Amendment of the Pollution Prevention and Control (Scotland) Regulations 2000
17. In Schedule 4, Part 2 (determination of applications)–
(a)for paragraph 9(e) substitute:–
“(e)in the case of an application for a permit to operate an installation or a Part A mobile plant, the local authority in whose area the installation is situated or the mobile plant is intended to be operated;
(f)in the case of all applications such other persons as the Scottish Ministers may direct.”;
(b)in paragraph 15(2) after sub paragraph (c) insert–
“(d)where separate applications are made to operate different parts of one installation, any period beginning with the date on which notice is served on any of the applicants under paragraph (4) and ending on the date on which the relevant applicant furnishes the information specified in the notice.”;
(c)after paragraph 15 insert–
“15A. Where separate applications are made to operate different parts of one installation, SEPA shall send a copy of any notice served on any of the applicants under paragraph (4) to all of the other applicants in respect of that installation.”.