The Waste Management Licensing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

5.  The carrying on of any of the following operations –

(a) burning as a fuel, under an authorisation granted under the Industrial Pollution Control Order or a permit under the 2003 Regulations, of –

(i) straw, poultry litter or wood;

(ii) waste oil; or

(iii) solid fuel which has been manufactured from waste by a process involving the application of heat,

to the extent that it is or forms part of a process within Part B or Part C of any section of Schedule 1 to the 1998 Regulations or an activity within Part B or Part C of any section of Part I of Schedule 1 to the 2003 Regulations;

(b) the secure storage on the premises where the waste is to be burnt of any wastes mentioned in sub-paragraph (a), other than waste oil, which are intended to be burned as mentioned in that sub-paragraph;

(c) the secure storage of waste oil at the place where it is to be burnt for a period not exceeding twelve months if the waste oil is intended to be submitted to an operation covered by the exemption conferred by sub-paragraph (a);

(d) burning as a fuel, under an authorisation granted under the Industrial Pollution Control Order or a permit under the 2003 Regulations, of tyres to the extent that it is or forms part of a process within Part C of Section 1.3 of Schedule 1 to the 1998 Regulations or an activity within Part C of Section 1.1 of Part I of Schedule 1 to the 2003 Regulations;

(e) the shredding of tyres at the place where they are to be burnt if they are intended to be burned as mentioned in sub-paragraph (d);

(f) the storage in a secure place on the premises where the waste is to be burnt of tyres where –

(i) the tyres are intended to be submitted to an operation covered by the exemption conferred by sub-paragraph (d);

(ii) the tyres are stored separately;

(iii) none of the tyres is stored on the premises for longer than twelve months; and

(iv) the number of the tyres stored on the premises at any one time does not exceed 1,000.