Large Combustion Plant (Control of Emissions) (Scotland) Regulations 1991
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1991/562 |
| Year | 1991 |
1991 No. 562 (S.47)
HEALTH AND SAFETY
The Large Combustion Plant (Control of Emissions) (Scotland) Regulations 1991
Made 8th March 1991
Laid before Parliament 12th March 1991
Coming into force 1st April 1991
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 1(1)(d), 15(1), (2), (3)(c), (4) and (8) and 82(3) of, and paragraphs 13(1) and (3) and 15(1) and (2) of Schedule 3 to, the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 19741and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and after consulting, in accordance with section 50(1) of that Act2, the Health and Safety Commission and such other bodies as it appeared to him to be appropriate to consult, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation, extent and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Large Combustion Plant (Control of Emissions) (Scotland) Regulations 1991, shall extend to Scotland only, and shall come into force on 1st April 1991.
Interpretation
2. In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974;
“chief inspector” means an inspector so appointed for the purposes of these Regulations by the Secretary of State under section 19 of the Act;
“emission” means the discharge of substances into the air;
“operator” means any natural or legal person who operates the plant or who has or has been delegated decisive economic power over it;
“plant” means existing plant within the meaning of Council Directive 88/609/EEC3;
“HMIPI Register” means the register of plant emission limits issued by Her Majesty’s Industrial Pollution Inspectorate with reference to the UK national plan made by the Secretary of State under section 3(5) of the Environmental Protection Act 19904on 20 December 1990 and any reference in these Regulations to the HMIPI Register means that register as revised or re-issued from time to time;
“reporting period” means such period of not less than 28, and not more than 35, days as the operator may, with the approval of the chief inspector, determine.
Maximum emission levels for existing plants
3. lt shall be the duty of the operator of each plant to ensure that the emissions of sulphur dioxide and oxides of nitrogen from the plant during the period from 1st April 1991 until 31st December 1991 and during 1992 do not exceed the maximum permitted levels specified for that plant in...
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