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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases and Ozone-Depleting Substances (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020.
(2) These Regulations come into operation as follows.
(a) this regulation and regulation 4 come into operation immediately before IP completion day; and
(b) regulations 2 and 3 come into operation on IP completion day.
(3) They apply to Northern Ireland only in so far as they do not deal with import and export controls and trade with any place outside the United Kingdom, within the meaning of paragraph 20 of Schedule 3 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998.
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(1) The Controls on Ozone-Depleting Substances Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2(1), in the definition of “the Department”, for “the Department of the Environment”, substitute “the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs”.
(3) At the beginning of Part 2, insert—“
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The Department is the competent authority for the purposes of the EU Regulation.”
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(1) The Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 are amended as follows.
(2) At the end of regulation 1(2), add “or they do not deal with gases, products and equipment traded between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.”
(3) In Schedule 2—
(a) in the following rows, in the second column, at the end, add “or to the European Commission”;
(i) Article 6(2);
(ii) Article 6(3), as read in association with Article 11(4).
(b) in the rows Article 19(1) to (5), in the second column of each, after “the competent authority”, insert “or to the European Commission”.
(c) in the row Article 19(6), in the second column, at the end, add “or to the European Commission”.
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(1) The Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases and Ozone-Depleting Substances (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 are amended as follows.
(2) The following regulations are revoked—
(a) regulation 2(3); and
(b) regulation 4(4).
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs on 4th December 2020.
Dave Foster
A senior officer of the
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
