Notification and implementation of changes
4.—(1) The operator shall notify the authority of any change planned in the operation of the storage site, including any change concerning the operator.
(2) A notification under sub-paragraph (1) shall specify the date on which the operator proposes to implement the planned change (“the target date”).
(3) Except where sub-paragraph (4) applies, such a notification shall be given at least three months before the target date.
(4) If the change solely concerns the operator, the notification shall be given at least four weeks before the target date.
(5) The change may not be implemented before the later of—
(a)the target date, or any date notified under regulation 11(4)(b) of the Regulations; or
(b)the date notified by the authority in accordance with regulation 11(1)(b)(ii) of the Regulations.
(6) The change may not be implemented if the authority gives notification to that effect under regulation 11(2)(b) of the Regulations.
(7) Notwithstanding sub-paragraphs (5) and (6), the change may be implemented on or after the later of the dates referred to in sub-paragraph (5)(a) if the authority has not before then given notification under regulation 11(1)(b)(ii) or (2)(b) of the Regulations.