Statutory Instruments
2021 No. 1397
Environmental Protection
The Ozone-Depleting Substances (Grant of Halon Derogations) Regulations 2021
Made
at 1.00 p.m. on 9th December 2021
Laid before Parliament
at 3.30 p.m. on 9th December 2021
Coming into force
31st December 2021
Citation, commencement and extent
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Ozone-Depleting Substances (Grant of Halon Derogations) Regulations 2021 and come into force on 31st December 2021.
(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales and Scotland.
Interpretation
2. In these Regulations—
“ halon 1301 ” means the substance of that name as described in Annex I of the Ozone-Depleting Substances Regulation.
“ Ozone-Depleting Substances Regulation ” means Regulation
“ relevant applications ” means—
the engine nacelle fire suppression system in Apache AH-64E helicopters;
the engine nacelle fire suppression system in Boeing E7 Wedgetail AEW Mk 1 aircraft; and,
the auxiliary power unit fire suppression system in Boeing E7 Wedgetail AEW Mk 1 aircraft.
Derogation
3. By way of derogation from the existing arrangements for critical uses of controlled substances in the Ozone-Depleting Substances Regulation, the cut-off date in row 4.3 of the table in Annex VI( 4 ) does not apply in relation to the use of halon 1301 for the relevant applications.
Jo Churchill
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
at 1.00 p.m. on 9th December 2021
Consent of the Scottish Ministers is required by Article 25A(1) EUR 1005/2009, as amended by S.I. 2019/583 .
Consent of the Welsh Ministers is required by Article 25B(1) EUR 1005/2009, as amended by S.I. 2019/538 .
EUR 1005/2009, as amended by S.I. 2019/583 .
As amended by EUR 744/2010.