The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016

[^key-cce927c903b8e9c957c7d77fcf71e42a]: Words in Sch. 10 para. 5A(2)(a) substituted (W.) (6.4.2024) by The Prohibition on the Incineration, or the Deposit in Landfill, of Specified Waste (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1289), regs. 1(2), 4(3)(a)

[^key-cd18e26be482d765d66c7ab62def25ba]: Words in Sch. 20 para. 6 inserted (1.10.2020) by The Waste (Circular Economy) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/904), regs. 1(1), 21(7)

[^key-cd9d04f9f8fd83c5970cd409c7d678cb]: Word in Sch. 23 Pt. 2 para. 2(1) omitted (2.5.2018) by virtue of The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/428), reg. 1, Sch. para. 3

[^key-ce3bd835d47ccc8f8f28fe2a91c3e90c]: Words in Sch. 1 Pt. 2 Ch. 5 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/39), regs. 1, 2(7)(a)(i)(aa); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-cf4f002029e557921b65de69bbf09b7e]: Sch. 9 Pt. 2 para. 4(5)(aa) inserted (1.10.2024) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1156), regs. 1(2), 2(7)(c)(i)

[^key-cf5cd85e2310a9a983ed52731520382d]: Word in Sch. 1A para. 12(3)(a)(i) substituted (27.2.2025) by The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/82), reg. 1(2), Sch. 15 para. 38(f)(i)

[^key-d2255977e013ab3fbb544718f9ded8ce]: Words in Sch. 1 Pt. 2 Ch. 5 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/39), regs. 1, 2(7)(a)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-d234a236621497a142c61c9b145f38f2]: Words in Sch. 10 para. 2(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/39), regs. 1, 2(14)(a)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-d2536d1fb24a19b7f174eb98d49c4474]: Sch. 12 para. 2 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/39), regs. 1, 2(16); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-d28923b1d0e9c6664c8fe94337ecabe9]: Word in Sch. 25A Pt. 2 para. 5 inserted (31.12.2020) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/39), regs. 1, 2(27)(b)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-d2cb52c4049ef1739d88724db82b1c14]: Sch. 10 para. 2(2)(b)(c) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/39), regs. 1, 2(14)(a)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-d331f6157b2b0f2c9f28124aece059d1]: Word in Sch. 9 Pt. 2 para. 5(7) omitted (1.10.2024) by virtue of The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1156), regs. 1(2), 2(8)(e)(ii)

[^key-d4bd30e92a48cbdf5c66d88c0c6dd772]: Word in reg. 2(1) substituted (30.1.2018) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/110), regs. 1, 3(1)(e)(i)

[^key-d6acfe2f71553c05db164adb231dfd37]: Sch. 23 Pt. 5 para. 5 substituted (2.5.2018) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/428), reg. 1, Sch. para. 18

[^key-d6c4668050bb4bf6486bc93e2b9d912e]: Words in reg. 39(3) substituted (28.4.2022) by The Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Commencement No. 33) and Sentencing Act 2020 (Commencement No. 2) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/500), regs. 1(2), 5(2), Sch. Pt. 2

[^key-d8a0a32c0599729afbd9c91b410b9fea]: Sch. 5 Pt. 1 para. 10(3)(aa) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/39), regs. 1, 2(10)(a)(v)(bb); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-d8bea3b0b300667128e859239a685791]: Sch. 10 para. 5A(2)(aa) inserted (W.) (6.4.2024) by The Prohibition on the Incineration, or the Deposit in Landfill, of Specified Waste (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1289), regs. 1(2), 4(3)(b)

[^key-d9f97467c244debfd24463491b18c584]: Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 4 para. 20(1) omitted (7.1.2019) by virtue of The Environmental Protection (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England and Wales) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1227), regs. 2(1), 4(3)(b)

[^key-db8ef703ea94a41a52757d57113fdb73]: Reg. 12 excluded in part (17.2.2025) by The Heckington Fen Solar Park Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/85), arts. 1, 6(1) (with art. 43, Sch. 13)

[^key-dc168dd961a791848ad2466a0bc09648]: Words in reg. 3 substituted (2.5.2018) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/428), regs. 1, 3(a)

[^key-dc653e1ac2267dc18862e1c39eb0ecdf]: Word in Sch. 1A para. 9(12)(d)(i) substituted (27.2.2025) by The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/82), reg. 1(2), Sch. 15 para. 38(e)(ii)

[^key-dc769f79e6a296fefa5495b8f3bc70ca]: Words in reg. 3 inserted (31.12.2020) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/39), regs. 1, 2(3)(e); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-dd7886f82839dfd0b9969b4d592a873e]: Word in reg. 20(5)(b)(i) substituted (27.2.2025) by The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/82), reg. 1(2), Sch. 15 para. 38(a)

[^key-dd8708d735d3bd41b3615cd504efd12e]: Word in Sch. 23 Pt. 2 para. 3(1) inserted (2.5.2018) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/428), reg. 1, Sch. para. 4

