The Environmental Protection (Controls on Ozone-Depleting Substances) Regulations 2002
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/528/contents/madeSale, servicing, manufacture, use, etc all illegal UNLESS a critical use:
Critical uses of halon
Use of halon 1301:
— in aircraft for the protection of crew compartments, engine nacelles, cargo bays and dry bays,
— in military land vehicles and naval vessels for the protection of spaces occupied by personnel and engine compartments,
— for the making inert of occupied spaces where flammable liquid and/or gas release could occur in the military and oil, gas and petrochemical sector, and in existing cargo ships,
— for the making inert of existing manned communication and command centres of the armed forces or others, essential for national security,
— for the making inert of spaces where there may be a risk of dispersion of radioactive matter,
— in the Channel Tunnel and associated installations and rolling stock.
Use of halon 1211:
— in hand-held fire extinguishers and fixed extinguisher equipment for engines for use on board aircraft,
— in aircraft for the protection of crew compartments, engine nacelles, cargo bays and dry bays,
— in fire extinguishers essential to personal safety used for initial extinguishing by fire brigades,
— in military and police fire extinguishers for use on persons.
Relevant main text:
14. A person who, on or after the commencement date, places, or causes or
permits another person to place, on the market halons that have not been recovered,
recycled or reclaimed in an existing fire protection system, commits an offence
unless -
(a) the placing on the market is authorised by virtue of Article 4(4)(i)(a) or (b)
or (5); or
(b) the halon -
(i) is halon 1301 or halon 1211, and
(ii) its placing on the market is for a critical use for the time being
specified in relation to that substance in Annex VII to the principal
Regulation.
15. A person who, on or after 31st December 2002, places, or causes or permits
another person to place, on the market halons that have been recovered, recycled or
reclaimed in existing fire protection systems, commits an offence unless -
(a) the placing on the market is authorised by virtue of Article 4(4)(i)(a) or (b)
or (5); or
(b) the halon -
(i) is halon 1301 or halon 1211, and
(ii) its placing on the market is for a critical use for the time being
specified in relation to that substance in Annex VII to the principal
Regulation.
16. A person who, on or after the commencement date, uses, or causes or permits
another person to use, halons that have not been recovered, recycled or reclaimed in
an existing fire protection system, commits an offence unless -
(a) the use is authorised by virtue of Article 4(4)(i)(b) or (5);
(b) the halons are used for the maintenance or servicing of refrigeration and
air-conditioning equipment or in a finger-printing process; or
(c) the halon -
(i) is halon 1301 or halon 1211; and
(ii) its use is a critical use for the time being specified in relation to that
substance in Annex VII to the principal Regulation.
17. A person who, on or after 31st December 2002, uses, or causes or permits
another person to use, halons that have been recovered, recycled or reclaimed in
existing fire protection systems, commits an offence unless -
(a) the use is authorised by virtue of Article 4(4)(i)(b) or (5); or
(b) the halon -
(i) is halon 1301 or halon 1211; and
(ii) its use is a critical use for the time being specified in relation to that
substance in Annex VII to the principal Regulation.
18. A person who maintains a fire protection system or fire extinguisher
containing halons after 30th December 2003 commits an offence unless -
(a) the halon is halon 1301 or halon 1211; and
(b) its use in that system or extinguisher is a critical use for the time being
specified in relation to that substance in Annex VII to the principal
Regulation.
19. A person who fails to recover halons from a fire protection system or fire
extinguisher whose decommissioning is required by Article 4(4)(v) commits an
offence.
