The Pollution Prevention and Control Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

Interpretation of Section 6.8

In this Section–

“animal” includes a bird or a fish;

“exempt activity” means–

(i)

any activity carried out in a farm or agricultural holding other than the manufacture of goods for sale;

(ii)

the manufacture or preparation of food or drink for human consumption but excluding–

(aa)

the extraction, distillation or purification of animal or vegetable oil or fat otherwise than as a activity incidental to the cooking of food for human consumption;

(bb)

any activity involving the use of green offal or the boiling of blood except the cooking of food (other than tripe) for human consumption;

(cc)

the cooking of tripe for human consumption elsewhere than on premises on which it is to be consumed;

(iii)

the fleshing, cleaning and drying of pelts of fur-bearing mammals;

(iv)

any activity carried on in connection with the operation of a knacker’s yard, as defined in the Animal By-Products Order (Northern Ireland) 2002(1);

(v)

any activity for the manufacture of soap not falling within Part A of Section 4.1;

(vi)

the storage of vegetable matter not falling within any other Section of this Schedule;

(vii)

the cleaning of shellfish shells;

(viii)

the manufacture of starch;

(ix)

the processing of animal or vegetable matter at premises for feeding a recognised pack of hounds registered under the Animal By-Products Order (Northern Ireland) 2002;

(x)

the salting of hides or skins, unless related to any other activity listed in this Schedule;

(xi)

any activity for composting animal or vegetable matter or a combination of both, except where that activity is carried on for the purposes of cultivating mushrooms;

(xii)

any activity for cleaning, and any related activity for drying or dressing, seeds, bulbs, corms or tubers;

(xiii)

the drying of grain or pulses;

(xiv)

any activity for the production of cotton yarn from raw cotton or for the conversion of cotton yarn into cloth;

“food” includes–

(i)

drink;

(ii)

articles and substances of no nutritional value which are used for human consumption; and

(iii)

articles and substances used as ingredients in the preparation of food;

“green offal” means the stomach and intestines of any animal, other than poultry or fish, and their contents;

“underground strata” has the same meaning as in Article 2(2) of the Water (Northern Ireland) Order 1999(2);

“waterways” has the same meaning as in Article 2(2) of the Water (Northern Ireland) Order 1999.

(1)

SR 2002 No. 209

(2)

S.I. 1999/662 (NI 6)