[^key-ddce02aac3ab7696c0323db1d7a3b6fc]: Reg. 12 excluded in part (3.8.2024) by The Mallard Pass Solar Farm Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/796), arts. 1, 6(1)(e) (with Sch. 15)

[^key-ddde70557b5933bf3987b3f324dfc025]: Words in Sch. 5 Pt. 1 para. 10(2)(a) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/39), regs. 1, 2(10)(a)(iii)(aa); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-de89ec4693d9d3750371d43d7c11cadf]: Reg. 12 excluded in part (28.3.2024) by The A66 Northern Trans-Pennine Development Consent Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/360), arts. 1, 3(1) (with arts. 18, 35, Sch. 9)

[^key-de8fb2bff07756aa0deebb1cf62237b0]: Sch. 23 Pt. 2 para. 6A inserted (2.5.2018) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/428), reg. 1, Sch. para. 5

[^key-e1a69572c65e99bf3709f947f5807e9e]: Words in Sch. 2 para. 17(2)(b) substituted (1.4.2021) by The Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/77), regs. 1(3), 49(1)

[^key-e217b3c295608fb01ff63823cff1530e]: Sch. 9 Pt. 2 para. 7(3)(d)-(f) omitted (1.10.2024) by virtue of The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1156), regs. 1(2), 2(11)(b)(iii)

[^key-e22b3dfaa11a0c8680184700df6f6f9f]: Words in Sch. 10 para. 5A(2)(b) substituted (W.) (6.4.2024) by The Prohibition on the Incineration, or the Deposit in Landfill, of Specified Waste (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1289), regs. 1(2), 4(3)(c)

[^key-e2aeb780405f4ce1c0e154fd593535bb]: Reg. 12 excluded (9.10.2024) by The M3 Junction 9 Development Consent Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/752), arts. 1, 3(1) (with art. 4, Sch. 10) (as amended by S.I. 2024/1020, Sch.) Reg. 12 excluded in part (25.10.2024) by The Associated British Ports (Immingham Eastern Ro-Ro Terminal) Development Consent Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/1014), arts. 1, 3(1) (with arts. 36, 40, Sch. 4)

[^key-e39012e157556d88390cc7689b3b88e8]: Sch. 13 para. 4(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/39), regs. 1, 2(17)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-e41ae317756563f83caa1e108c4843ef]: Words in Sch. 1A para. 12(7)(b) substituted (27.2.2025) by The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/82), reg. 1(2), Sch. 15 para. 38(f)(ii)

[^key-e49c25e0a9e191f9ec44b03b982447fc]: Words in reg. 3 inserted (31.12.2020) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/39), regs. 1, 2(3)(m); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-e57251e456fc908a05966b7372d3e6b8]: Reg. 24(1)(f)(g) inserted (30.1.2018) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/110), regs. 1, 9

[^key-e5a84ce01076ab1192a96ec0de5412bd]: Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (30.1.2018) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/110), regs. 1, 3(1)(c)

[^key-e5e156e1fd7d9c151dea15e665943e6a]: Words in reg. 3 inserted (1.10.2020) by The Waste (Circular Economy) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/904), regs. 1(1), 21(2)(a)

[^key-e61b7609ad81bd956953e5609b27b962]: Words in Sch. 25A Pt. 2 para. 5 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/39), regs. 1, 2(27)(b)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-e6e0abc8a96b47e53e3964960321b19b]: Words in Sch. 9 Pt. 2 para. 2(1) inserted (1.10.2024) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1156), regs. 1(2), 2(4)(h)(ii)

[^key-e6f30b07ee670dda64ba1c31a424efb9]: Sch. 18 Pt. 1 para. 2(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/39), regs. 1, 2(22); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-e70564f865974abd345d9f8d196c0033]: Words in reg. 20(5)(b)(i) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/39), regs. 1, 2(5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-e83541bd624228ca2243b43e1637dbb2]: Sch. 22 para. 8 renumbered as Sch. 22 para. 8(1) (2.10.2023) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/651), regs. 1(2), 7(b)(i)

[^key-e9ad572c082f9a97d76499104cc2ef12]: Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/39), regs. 1, 2(2)(d); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-e9c758b630c457236e44e26e43a49544]: Word in Sch. 24 para. 1(1) omitted (30.1.2018) by virtue of The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/110), regs. 1, 15(b)(i)

[^key-e9d8d569887d8147583eb4c36e6161fa]: Sch. 5 Pt. 1 para. 17(2A) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/39), regs. 1, 2(10)(b)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-ec53d005bdaf236c6ef100ed3253aa40]: Sch. 12 para. 3(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/39), regs. 1, 2(16); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-ecd46891e6b324ac65ee03db52ca8d47]: Sch. 10 para. 6 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/39), regs. 1, 2(14)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-ed7632f7f7ba89327d2e9ef0bf3739b2]: Sch. 18 Pt. 2 para. 2(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/39), regs. 1, 2(22); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-f00951af861970cdb0635ee1af1fa4ba]: Words in Sch. 9 Pt. 2 para. 5(7) Table inserted (1.10.2024) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1156), regs. 1(2), 2(8)(e)(iii)

