Environmental Protection (Microbeads) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. No. 18 of 2019). Country/Territory United Kingdom Territorial subdivision Northern Ireland Document type Regulation Date 2019 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Water, Waste & hazardous substances Keyword Pollution control Hazardous substances Public health Freshwater pollution Geographical area Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Abstract These Regulations prohibit in Northern Ireland the use of microbeads (any water-insoluble solid plastic particle of less than or equal to 5mm in any dimension) as an ingredient in the manufacture of rinse off personal care products and the sale of any such products containing microbeads. Breach of these prohibitions is an offence. A person who, in the manufacture of any rinse-off personal care product, uses microbeads as an ingredient of that product or a person who supplies, or offers to supply, any rinse-off personal care product containing microbeads is guilty of an offence. Full text English Website www.opsi.gov.uk References - Legislation Implements Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 (S.I. No. 2778, N.I. 9 of 1997). Legislation | United Kingdom | 1997 Keyword: Soil pollution/quality, Authorization/permit, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Data collection/reporting, Registration, Waste management, Waste disposal Source: FAO, FAOLEX