ExemptionsE+W
6.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), these Regulations do not apply to a [F1silo or slurry storage system]—
(a)which, before 1 March 1991, was being used for the purpose of [F2making silage or storing slurry];
(b)where it was not used before 1 March 1991 for that purpose, it was constructed before that date for such use; or
(c)in relation to which—
(i)a contract for its construction, substantial enlargement or substantial reconstruction was entered into before 1 March 1991, or
(ii)such work was commenced before that date, and
and in either case the work was completed before 1 September 1991.
(2) These Regulations apply to a [F3silo or slurry storage system] meeting the requirements of paragraph (1) if any requirement of a notice under regulation 7 is not complied with within the period stated in the notice.
(3) Any reference in paragraph (2) to the period stated in a notice is to that period as extended if it has been extended under regulation 7(6)(b) or by virtue of regulation 8(6) and any reference in those paragraphs to a requirement of a notice is to that requirement as modified if it has been modified under regulation 7(6).
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 6(1) substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(4)(5) of the amending S.I.) by The Water Resources (Control of Pollution) (Oil Storage) (Wales) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/359), regs. 1(3), 12(5) (with reg. 3)
F2Words in reg. 6(1)(a) substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(4)(5) of the amending S.I.) by The Water Resources (Control of Pollution) (Oil Storage) (Wales) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/359), regs. 1(3), 12(6) (with reg. 3)
F3Words in reg. 6(2) substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(4)(5) of the amending S.I.) by The Water Resources (Control of Pollution) (Oil Storage) (Wales) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/359), regs. 1(3), 12(7) (with reg. 3)
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 6 in force at 18.6.2010, see reg. 1(2)