[^key-f0f6435d28702edda97a68aa1252c601]: Words in reg. 32(2)(c)(ii) substituted (30.1.2018) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/110), regs. 1, 10(a)(iii)

[^key-f23fc74e16e9f4be82858ae6852a6bd6]: Words in reg. 20(8)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/39), regs. 1, 2(5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-f29f4e3d778ffd4b09919c3de3796895]: Sch. 20 para. 2(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/39), regs. 1, 2(23); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-f2b97e2b227f9ebf0490ecf1820ac893]: Words in Sch. 2 para. 17(1)(b)(ii) inserted (1.10.2020) by The Waste (Circular Economy) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/904), regs. 1(1), 21(3)(b)(i)(aa)

[^key-f2ff187727edf78df88336d4293ac267]: Sch. 29 Pt. 2 para. 76 revoked (1.1.2024) by The Agriculture (Removal of Cross-Compliance and Miscellaneous Revocations and Amendments, etc.) (England) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/816), reg., Sch. Pt. 1 para. 1 Table 2 (with Sch. Pt. 2 para. 2)

[^key-f37db511ec98c008ddc7a6f3021dfd8a]: Sch. 9 Pt. 2 para. 6(1)(h) inserted (1.10.2024) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1156), regs. 1(2), 2(9)(h)

[^key-f3c0e3785843d51145c9d77967aed9d8]: Words in Sch. 15 para. 3(b) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/39), regs. 1, 2(19)(b)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-f451f356bf109ebd3616009830de3511]: Sch. 14 para. 2 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/39), regs. 1, 2(18)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-f489aa9af513f1d6d7fe7ea6eda7e754]: Words in reg. 64(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/39), regs. 1, 2(6)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-f4949bd91378c39b537007a870982d6c]: Words in Sch. 9 Pt. 2 para. 7(4) omitted (1.10.2024) by virtue of The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1156), regs. 1(2), 2(11)(c)(i)

[^key-f520052cc3716f549374062b4c011d00]: Words in reg. 3 inserted (1.10.2020) by The Waste (Circular Economy) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/904), regs. 1(1), 21(2)(b)

[^key-f5d01d0db1a57b7280fd732c1c8fdc6d]: Reg. 14(6)(aa) inserted (2.5.2018) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/428), regs. 1, 4

[^key-f60900c9f6e62bf3bf64b0d0a71ff7ab]: Sch. 9 Pt. 2 para. 6(1)(ba) inserted (1.10.2024) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1156), regs. 1(2), 2(9)(d)

[^key-f615106fbab8c9bc77c2de99cc774f87]: Word in Sch. 9 Pt. 2 para. 6(1)(g) omitted (1.10.2024) by virtue of The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1156), regs. 1(2), 2(9)(g)(iii)

[^key-f7c5ff174e0aa0dcec58f2e1cf895d55]: Word in Sch. 5 Pt. 1 para. 10(1)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/39), regs. 1, 2(10)(a)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-f8d1401a9d9994d179d7caf9868b6304]: Reg. 12 excluded (1.5.2020) by The Riverside Energy Park Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/419), arts. 1, 6(2) (with art. 7)

[^key-f9050c56470e5748f22910bf5f8a6570]: Reg. 12 excluded (29.10.2020) by The Southampton to London Pipeline Development Consent Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1099), arts. 1, 36(1)(b) (with art. 32, Sch. 9 para. 36)

[^key-fa057052683f8851aa210dc216972517]: Sch. 21 para. 6(5A) inserted (2.10.2023) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/651), regs. 1(2), 6(b)

[^key-fa68b4462168ae836ab4aae77278d680]: Words in reg. 32(3) inserted (30.1.2018) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/110), regs. 1, 10(b)

[^key-fb05d606be2b4fffad29e54ef12a5065]: Sch. 2 para. 17(3)(a) substituted (1.10.2020) by The Waste (Circular Economy) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/904), regs. 1(1), 21(3)(b)(ii)(aa)

[^key-fb45e50e96ab6c8ed76214651ff86be2]: Word in Sch. 5 Pt. 1 para. 10(2)(c) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/39), regs. 1, 2(10)(a)(iii)(cc); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-fc374b5ea4d2c385c6390c895fc99b5d]: Words in Sch. 9 Pt. 2 para. 2(1) substituted (1.10.2024) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1156), regs. 1(2), 2(4)(h)(i)

[^key-fcac56fa40fcaca3e408f9364cd7ee93]: Reg. 2(8)(9) inserted (30.1.2018) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/110), regs. 1, 3(2)

[^key-fcfada8286452dc9450bc6ab97d679fe]: Word in Sch. 3 Ch. 1 para. 1(8)(b) substituted (1.10.2020) by The Waste (Circular Economy) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/904), regs. 1(1), 21(4)(a)(ii)

[^key-fe270cdb93090e08e8702c718afaf4a3]: Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 3 para. 5(4) substituted (30.11.2017) by The Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1012), reg. 1(2), Sch. 6 para. 73(2)(b)

[^key-fe4faaf9d96f518d046e913c1fdddf57]: Words in reg. 3 inserted (31.12.2020) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/39), regs. 1, 2(3)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-fe8f6d22c14a6ff5ce425b56385de33b]: Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 4 para. 1(4)(a) substituted (30.11.2017) by The Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1012), reg. 1(2), Sch. 6 para. 73(2)(c)

[^key-ff76a42e4788b73e3fc840ba4666e077]: Words in Sch. 9 Pt. 2 para. 6(1)(a) and Sch. 9 Pt. 2 para. 6(1)(a)(i)(ii) inserted (1.10.2024) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1156), regs. 1(2), 2(9)(b)

[^key-ffc7caa8125a00dbfc552a291f7da111]: Reg. 12(1A)(1B) inserted (30.1.2018) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/110), regs. 1, 7

[^M_C_2da30899-73ed-423f-a592-ddacf8dbc011]: Regulations excluded in part (5.3.2022) by The Norfolk Vanguard Offshore Wind Farm Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/138), arts. 1, 7(3)(a) (with arts. 41, 42, Sch. 16)

[^M_C_8cbf7cd0-3834-4298-f153-14bc89b28dc4]: Reg. 12(1)(a) excluded (4.3.2026) by The Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind Farm Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/138), arts. 1(2), 6(2) (with arts. 6(6), 42, 43, Sch. 18)

[^M_F_0cf44bdd-ee29-4d0b-e190-5f062e20a970]: Words in Sch. 23 Pt. 6 para. 1 substituted (2.5.2018) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/428), reg. 1, Sch. para. 22(b)

[^M_F_0d9065e4-baa0-4995-b8d5-d02f71c9dd0c]: Words in Sch. 23 Pt. 6 para. 18(4) omitted (2.5.2018) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/428), reg. 1, Sch. para. 29(c)(ii)

[^M_F_122f4842-3e5f-47e8-e71b-c798612fb7ad]: Sch. 23 Pt. 6 para. 7(4) omitted (2.5.2018) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/428), reg. 1, Sch. para. 26(c)

[^M_F_17e65182-b137-4449-d498-b34ca1255184]: Sch. 23 Pt. 4 para. 7(2) substituted (7.1.2019) by The Environmental Protection (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England and Wales) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1227), regs. 2(1), 4(6)(b)

[^M_F_288c64c7-97cb-4fe2-c3c8-756feeb7c752]: Words in Sch. 23 Pt. 5 para. 1 substituted (2.5.2018) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/428), reg. 1, Sch. para. 16(a)

[^M_F_2c6a59ee-24b5-403d-a2cb-6505a4e8e4e8]: Sch. 23 Pt. 6 para. 16(1)(a) substituted (2.5.2018) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/428), reg. 1, Sch. para. 27(a)

[^M_F_408bdd0b-b8bc-44f7-f029-151b8441c084]: 2008 c. 13.

[^M_F_49743531-48fa-44fa-ff4f-2013c550edcc]: Words in Sch. 23 Pt. 6 para. 7(3) omitted (2.5.2018) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/428), reg. 1, Sch. para. 26(b)(i)

[^M_F_4b784abc-8ff3-4b6e-b65f-6aa316745328]: Words in Sch. 23 Pt. 6 para. 30 Table 8 substituted (2.5.2018) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/428), reg. 1, Sch. para. 35(a)(ii)

[^M_F_51f04b9c-b1f0-4a55-8daf-ff516f0c7b72]: Sch. 23 Pt. 6 para. 18(6) omitted (2.5.2018) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/428), reg. 1, Sch. para. 29(e)

[^M_F_5507d6b4-a6fe-4d1c-d433-69aee2fad5a1]: Words in Sch. 23 Pt. 5 para. 1 substituted (2.5.2018) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/428), reg. 1, Sch. para. 16(b)

[^M_F_5a111b76-b14f-448b-83c8-e526759ac52c]: Words in Sch. 23 Pt. 5 para. 8(1)(a) inserted (2.5.2018) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/428), reg. 1, Sch. para. 20

[^M_F_5bec4e72-7971-4c4e-f710-1a94cad809b6]: Words in Sch. 23 Pt. 6 para. 26(1) Table 5 substituted (2.5.2018) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/428), reg. 1, Sch. para. 34(a)

[^M_F_5c630a32-85ff-4084-959b-8cdecad2ebb3]: Words in Sch. 23 Pt. 4 para. 1(b) substituted (2.5.2018) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/428), reg. 1, Sch. para. 11(a)

[^M_F_5d39ad86-d8fe-4cab-c02f-472605f7acb2]: Words in Sch. 23 Pt. 6 para. 7(2) omitted (2.5.2018) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/428), reg. 1, Sch. para. 26(b)(i)

[^M_F_69660efb-201f-498d-9bd2-fafb9023b9ee]: Sch. 23 Pt. 6 para. 18(7) omitted (2.5.2018) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/428), reg. 1, Sch. para. 29(e)

[^M_F_6b19270e-4db0-44c1-bbe9-06cf654757cd]: Section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 and by Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008.

[^M_F_6b95537b-1af4-4088-a5f9-966b5793ca03]: Words in Sch. 23 Pt. 6 para. 7(2) substituted (2.5.2018) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/428), reg. 1, Sch. para. 26(b)(ii)

[^M_F_6d06ce97-3fb4-4389-c645-ca6034dc0fcb]: Words in Sch. 23 Pt. 6 para. 30 Table 8 substituted (2.5.2018) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/428), reg. 1, Sch. para. 35(b)

[^M_F_6e5538cd-27da-4155-dc27-a94d1f0a436e]: The reference in section 2(8) to approval by each House of Parliament has effect in relation to exercise of functions by the Welsh Ministers as if it were a reference to approval by the National Assembly for Wales by virtue of paragraph 33 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006.

[^M_F_6fdfa9de-0ba7-4949-c6aa-48aa6719c4f5]: Words in Sch. 7 para. 5(h) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/39), regs. 1, 2(11)(b)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^M_F_71995d4e-9bd6-455d-ce5a-c3e6b4118902]: Word in Sch. 23 Pt. 5 Section 3 heading omitted (2.5.2018) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/428), reg. 1, Sch. para. 17

[^M_F_809cc983-4e79-4a29-c87c-784b59251f45]: Words in Sch. 23 Pt. 6 para. 1 inserted (2.5.2018) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/428), reg. 1, Sch. para. 22(a)

[^M_F_82e78810-e186-4ed4-833b-bd1090e77870]: Sch. 29 Pt. 2 para. 34 omitted (30.11.2017) by The Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1012), reg. 1(2), Sch. 6 para. 73(4)

[^M_F_850a5e38-2c18-46d6-cf33-06b815371246]: Sch. 23 Pt. 6 para. 17(2)(d) substituted (2.5.2018) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/428), reg. 1, Sch. para. 28

[^M_F_9f23f009-31c4-436f-99ff-ba2247af27e6]: Sch. 23 Pt. 6 para. 4(8) inserted (2.5.2018) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/428), reg. 1, Sch. para. 24

[^M_F_a5696e0f-b904-46ba-f816-63665f50cb92]: Words in Sch. 23 Pt. 4 para. 1(b) substituted (2.5.2018) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/428), reg. 1, Sch. para. 11(b)

[^M_F_ae065602-96e2-4c2c-d358-f9c49a0bb3d1]: Words in Sch. 23 Pt. 6 para. 18(2) omitted (2.5.2018) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/428), reg. 1, Sch. para. 29(b)(i)

[^M_F_afe23190-8ab7-4737-fe1c-991032c60b27]: Sch. 23 Pt. 6 para. 7(1) substituted (2.5.2018) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/428), reg. 1, Sch. para. 26(a)

[^M_F_b1b6674b-9de3-4b98-bd90-3259c2b411ac]: Sch. 23 Pt. 6 para. 7(5) omitted (2.5.2018) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/428), reg. 1, Sch. para. 26(c)

[^M_F_be662b88-f3e2-478b-9589-f507cbfdc9e7]: Words in Sch. 23 Pt. 4 para. 2(1)(a) omitted (2.5.2018) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/428), reg. 1, Sch. para. 12(a)

[^M_F_bf0ffa79-1e0d-4875-b924-3ed1b588bdea]: Words in Sch. 23 Pt. 6 para. 19(2)(b)(i) substituted (2.5.2018) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/428), reg. 1, Sch. para. 31

[^M_F_c0f10ea6-4f01-4c72-ba17-6de32f624e29]: Sch. 3 Pt. 3 paras. 6, (7) inserted (2.10.2023) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/651), regs. 1(2), 5(b)(iv)

[^M_F_c338891f-9f27-4cdd-b0fc-59eae8845e73]: Sch. 23 Pt. 4 para. 2(2) substituted (2.5.2018) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/428), reg. 1, Sch. para. 12(b)

[^M_F_c827b0ff-e289-4434-9847-e8f4d5d1d907]: Words in Sch. 23 Pt. 6 para. 30 Table 8 inserted (2.5.2018) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/428), reg. 1, Sch. para. 35(a)(i)

[^M_F_cb1e528a-45e4-4265-9302-b1540b5f0698]: OJ No L 226, 6.9.2000, p 3, as last amended by Commission Decision 2014/955/EU (OJ No L 370, 30.12.2014, p 44).

