LegalizeThe Planning (Hazardous Substances) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
Made: 16th February 2015
Coming into operation: 1st April 2015
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PART 1 — General
Citation and commencement
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Interpretation
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PART 2 — Hazardous Substances, Controlled Quantities and Exemptions
Hazardous substances and controlled quantities
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Exemptions
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PART 3 — Consent
Application for hazardous substances consent
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Advertisement of notices of applications
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Certificates to accompany applications
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Council to take account of representations from certain persons
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Persons to be treated as in actual possession of land
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Consultations before determining applications for hazardous substances consent
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Determination of applications for hazardous substances consent
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Notification of decision
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Applications to the Department for consent to execute works without compliance with conditions previously attached
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Call in of certain applications for hazardous substances consent to the Department
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Application of the 2011 Act to councils
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PART 4 — Enforcement
Hazardous substances contravention notices
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Appeals against hazardous substances contravention notices
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Effect of hazardous substances contravention notices, etc.
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PART 5 — Electronic Communications
Use of electronic communications
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PART 6 — Revocations and Transitional Provisions
Revocations
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SCHEDULE 1 — PRESCRIBED FORMS
SCHEDULE 2 — HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES AND CONTROLLED QUANTITIES
PART A — NAMED SUBSTANCES
| Column 1 Hazardous Substances | Column 2 Controlled quantity (Q) tonnes | Column 3 Quantity for the purposes of Note 4 to the notes to Parts A and B (Q)* |
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| 1. Ammonium nitrate to which Note 1 of the notes to this Part applies | 5000.00 | |
| 2. Ammonium nitrate to which Note 2 of the notes to this Part applies | 1000.00 | 1250.00 |
| 3. Ammonium nitrate to which Note 3 of the notes to this Part applies | 350.00 | |
| 4. Ammonium nitrate to which Note 4 of the notes to this Part applies | 10.00 | |
| 5. Potassium nitrate to which Note 5 of the notes to this Part applies | 5000.00 | |
| 6. Potassium nitrate to which Note 6 of the notes to this Part applies | 1250.00 | |
| 7. Arsenic pentoxide, arsenic (V) acid and/or salts | 1.00 | |
| 8. Arsenic trioxide, arsenious (III) acid and/or salts | 0.10 | |
| 9. Bromine | 20.00 | |
| 10. Chlorine | 10.00 | |
| 11. Nickel compounds in inhalable powder form (nickel monoxide, nickel dioxide, nickel sulphide, trinickel disulphide, dinickel trioxide | 1.00 | |
| 12. Ethyleneimine | 10.00 | |
| 13. Fluorine | 10.00 | |
| 14. Formaldehyde (≥90%) | 5.00 | |
| 15. Hydrogen | 2.00 | 5.00 |
| 16. Hydrogen chloride (liquefied gas) | 25.00 | |
| 17. Lead alkyls | 5.00 | |
| 18. Liquefied petroleum gas, including commercial propane and commercial butane, and any mixture thereof, when held at a pressure greater than 1.4 bar absolute. | 25.00 | 50.00 |
| 19. Liquefied extremely flammable gases excluding pressurised LPG (entry no.18) | 50.00 | |
| 20. Natural gas | 15.00 | 50.00 |
| 21. Acetylene | 5.00 | |
| 22. Ethylene oxide | 5.00 | |
| 23. Propylene oxide | 5.00 | |
| 24. Methanol | 500.00 | |
| 25. 4,4-Methylenebis (2-Chloraniline) and/or salts, in powder form | 0.01 | |
| 26. Methylisocyanate | 0.15 | |
| 27. Oxygen | 200.00 | |
| 28. Toluene diisocyanate | 10.00 | |
| 29. Carbonyl dichloride (phosgene) | 0.30 | |
| 30. Arsenic trihydride (arsine) | 0.20 | |
| 31. Phosphorus trihydride (phosphine) | 0.20 | |
| 32. Sulphur dichloride | 1.00 | |
| 33. Sulphur trioxide (including sulphur trioxide dissolved in sulphuric acid to form Oleum) | 15.00 | |
| 34. Polychlorodibenzofurans and polychlorodibenzodioxins (including TCDD), calculated in TCDD equivalent (to which Note 7 of the Notes to this Part applies) | 0.001 | |
| 35. The following CARCINOGENS at concentration above 5% by weight: 4-Aminobiphenyl and/or its salts; Benzotrichloride; Benzidine and/or salts; Bis(chloromethyl) ether; Chloromethyl methyl ether; 1,2-Dibromoethane; Diethyl sulphate; Dimethyl sulphate; Dimethylcarbamoyl chloride; 1,2-Dibromo-3-chloropropane; 1,2-Dimethylhydrazine; Dimethylnitrosamine; Hexamethylphosphoric triamide; Hydrazine; 2-Naphthylamine and/or salts; 4-Nitrodiphenyl; and 1,3 Propanesultone | 0.5 | |
| 36. Petroleum products (a) gasolines and naphthas, (b) kerosenes (including jet fuels), (c) gas oils (including diesel fuels, home heating oils and gas oil blending streams) (d) heavy fuel oils | 2500.00 | |
| 37. Acrylonitrile | 20.00 | 50.00 |
| 38. Carbon disulphide | 20.00 | 50.00 |
