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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Control of Asbestos (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 and shall come into operation on 25th January 2010.
(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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In regulation 8 (Licensing to work with asbestos) of the Control of Asbestos Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007, after paragraph (5) insert—“
(5A) The Executive shall not vary the terms of a licence under paragraph (4) or revoke a licence under paragraph (5) unless it has followed the procedure set out in Chapter II of the model rules as if—
(a) the Executive were an enforcement officer; and
(b) the variation or revocation were an enforcement action,
for the purposes of those rules.
(5B) Any person aggrieved by a decision of the Executive to vary the terms of a licence under paragraph (4) or revoke a licence under paragraph (5) may appeal against that decision to the Tribunal and Chapter I of the model rules shall apply for the purposes of such an appeal as if—
(a) the Executive were an Authority;
(b) the Department were the responsible Department; and
(c) the variation or revocation were an enforcement action,
for the purposes of those rules.
(5C) For the purposes of paragraphs (5A) and (5B), the model rules are those set out in the Schedule to the Deregulation (Model Appeal Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997 and for the purposes of paragraph (5B), the Tribunal is a Tribunal appointed in accordance with Chapter I of those model rules.”
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment on 14th December 2009
M Bohill
A senior officer of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment
