The Industrial Pollution Control (Prescribed Processes and Substances) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998

Regulation 5

SCHEDULE Date from which authorisation is required under Article 6 of the Order

Disapplication of regulation 3(3) of the principal Regulations

1.  Regulation 3(3) of the principal Regulations shall not apply to a prescribed process falling within Part C of Section 1.4 in Chapter I of Schedule 1 to those Regulations.

Processes falling within Part C of Section 1.4

2.—(1) For the purposes of regulation 3(1) of the principal Regulations, the prescribed date in respect of a process falling within Part C of Section 1.4 in Chapter I of Schedule 1 to those Regulations shall be—

(a) 31st August 1998, where the process is carried on at a new service station;

(b) 31st December 1998, where the process is carried on at an existing service station, with a throughput greater than 1,000m³/year or where that service station is located under permanent living quarters or working areas;

(c) 31st December 2001, where the process is carried on at an existing service station with a throughput greater than 500m³/year but not greater than 1,000m³/year;

(d) 31st December 2004, in any other case.

(2) In this paragraph—

(a) an “existing service station” means one which was in operation, on or for the construction of which planning permission was granted, before 31st August 1998;

(b) a “new service station” means one which is not an existing service station;

(c) expressions which are used in Part C of Section 1.4 in Chapter I of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations have the same meaning as in that Part;

(d) other expressions which are also used in the Directive have the same meaning as in the Directive.