13. After section 41 (relation to the Environment Protection Act 1990) insert—
“Relation to the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999.
41A.—(1) Where an activity is subject to regulations under section 2 of the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999 (regulation of polluting activities), Parts I to III of this Act shall not apply as from the determination date for the activity in question.
(2) The “determination date”, for an activity, is—
(a)in the case of an activity for which a permit is granted, the date on which it is granted, whether in pursuance of the application, or on an appeal, of a direction to grant it;
(b)in the case of an activity for which a permit is refused, the date of refusal or, on appeal, of the affirmation of the refusal.
(3) In subsection (2) “permit” means a permit under regulations under section 2 of the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999 and the reference to an appeal is a reference to an appeal under those regulations.”