The Pollution Prevention and Control (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2002

Statutory Instruments

2002 No. 275

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Pollution Prevention and Control (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2002

Made

11th February 2002

Laid before Parliament

15th February 2002

Coming into force

1st April 2002

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on her by section 2 of the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999(1), having, in accordance with subsection (4) of that section, consulted the Environment Agency, such bodies or persons appearing to her to be representative of the interests of local government, industry, agriculture and small businesses respectively as she considers appropriate and such other bodies and persons as she considers appropriate, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and extent

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Pollution Prevention and Control (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 1st April 2002.

(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales only.

(3) For the purpose of paragraph (2), “England and Wales” includes the territorial waters adjacent to England and Wales.

Amendment of the Pollution Prevention and Control (England and Wales) Regulations 2000

2.—(1) The Pollution Prevention and Control (England and Wales) Regulations 2000(2) shall be amended as follows.

(2) In the Table in paragraph 2(2) of Part 1 of Schedule 3, vary the entries to show that the relevant period—

(a) for an activity falling within Part A(2) of Section 2.1, is 1st May 2003 to 31st July 2003;

(b) for an activity falling within Part A(2) of Section 3.1, is 1st April 2003 to 30th June 2003;

(c) for an activity falling within Part A(2) of Section 3.3, is 1st May 2003 to 31st July 2003;

(d) for an activity falling within Part A(2) of Section 3.5, is 1st April 2003 to 30th June 2003; and

(e) for an activity falling within Part A(2) of Section 6.1, is 1st April 2003 to 30th June 2003.

(3) Substitute the following Table for the Table in paragraph 10 of Part 2 of Schedule 3—

Any installation where an activity falling within Part B of the following Sections of Part 1 of Schedule 1 is carried out or any mobile plant used to carry out such an activity	Relevant Date
Section 1.1	1st April 2003
Section 1.2	1st April 2005
Section 2.1	1st April 2004
Section 2.2	1st April 2004
Section 2.3	1st April 2004
Section 3.1	1st April 2003
Section 3.2	1st April 2003
Section 3.3	1st April 2005
Section 3.5	1st April 2003
Section 3.6	1st April 2003
Section 4.1	1st April 2005
Section 4.8	1st April 2005
Section 5.1	1st April 2003
Section 6.3	1st April 2005
Section 6.4	1st April 2004
Section 6.5	1st April 2004
Section 6.6	1st April 2003
Section 6.7	1st April 2004
Section 6.8	1st April 2005

Revocation

3.  Sub-paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of regulation 2(3) of the Pollution Prevention and Control (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2001 are revoked.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Michael Meacher

Minister of State,

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

11th February 2002

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Pollution Prevention and Control (England and Wales) Regulations 2000.

Those Regulations require operators of the Part A(2) activities listed in regulation 2(2) and of all Part B activities to apply at times set out in the Regulations to local authorities for permits to continue operating. Part A(2) activities are subject to integrated pollution control by local authorities. Part B activities are subject to air pollution only control by local authorities. Regulation 2 defers by one year the periods within which or dates by which these applications for permits are to be made.

Regulation 3 revokes sub-paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of regulation 2(3) of the Pollution Prevention and Control (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2001, those sub-paragraphs being superseded.

(1)

1999 c. 24; the Secretary of State can exercise these powers only in relation to England and Wales see section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46) and section 5(3) of the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999.

(2)

S.I. 2000/1973 as amended by S.I. 2001/503.