Other hazardous substances and consents

Other hazardous substances and consents—content

The content in this subtopic contains Practice Notes relevant to certain hazardous substance regimes, including:

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Mercury—regulation—which summarises the international, EU and UK approaches to the control of mercury via the Minamata Convention on Mercury, Regulation (EU) 2017/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2017 on mercury (the EU Mercury Regulation), Assimilated Regulation (EU) 2017/852 (the GB Mercury Regulation) and the Control of Mercury (Enforcement) Regulations 2017, SI 2017/1200 (the UK Mercury Regulations 2017)
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Hazardous substance zones and consent—which covers the process of applying for hazardous substance consents, exemptions to the need for consent, the HSE’s role and decision making methodology and enforcement
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Hazardous substances and planning—which covers the policy regime relating to hazardous substances and how policy considerations are taken into account in development management decisions and plan making. It focuses on how consideration of hazardous substances consent is dealt with in the planning application and plan making processes
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Hazardous substances regulation—potential liabilities—which reviews the criminal and civil liabilities that could arise from breach of regulations governing

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