The Waste Incineration Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

These Regulations implement European Parliament and Council Directive 2000/76/EC of 4th December 2002 on the incineration of waste.

Regulation 3 requires –

(a) operators to apply for an authorisation or variation of an existing permit either under the 1997 Order or the 2003 Regulations;

(b) applications by operators, of certain existing waste incineration installations (as defined in regulation 2) who do not hold a relevant approval but are subject to a permit on 31st December 2004, must make that application within the period 1st – 28th February 2005. The application, which will be a variation of the conditions of the permit, must be made under regulation 17 of the Pollution Prevention and Control Regulations 2003 (2003 Regulations);

(c) application by operators of certain existing waste incineration installations (as defined in regulation 2) that are subject to an authorisation on 31st December 2004, to make that application within the period 1st – 28th February 2003, either under Article 11 of the Industrial Pollution Control Order 1997 (1997 Order) for a variation of the conditions of the authorisation or to make application for a permit under regulation 10 of the 2003 Regulations.

Regulation 4 contains transitional provisions for waste installations, which by virtue of these Regulations becomes a Part A installation or mobile plant.

Regulation 5 makes a number of amendments to the 2003 Regulations. These include a revision of section 5.1 of Part 1 of Schedule 1 (which describes the waste incineration installations which are subject to the PPC Regulations); amendments to the transitional timetable in Schedule 3 and the requirements in Schedule 4 and 7 which apply to waste incineration installation; and an addition to the list of information in Schedule 10 which is required to be kept on the public register maintained under the Regulations.