[^M_F_dc207d00-0950-4089-87f0-813795898758]: Words in Sch. 23 Pt. 6 para. 18(2) omitted (2.5.2018) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/428), reg. 1, Sch. para. 29(b)(ii)

[^M_F_de775462-3740-44f1-f608-d9ce09d23ce9]: Sch. 23 Pt. 4 para. 7(1A) inserted (7.1.2019) by The Environmental Protection (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England and Wales) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1227), regs. 2(1), 4(6)(a)

[^M_F_df7632d1-565d-432a-ea01-941ff47cc090]: Sch. 23 Pt. 6 para. 18(1) substituted (2.5.2018) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/428), reg. 1, Sch. para. 29(a)

[^M_F_dfa56206-e9eb-4353-cb82-ad5136e5d21d]: Words in Sch. 25 Pt. 2 para. 5(1) substituted (7.1.2019) by The Environmental Protection (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England and Wales) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1227), regs. 2(1), 4(7)(b)

[^M_F_e156fa18-b682-4a87-b805-d5ba0fc7daaf]: Words in Sch. 23 Pt. 6 para. 5(2) omitted (2.5.2018) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/428), reg. 1, Sch. para. 25

[^M_F_e69961d0-45a8-454e-c6a8-8b61eef9caeb]: Words in Sch. 23 Pt. 6 para. 18(4) substituted (2.5.2018) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/428), reg. 1, Sch. para. 29(c)(i)

[^M_F_eddb4d5d-6a8b-4f18-f745-842a446749d4]: Words in Sch. 23 Pt. 6 para. 25 Table 4 substituted (2.5.2018) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/428), reg. 1, Sch. para. 32

[^M_F_eff8194c-dd95-4614-a786-cacc1facca26]: Words in Sch. 23 Pt. 6 para. 16(2)(b) omitted (2.5.2018) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/428), reg. 1, Sch. para. 27(b)

[^M_F_f0a237f1-09ab-4f82-b21b-6f5538c42cd8]: Words in Sch. 23 Pt. 6 para. 18(5) omitted (2.5.2018) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/428), reg. 1, Sch. para. 29(d)

[^M_F_f5d349a7-d57b-47d8-9c11-db65b5c25e89]: Words in Sch. 23 Pt. 6 para. 26(3) substituted (2.5.2018) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/428), reg. 1, Sch. para. 34(b)

[^M_F_f5e10e0d-3bab-4c80-dfba-0bd19c27f732]: Sch. 23 Pt. 5 para. 7 omitted (1.1.2018) by The Ionising Radiations Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1075), reg. 1, Sch. 9 para. 17 (with regs. 2(5), 3, Sch. 8)

[^M_F_f9e5dce1-6cf6-477c-8237-0c08334222bc]: Words in Sch. 5 Pt. 1 para. 10(2)(c) substituted (7.1.2019) by The Environmental Protection (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England and Wales) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1227), regs. 2(1), 4(4)

[^M_F_fe7436ec-388d-4fde-a343-e60bf4431632]: Words in Sch. 23 Pt. 6 para. 1 inserted (2.5.2018) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/428), reg. 1, Sch. para. 22(c)

[^M_F_fe76cdaa-3e4e-4520-f55a-4b0cf29ac202]: Words in Sch. 23 Pt. 6 para. 7(3) substituted (2.5.2018) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/428), reg. 1, Sch. para. 26(b)(ii)

[^M_M_38ac1fec-61c8-4a1f-d26e-f042771999f1]: 1972 c. 68; paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) and was amended by Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7) and by S.I. 2007/1388.

[^M_M_b7b18ca0-1f4e-4b9f-816e-73dd2f120ed5]: 1999 c. 24; section 2 was amended by section 62(13) of the Water Act 2014 (c. 21) and by S.I. 2013/755 (W. 90). Schedule 1 has been amended as follows: paragraphs 3 and 20 were amended by S.I. 2011/1043; paragraph 9A was inserted by, and paragraph 24 amended by, S.I. 2005/925 and paragraph 9A was further amended by S.I. 2012/2788; paragraph 21A was inserted by section 38 of the Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003 (c. 33), and paragraph 25 was amended by section 105(1) of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 (c. 16) and by S.I. 2015/664. Functions of the Secretary of State, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales, except in relation to offshore oil and gas exploration and exploitation, by virtue of article 3(1) of the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/1958). But this was subject to article 3(2), which provided that, so far as any of those functions are exercisable by the Secretary of State in relation to a cross-border body but which, by their nature, are not functions which can be specifically exercised in relation to Wales, such functions are exercisable by the Assembly in relation to that body concurrently with the Secretary of State. Functions of the National Assembly for Wales were transferred to the Welsh Ministers by paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32).

[^M_M_c811b5f1-6637-4627-bfa5-33fdc9547c05]: 2014 c. 21. Section 61(9) contains the definition of “the Minister”.

SCHEDULE 25A — Medium Combustion Plants: Medium Combustion Plant Directive

PART 1 — General

Application

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This Schedule applies—

• (a) in relation to every new medium combustion plant from 20th December 2018,

• (b) in relation to every existing medium combustion plant from the date specified in regulation 12(1A)(b) or (c), as appropriate.

