The Storage of Carbon Dioxide (Access to Infrastructure) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
Enters into force: 4 December 2015
Energy / Climate Change - Northern Ireland
The Storage of Carbon Dioxide (Access to Infrastructure) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 implements articles 21 and 22 of Directive 2009/31/EC on the Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide in Northern Ireland. Articles 21 and 22 relate to third party access to infrastructure for the transport and storage of carbon dioxide on a fair and transparent basis. These regulations make provisions to give the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment powers to implement articles 21 and 22 and outlines the duties placed on owners of relevant infrastructure.