Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Environmental Liability (Prevention and Remediation) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 and come into operation on 14th December 2009.
Interpretation
2.—(1) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(1) applies to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
(2) In these Regulations—
“the Principal Regulations” means the Environmental Liability (Prevention and Remediation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009(2).
Amendment of the Principal Regulations
3.—(1) The Principal Regulations shall be amended as follows:—
(2) After regulation 2, insert—
“2A. References in Schedule 2 to Community instruments are references to those instruments as amended from time to time.”
(3) In regulation 26(7)(b) for “under the authority of a warrant” substitute “under the authority of a warrant by virtue of Schedule 6”.
(4) In regulation 26(8) for “under the authority of a warrant” substitute “under the authority of a warrant by virtue of Schedule 6”.
(5) In regulation 29(1)(a) for “not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale” substitute “not exceeding the statutory maximum”.
(6) After Schedule 5 insert Schedule 1 as Schedule 6 to the Principal Regulations.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 6th November 2009.
Maggie Smith
A senior officer of the Department of the Environment