Current consultations
Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
Consultation Period: February-May 2010
EC Directive 92/35/EEC requires that all Member States introduce measures for the control of African Horse Sickness (AHS). The AHS Regulations (NI) are designed to transpose the Directive into domestic legislation.
For further information contact: jackie.robinson@dardni.gov.uk
Consultation period: March-June 2010
Consultation on the Olive Oil (Marketing Standards) Regulations (NI) 2010
The Olive Oil (Marketing Standards) Regulations will replace existing marketing standards regulations that provide for the enforcement and execution of European Council Regulations regarding the common organisation of the market in oils and fats. They implement EC Regulation 1234/2007/EC as it applies to olive oil (the Single CMO Regulation).
For further information contact: peter.toner@dardni.gov.uk
Department of the Environment
1 February – 30 April 2010
The Directive entered into force on 19 January 2007. All necessary regulations have to be in place by January 2011, with full implementation in practice by January 2013.
The main aims of the Directive are to help:
- combat driving licence fraud and impersonation;
- improve road safety; and
- facilitate free movement of persons changing their place of residence from one Member State to another.
For further information contact: iain.cleland@doeni.gov.uk or telephone: 028 9054 0608
1 March to 23 April 2010
The main purpose of the Bill is to improve and strengthen existing legislation to help District Councils deal more effectively with a wide range of problems associated with local environmental quality.
These include litter, fly-posting and graffiti, dog control, noise, statutory nuisance, fixed penalty notices, gating orders, nuisance parking, abandoned vehicles and abandoned shopping trolleys.
For further information contact: mark.allison@doeni.gov.uk
26 March to 17 June 2010
The proposed Regulations aim to reduce and prevent the number of oil-related water pollution incidents. They will do this by setting minimum design standards for new and existing above ground oil storage facilities and codifying existing good practice for construction. They will cover industrial, commercial, institutional (e.g. schools, day care centres) and institutional residential (e.g. nursing homes, hospitals) sectors and will also extend to companies who refine or distribute oil.
For further information contact: michelle.hull@doeni.gov.uk
Department for Employment & Learning
Consultation period: 30 March - 28 May 2010
Certain sub-sectors should be removed from the scope of the Construction Industry Training Board NI in order to align our legislation with that of GB.
For further information contact: linda.meldrum@delni.gov.uk
Department of the Environment
Consultation period: 16 March – 16 June 2010
The consultation will seek views on a 10-year road safety strategy for Northern Ireland including measures to improve road safety and further reduce the number of people killed or seriously injured on NI roads.
The consultation will also seek views on road casualty reduction targets and performance indicators for Northern Ireland.
For further information contact: desi.mcdonnell@doeni.gov.uk or Telephone: 028 9054 1152
Department of Finance and Personnel
12 March 2010 – 4 June 2010
The main amendment proposed is to ensure that where plans of multi-dwelling development have been deposited with a District Council, but work on any buildings included on those plans has not been substantially commenced within 3 years of the deposit, the District Council may declare the plans to be of no effect. Other amendments are proposed to clarify minimum requirements for domestic boilers, to streamline energy calculations and Energy Performance Certificates requirements, to update references to legislation and European Standards Codes and to correct diagrammatic references.
For further information contact: karen.mckernon@dfpni.gov.uk
Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
Closing date: 19 April 2010
The Department is seeking views on this strategy which is the culmination of a range of work which has taken place in Northern Ireland in response to the Modernising Nursing Careers agenda since its launch in 2006 and is in keeping with the work currently being undertaken in the Midwifery 2020 initiative.
