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These Regulations implement provisions of the Planning (Northern Ireland) Regulations 1991 which provide that the presence of or above the controlled quantity of a hazardous substance on, over or under land, requires hazardous substances consent. These Regulations, among other things: (a) define the list of substances which are hazardous substances for the purposes of the 1991 Order and the controlled quantities of those substances; (b) provide exemptions from the need for hazardous substances consent; (c) establish the procedure to be followed for an application for hazardous substances consent; (d) establish the procedure to be followed on a claim for deemed hazardous substances consent and the conditions which will apply to such consents in addition to those set out in the 1991 Order; and (e) provide for the enforcement of hazardous substances control procedure.
Implements: Planning (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (S.I. No. No. 1220 (N.I. 11) of 1991). (1991-05-21)
Amended by: Planning (Control of Major-Accident Hazards) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 (S.R. No. 399 of 2009). (2009-12-03)
Amended by: Planning (Hazardous Substances)(Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 (S.R.I. No. 190 of 2014). (2014-06-26)
Amended by: Planning (Hazardous Substances)(Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 (S.R.I. No. 320 of 2014). (2014-06-29)
Amended by: Planning (Hazardous Substances)(Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 (S.R.I. No. 329 of 2010). (2010-09-22)
Repealed by: Planning (Hazardous Substances) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.I. No. 61 of 2015). (2015-02-16)