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The Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
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- Northern Ireland Statutory Rules
- 2015 No. 325
- PART 6
- Regulation 23
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23.—(1) The competent authority shall prohibit, by serving a notice on the operator, the operation or bringing into operation of any establishment, installation or storage facility, or any part of any establishment, installation or storage facility where the measures taken by the operator for the prevention and mitigation of major accidents are seriously deficient.
(2) The competent authority may prohibit, by serving a notice on the operator, the operation or bringing into operation of any establishment, installation or storage facility, or any part of any establishment, installation or storage facility if the operator has not submitted any notification, report or other information required by these Regulations within the specified time.
(3) A notice served under paragraph (1) or (2)—
(a)shall give reasons;
(b)shall specify the date when it is to take effect; and
(c)may be withdrawn in writing by the competent authority.
(4) In considering whether, under paragraph (1), the measures taken by the operator for the prevention and mitigation of major accidents are seriously deficient, the competent authority shall, amongst other matters, take into account any serious failures by the operator to take the necessary actions identified by the competent authority in a communication sent to the operator under regulation 25(9)(a).
(5) The operator shall comply with any notice served under paragraph (1) or (2).
(6) Article 26 of the 1978 Order (Appeal against improvement or prohibition notice) and, regulation 12(3)(c) of, and Schedule 5 to, the Industrial Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005(1) apply in relation to a notice served under this regulation as they apply in relation to a prohibition notice served under Article 24 of that Order.
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S.R. 2005 No. 150, as amended by S.R. 2005 No. 376, S.R. 2005 No. 578 S.R 2006 No. 261, S.R. 2007 No. 340, S.R. 2007 No. 494, 2009 c. 3. 2010 c. 3 (N.I.) and S.R. 2011 No. 161; revoked in part by S.R. 2006 No. 261
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