
2011 No. 210
European Communities
Environmental Protection
The Environmental Liability (Prevention and Remediation) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011
Made 3rd June 2011
Coming into operation 25th June 2011
The Department of the Environment, being a Department designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the environment, acting in exercise of the powers conferred upon it by that section, makes the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Environmental Liability (Prevention and Remediation) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 and come into operation on 25th June 2011.
(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 applies to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.
Amendment of the Environmental Liability (Prevention and Remediation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009
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(1) The Environmental Liability (Prevention and Remediation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 are amended as follows.
(2) In Schedule 2, after paragraph 9 insert—“
Geological storage of carbon dioxide
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The operation of storage sites pursuant to Directive 2009/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the geological storage of carbon dioxide.”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 3rd June 2011.
Denis McMahon
A senior officer of the Department of the Environment
