Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 (S.R. No. 93 of 2000).

Subject

Land & soil, Waste & hazardous substances

Keyword

Hazards Land-use planning Pollution control Hazardous substances Inspection Access-to-information Data collection/reporting Institution

Geographical area

Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe

Abstract

These Regulations impose requirements with respect to the control of major accident hazards involving dangerous substances. They implement Council Directive 96/82/EC on the control of major accident hazards involving dangerous substances, except Article 12 (which relates to land use planning) and apply to establishments (as defined in regulation 2(1)) where dangerous substances are present in quantities equal to or exceeding those specified in column 2 of Parts II or III of Schedule 1, except that regulations 7 to 14 apply to establishments where such substances are present in quantities equal to or exceeding those specified in column 3 of those Parts. They, among other things: (a) impose a duty on the operator of an establishment to take all measures necessary to prevent major accidents and limit their consequences for persons and the environment; (b) impose a duty on the operator to prepare a major accident prevention policy document containing specified information and to revise it in specified circumstances; (c) require the operator to notify the competent authority of specified matters at specified times; (d) require the operator to send at specified times a safety report to the competent authority containing specified information, to revise that report in specified circumstances, and not to start the construction or operation of the establishment until (s)he has received from the competent authority the conclusions of its examination of the report; (e) require the operator to review and revise the safety report in specified circumstances; (f) require the operator to prepare an on-site emergency plan for specified purposes and containing specified information.

Full text

English

Website

www.opsi.gov.uk

References - Legislation

Implements

Council Directive 96/82/EC on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances.

Legislation | European Union | 1996

Keyword: Pollution control, Hazardous substances, Inspection, Access-to-information, Data collection/reporting, Institution, Public health

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Amended by

Control of Major Accident Hazards (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 (S.R. No. 305 of 2005).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2005

Keyword: Hazards, Land-use planning, Pollution control, Hazardous substances, Inspection, Access-to-information, Data collection/reporting, Institution

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Landfill (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013 (S.R. No. 161 of 2013).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2013

Keyword: Pollution control, Soil pollution/quality, Waste disposal, Hazardous substances, Hazardous waste, Monitoring, Offences/penalties, Waste management

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Control of Major Accident Hazards (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 (S.R. No. 74 of 2014).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2014

Keyword: Hazards, Land-use planning, Pollution control, Hazardous substances, Oil, Oil pollution

Source: FAO, FAOLEX