Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999 (Version in vigour from 2022-01-09 to )
Currency | No known outstanding effects |
Coming into Force | 09 January 2022 |
Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control) ;regulating F17, otherwise than in pursuance of that Directive, activities which are capable of causing any environmental pollution;otherwise preventing or controlling emissions capable of causing any such pollution.(2) In this Act—
- “activities” means activities of any nature, whether—
- (a) industrial or commercial or other activities, or
- (b) carried on on particular premises or otherwise,
- “environmental pollution” means pollution of the air, water or land which may give rise to any harm; and for the purposes of this definition (but without prejudice to its generality) —
- (a) “pollution” includes pollution caused by noise, heat or vibrations or any other kind of release of energy, and
- (b) “air” includes air within buildings and air within other natural or man-made structures above or below ground.
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