[F2Regulation 4(6)]
Textual Amendments
F1Word in Sch. 1 omitted (29.8.2014) by virtue of The Sulphur Content of Liquid Fuels (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1975), regs. 1(1), 8(2)(a)
F2Words in Sch. 1 substituted (29.8.2014) by The Sulphur Content of Liquid Fuels (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1975), regs. 1(1), 8(2)(b)
1. An operator of [F3a combustion plant] who wishes to operate that plant under an exception in regulation 4(2) [F4or (3)] may apply to the local authority in whose area that plant is situated for a sulphur content of liquid fuels permit if the operation of that plant does not require—E+W
(a)an authorisation under Part I of the Environmental Protection Act 1990; or
(b)a permit under regulations made under section 2 of the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999.
Textual Amendments
F3Words in Sch. 1 para. 1 substituted (29.8.2014) by The Sulphur Content of Liquid Fuels (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1975), regs. 1(1), 8(3)
F4Words in Sch. 1 para. 1 added (29.8.2014) by The Sulphur Content of Liquid Fuels (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1975), regs. 1(1), 8(3)
2. An application under paragraph 1 shall be in writing, accompanied by any fee prescribed in respect of the application under section 8 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 and shall contain—E+W
(a)the name and address of the applicant and any other address to which correspondence should be sent and the applicant’s telephone number;
(b)the address of the site of the combustion plant, the rated thermal input (in megawatts) and the fuel used in the plant; and
(c)the condition which the applicant wishes to be included in the permit, being a condition referred to in regulation 4(2) [F5or (3).]
Textual Amendments
F5Words in Sch. 1 para. 2 added (29.8.2014) by The Sulphur Content of Liquid Fuels (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1975), regs. 1(1), 8(4)
3. An applicant may withdraw his application at any time before it is determined.E+W
4. A local authority which receives a duly made application under paragraph 1 shall grant a sulphur content of liquid fuels permit subject to the condition identified in the application.E+W
5. A sulphur content of liquid fuels permit may be transferred by the holder of the permit to a person who intends to operate the plant to which the permit relates in place of the holder.E+W
6. The person to whom a sulphur content of liquid fuels permit is so transferred shall—E+W
(a)notify the transfer in writing to the local authority which granted the permit; and
(b)do so within 21 days of the date of the transfer.
7. The holder of a sulphur content of liquid fuels permit may surrender it to the local authority which granted it and such a surrender—E+W
(a)shall be notified in writing to the local authority within 21 days of the date of the intended surrender; and
(b)where duly notified shall take effect on the surrender date stated in the notification.
8. In this Schedule “local authority” means—E+W
(a)in Greater London, a London borough council;
(b)in England outside Greater London, a district council or, in relation to an area for which there is a county council but no district council, the county council, and the Council of the Isles of Scilly; and
(c)in Wales, a county council or county borough council.
9. Section 8 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 shall apply for the purpose of prescribing a fee in respect of an application under paragraph 1 as it applies for the purpose of prescribing a fee in respect of an application for an authorisation under Part I of that Act.E+W