The Pollution Prevention and Control (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2008

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Pollution Prevention and Control (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2008 and come into force on 19th January 2009.

Amendment of the Pollution Prevention and Control (Scotland) Regulations 2000

2.—(1) The Pollution Prevention and Control (Scotland) Regulations 2000(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 6(2) (requirement for permit to operate installation and mobile plant)–

(a) between sub-paragraphs (d) and (e) omit “and”; and

(b) after sub-paragraph (e) insert–

• “; and

  (f)

  referred to in Part 6 of Schedule 3, the date set out or determined in accordance with that Part”.

(3) In Part 1 of Schedule 1 (Activities and Installations and Mobile Plant), in Part B of Section 1.2 (Refining Mineral Oil and Gas, Operating Coke Ovens and Coal Gasification and Liquefaction Activities)–

(a) after paragraph (c) insert–

“(d) Motor vehicle refuelling activities at existing service stations, if the petrol refuelling throughput at the service station in any period of twelve months commencing on or after 1st January 2009 is, or is likely to be, 3500m³ or more.

(e) Motor vehicle refuelling activities at new service stations, if the petrol refuelling throughput at the service station in any period of twelve months is likely to be 500m³ or more.”;

(b) under the heading “Interpretation of Part B”, in paragraph 1 after “In Part B ” insert–

• ““existing service station” means a service station–

  (a)

  which is put into operation; or

  (b)

  for which planning permission under the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997(2) is granted,

  before 31st December 2011;”; and

(c) under the heading “Interpretation of Part B”, in paragraph 1 before the definition of “petrol” insert–

““new service station” means a service station which is put into operation on or after 31st December 2011 other than an existing service station;”.

(4) After Part 5 of Schedule 3 (Prescribed Dates and Transitional Arrangements), insert a new Part 6 as set out in the Schedule.

MICHAEL RUSSELL

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

10th December 2008