

      1. PART 1 Modifications of the Water Framework Directive

         1. 1. A reference to the Water Framework Directive or to any...

         2. 2. When interpreting the Water Framework Directive for the purposes of...

         3. 3. Article 2(24) is to be read as if, for the...

         4. 4. Article 3 is to be read as if—

         5. 5. Article 4 is to be read as if—

         6. 6. Article 7(2) is to be read as if—

         7. 7. Article 11(3) is to be read as if—

         8. 8. In Article 13— (a) paragraph 2 is to be read...

         9. 9. Annex 2 is to be read as if—

         10. 10. Annex 5 is to be read as if—

         11. 11. Annex 7 is to be read as if, in Part...

      2. PART 2 Modifications of the Directive

         1. 1. A reference to the Directive, or to any provision of...

         2. 2. When interpreting the Directive for the purposes of these Regulations—...

         3. 3. Article 3 is to be read as if—

         4. 4. Article 5 is to be read as if in each...

         5. 5. Annex 1 is to be read as if—

         6. 6. Annex 2 is to be read as if, in Part...

9. Explanatory Note