| 39. Hydrogen selenide | 1.00 | 50.00 |
| 40. Nickel tetracarbonyl | 1.00 | 5.00 |
| 41. Oxygen difluoride | 1.00 | 5.00 |
| 42. Pentaborane | 1.00 | 5.00 |
| 43. Selenium hexafluoride | 1.00 | 50.00 |
| 44. Stibine (antimony hydride) | 1.00 | 5.00 |
| 45. Sulphur dioxide | 20.00 | 50.00 |
| 46. Tellurium hexafluoride | 1.00 | 5.00 |
| 47. 2,2-Bis(tert-butylperoxy) butane (>70%) | 5.00 | 50.00 |
| 48. 1,1-Bis(tert-butylperoxy) cyclohexane (>80%) | 5.00 | 50.00 |
| 49. tert-Butyl peroxyacetate (>70%) | 5.00 | 50.00 |
| 50. tert-Butyl peroxyisobutyrate (>80%) | 5.00 | 50.00 |
| 51. tert-Butyl peroxyisopropylcarbonate (>80%) | 5.00 | 50.00 |
| 52. tert-Butyl peroxymaleate (>80%) | 5.00 | 50.00 |
| 53. tert-Butyl peroxypivalate (>77%) | 5.00 | 50.00 |
| 54. Cellulose Nitrate other than— (1) cellulose nitrate for which a license, granted under the Manufacture and Storage of Explosives Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006[^f00010], is required; or (2) cellulose nitrate where the nitrogen content of the cellulose nitrate does not exceed 12.3% by weight and contains not more than 55 parts of cellulose nitrate per 100 parts by weight of solution. | 50.00 | |
| 55. Dibenzyl peroxydicarbonate (>90%) | 5.00 | 50.00 |
| 56. Diethyl peroxydicarbonate (>30%) | 5.00 | 50.00 |
| 57. 2,2- Dihydroperoxypropane (>30%) | 5.00 | 50.00 |
| 58. Di-isobutyryl peroxide (>50%) | 5.00 | 50.00 |
| 59. Di-n-propyl peroxydicarbonate (>80%) | 5.00 | 50.00 |
| 60. Di-sec-butyl peroxydicarbonate (>80%) | 5.00 | 50.00 |
| 61. 3,3,6,6,9,9-Hexamethyl-1,2,4,5-tetroxacyclononane (>75%) | 5.00 | 50.00 |
| 62. Methyl ethyl ketone peroxide (>60%) | 5.00 | 50.00 |
| 63. Methyl isobutyl ketone peroxide (>60%) | 5.00 | 50.00 |
| 64. Peracetic acid (>60%) | 5.00 | 50.00 |
| 65. Sodium Chlorate | 25.00 | 50.00 |
| 66. Gas or any mixture of gases (not covered by entry 20) which is flammable in air, when held as a gas | 15.00 | |
| 67. A substance or any mixture of substances which is flammable in air when held above its boiling point (measured at 1 bar absolute) as a liquid or as a mixture of liquid and gas at a pressure of more than 1.4 bar absolute (see Note 8 of the notes to this Part). | 25.00 |
NOTES TO PART A
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PART B — CATEGORIES OF SUBSTANCES AND PREPARATIONS NOT SPECIFICALLY NAMED IN PART A
| Column 1 Categories of hazardous substances | Column 1 Categories of hazardous substances | Column 2 Controlled quantity (Q) in tonnes |
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| 1. | VERY TOXIC | 5.00 |
| 2. | TOXIC | 50.00 |
| 3. | OXIDISING | 50.00 |
| 4. | EXPLOSIVE ((see Note 2 to this Part) where the substance, preparation or article falls under UN/ADR Division 1.4, excluding those at a factory subject to the public hearing procedure under regulation 12 of the Manufacture and Storage of Explosives Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006[^f00016] or those licensed under the Explosives in Harbour Area Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995[^f00017]) | 50.00 |
| 5. | EXPLOSIVE ((see Note 2 to this Part) where the substance, preparation or article falls under any of: UN/ADR Divisions 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.5 or 1.6 or risk phrase R2 or R3, excluding those at a factory subject to the public hearing procedure under regulation 12 of the Manufacture and Storage of Explosives Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 or those licensed under the Explosives in Harbour Areas Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995) | 10.00 |
| 6. | FLAMMABLE (where the substance or preparation falls within the definition given in Note 3(a) to this Part) | 5000.00 |
| 7. | HIGHLY FLAMMABLE (where the substance or preparation falls within the definition given in Note 3(b)(i) and (b)(ii) to this Part) | 50.00 |
| 8. | HIGHLY FLAMMABLE liquids (where the substance or preparation falls within the definition given in Note 3(b)(iii) to this Part) | 5000.00 |
| 9. | EXTREMELY FLAMMABLE (where the substance or preparation falls within the definition given in Note 3(c) to this Part) | 10.00 |
| 10. | DANGEROUS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT risk phrases: (i) R50: “Very toxic to aquatic organisms” (including R50/53); (ii) R51/53: “Toxic to aquatic organisms; may cause long term adverse effects in the aquatic environment” | 100.00 200.00 |
| 11. | ANY CLASSIFICATION not covered by those given above in combination with risk phrases: (i) R14: “reacts violently with water” (including R14/15); (ii) R29: “in contact with water, liberates toxic gas” | 100.00 50.00 |
NOTES TO PART B
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NOTES TO PARTS A AND B
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PART C — SUBSTANCES USED IN AN INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL PROCESS
| Column 1 Hazardous substances | Column 2 Controlled quantity |
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| Where it is believed that a substance, which is within Part A or Part B, may be generated during loss of control of an industrial chemical process (“HS”), any substance which is used in that process (“S”). | The amount of S which it is believed may generate, on its own or in combination with other substances used in the relevant industrial chemical process, the controlled quantity of the HS in question. |
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SCHEDULE 3 — ENFORCEMENT – MODIFICATIONS OF THE 2011 ACT
PART 1 — APPEALS AGAINST HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES CONTRAVENTION NOTICES
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