S.L. 549.97 Art. 4Applicability. Cap. 522.

(1) These regulations shall apply to:

(a) environmental damage caused by any of the occupational activities listed in Schedule III, and to any imminent threat of such damage occurring by reason of any of those activities;

(b) damage to protected species and natural habitats caused by any occupational activities other than those listed in Schedule III, and any imminent threat of such damage occurring by reason of any of those activities, whenever the operator has been at fault or negligent.

(2) These regulations shall apply without prejudice to more stringent national or Community legislation regulating the operation of any of the activities falling within the scope of these regulations and without prejudice to Community legislation containing rules on conflicts of jurisdiction.

(3) Without prejudice to relevant national legislation, these regulations shall not give private parties a right of compensation as a consequence of environmental damage or of an imminent threat of such damage.

(4) These regulations shall apply without prejudice to any additional provisions of the Crimes Against the Environment Act, as may be relevant to the activity.