Interpretation

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• (1) In this Schedule—

• “existing medium combustion plant” means a medium combustion plant—put into operation before 20th December 2018, orfor which an environmental permit was granted before 19th December 2017, provided that the plant is put into operation no later than 20th December 2018;

• “the MCPD” means the Medium Combustion Plant Directive;

• “medium combustion plant” means a combustion plant with a rated thermal input equal to or greater than 1 megawatt but less than 50 megawatts, and any combination of combustion plants referred to in article 2(2) or article 4 of the MCPD, provided that—it does not fall within Article 2(3) or (4) of the MCPD,it is not installed on an offshore platform situated on, above or below those parts of the sea adjacent to England and Wales from the low water mark to the seaward baseline of the United Kingdom territorial sea,it is not installed on a gas storage or unloading platform as defined in regulation 2 of the Offshore Combustion Installations (Pollution Prevention and Control) Regulations 2013;

• “new medium combustion plant” means a medium combustion plant which is not an existing medium combustion plant.

• (2) In sub-paragraph (1), “offshore platform” means any fixed or floating structure which—

• (a) is used for the purposes of or in connection with the production of petroleum, and

• (b) in the case of a floating structure, is maintained on a station during the course of production,

but does not include any structure where the principal purpose of the use of the structure is the establishment of the existence of petroleum or the appraisal of its characteristics, quality or quantity or the extent of any reservoir in which it occurs.

• (3) In sub-paragraph (2), “petroleum” includes any mineral oil or relative hydrocarbon and natural gas existing in its natural condition in strata but does not include coal or bituminous shales or other stratified deposits from which oil can be extracted by destructive distillation.

• (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Applications for the grant of an environmental permit

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• (1) The regulator must ensure that every application for the grant of an environmental permit—

• (a) includes the information specified in Annex I to the MCPD;

• (b) specifies which (if any) of paragraphs 7 to 11 of this Schedule is considered relevant to the application.

• (2) Subject to sub-paragraph (3), the regulator must start the procedure for determining an application for the grant of an environmental permit within one month of the operator providing the information referred to in paragraph (1) and must inform the operator of the start of the procedure.

• (3) Sub-paragraph (2) applies only when the operator has submitted a duly made application.

Exercise of relevant function

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• (1) The regulator must exercise its relevant functions so as to ensure compliance with the following provisions of the MCPD—

• (a) Article 4;

• (b) Article 5(1) and (2);

• (c) Article 5(6);

• (d) Article 6(1);

• (e) Article 6(2);

• (f) Article 6(7);

• (g) Article 6(13);

• (h) Article 7 (except Article 7(8));

• (i) Article 8(2) and (3);

• (j) Article 9.

• (2) In exercising its relevant functions, the regulator must ensure that there is no persistent emission of dark smoke, where “dark smoke” has the meaning given in section 3(1) of the Clean Air Act 1993.

• (3) In exercising its relevant functions so as to ensure compliance with Article 6(1), (2), (7) or (13) of the MCPD, the regulator must ensure that environmental permits include emission limit values set in accordance with the provisions of Part 2 of this Schedule.

PART 2 — Emission Limit Values

Interpretation of this Part

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In this Part—

• . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• “Annex I” means Annex I of the MCPD;

• “Annex II” means Annex II of the MCPD;

• “biomass”, “dust”, “emission limit value”, “micro isolated system”, “nitrogen oxides”, “operating hours”, and “small isolated system” ... have the respective meanings given in article 3 of the MCPD;any reference to emissions expressed in mg/Nm³ is to those emissions defined in accordance with the first paragraph of Annex II.

Emission limit values

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• (1) Sub-paragraphs (2) to (4) apply, subject to paragraphs 7 to 11.

• (2) From 20th December 2018, emission limit values applicable to a new medium combustion plant, for emissions into the air of sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides and dust, are the corresponding emission limit values set out in Part 2 of Annex II (but with the modification that footnote (3) in Table 2 of that Part is to be read as if for “may be” there were substituted “are”).

• (3) From 1st January 2025, emission limit values applicable to an existing medium combustion plant with a rated thermal input greater than 5 megawatts, for emissions into the air of sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides and dust, are the corresponding emission limit values set out in Tables 2 and 3 of Part 1 of Annex II.

• (4) From 1st January 2030, emission limit values applicable to an existing medium combustion plant with a rated thermal input of less than or equal to 5 megawatts, for emissions into the air of sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides and dust, are the corresponding emission limit values set out in Tables 1 and 3 of Part 1 of Annex II.

Limited operating hours – existing medium combustion plants

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• (1) An existing medium combustion plant which operates for no more than 500 operating hours per year, as a rolling average over a period of five years, is not required to comply with the emission limit values set out in Tables 1, 2, and 3 of Part 1 of Annex II, provided that the operator has signed a declaration in accordance with paragraph 7 of Annex I.

