Approval of premises
14.—(1) No person may operate any–
(a)category 1, 2 or 3 intermediate plant;
(b)storage plant;
(c)incineration or co-incineration plant;
(d)category 1 or category 2 processing plant;
(e)category 2 or category 3 oleochemical plant;
(f)biogas or composting plant;
(g)category 3 processing plant;
(h)petfood or technical plant; or
(i)plant that uses any of the processes described in Annexes I to V to Commission Regulation (EC) No. 92/2005,
for the storage, processing, treatment, disposal or use of animal by-products or processed products unless –
(j)the premises;
(k)the operator of the premises; and
(l)the equipment (if any);
are approved for that purpose in accordance with the Community Regulation and these Regulations.
(2) The operator of approved premises must ensure that–
(a)the premises are maintained and operated in accordance with–
(i)the conditions of approval, and
(ii)the requirements of the Community Regulation and these Regulations; and
(b)any person employed by the operator, and any person permitted to enter the premises, complies with those conditions and requirements.
(3) The operator of a high capacity incineration or co-incineration plant that incinerates or co-incinerates material referred to in Article 4(1)(b) of the Community Regulation must dispose of the ash in accordance with Annex IV, Chapter VII, paragraph 4 of the Community Regulation in the same way as the operator of a low capacity incineration plant; but for the avoidance of doubt, this provision does not apply in relation to the incineration or co-incineration of a product derived from material referred to in Article 4(1)(b) of the Community Regulation that has already been processed or treated in accordance with the Community Regulation.
(4) Any person who fails to comply with any provision of this regulation is guilty of an offence.