• (2) An existing medium combustion plant is not required to comply with the emission limit values set out in Tables 1, 2, and 3 of Part 1 of Annex II where it operates for no more than 1,000 operating hours per year, as a rolling average over a period of five years to—

• (a) provide backup power production in islands connected to an electricity transmission system or distribution system, in the event of an interruption of the main power supply to an island; or

• (b) produce heat in cases of exceptionally cold weather events,

provided that the operator has signed a declaration in accordance with paragraph 7 of Annex I.

• (3) Subject to sub-paragraph (4), where an existing medium combustion plant firing solid fuels falls within sub-paragraph (1) or sub-paragraph (2), an emission limit value for dust of 200mg/Nm³ applies.

• (4) In the case of an existing medium combustion plant falling within sub-paragraph (2)(b), the emission limit value for dust in sub-paragraph (3) only applies during any period which has been notified by the appropriate authority to the regulator as an exceptionally cold weather event.

• (5) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2)(a), “transmission system” and “distribution system” have the meanings given in section 4(4) of the Electricity Act 1989.

Limited operating hours - new medium combustion plants

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• (1) A new medium combustion plant which operates for no more than 500 operating hours per year, as a rolling average over a period of three years, is not required to comply with the emission limit values set out in Part 2 of Annex II, provided that the operator has signed a declaration in accordance with paragraph 7 of Annex I.

• (2) Where a new medium combustion plant firing solid fuels falls within sub-paragraph (1), an emission limit value for dust of 100mg/Nm³ applies.

Small and micro isolated systems – existing medium combustion plants

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Existing medium combustion plants which are part of a small isolated system or a micro isolated system are only required to comply with the emission limit values set out in Tables 1, 2 and 3 of Part 1 of Annex II from 1st January 2030.

Plant at gas compressor stations – existing medium combustion plants

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An existing medium combustion plant—

• (a) with a rated thermal input greater than 5 megawatts; and

• (b) which is used to drive gas compressor stations required to ensure the safety and security of a national gas transmission system,

is only required to comply with the emission limit values for nitrogen oxides set out in Table 3 of Part 1 of Annex II from 1st January 2030.

Temporary derogations – existing and new medium combustion plants

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• (1) This sub-paragraph applies in relation to a medium combustion plant which normally uses low sulphur fuel, where the operator is unable to comply with the relevant emission limit values for sulphur dioxide in paragraph 6 because of an interruption in the supply of low-sulphur fuel resulting from a serious shortage.

• (2) Where sub-paragraph (1) applies, the regulator may grant a derogation from the obligation to comply with those emission limit values for such period, up to a maximum of six months, as the operator satisfies the regulator is justified under the circumstances.

• (3) This sub-paragraph applies in relation to a medium combustion plant using only gaseous fuel where—

• (a) the plant has to resort exceptionally to the use of other fuels because of an interruption in the supply of gas; and

• (b) as a result of using those other fuels, the plant would need to be equipped with secondary abatement equipment in order to comply with the relevant emission limit values for sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides and dust in paragraph 6.

• (4) Where sub-paragraph (3) applies, the regulator may grant a derogation from the obligation to comply with the relevant emission limit values in paragraph 6—

• (a) for a maximum of 10 days; or

• (b) for such longer period as the operator satisfies the regulator is justified under the circumstances.

• (5) Where the regulator grants a derogation under sub-paragraph (2) or (4), the regulator must inform the appropriate authority immediately.

SCHEDULE 25B — Specified generators

Application

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This Schedule applies in relation to every specified generator from the permitting date.

Interpretation – specified generators

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• (1) In this Schedule—

• “generator” means any combustion plant which is used for the purpose of generating electricity, but does not include any generator that is mobile unless it is connected to—an electricity transmission system or distribution system, orother apparatus, equipment or appliances at a site, and is performing a function that could be performed by a generator that is not mobile;

• “specified generator” means—a generator, other than an excluded generator, with a rated thermal input—more than or equal to 1 megawatt and less than 50 megawatts, orin the case of a generator used to meet a capacity agreement or an agreement to provide balancing services, less than 50 megawatts;where two or more generators falling with paragraph (a)(i) or (ii) are operated—on the same site,by the same operator, andfor the same purpose,those generators together, provided that the rated thermal input of those generators together is less than 50 megawatts; orwhere two or more generators, other than excluded generators—are operated as set out in paragraph (b)(i) to (iii), andtogether have a rated thermal input more than or equal to 1 megawatt and less than 50 megawatts, even if one or more of the generators has a rated thermal input of less than 1 megawatt,those generators together.

• (2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)—

• “excluded generator” means—generators subject to the provisions of Chapter II or Chapter III of the Industrial Emissions Directive,generators operating with a defined nuclear safety role under a nuclear site licence issued by the Office for Nuclear Regulation,back-up generators operated for the purpose of testing for no more than 50 hours per year,generators installed on an offshore platform situated on, above or below those parts of the sea adjacent to England and Wales from the low water mark to the seaward baseline of the United Kingdom territorial sea,generators installed on a gas storage or unloading platform as defined in regulation 2 of the Offshore Combustion Installations (Pollution Prevention and Control) Regulations 2013;