The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2012
Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
Citation | SI 2012/630 |
- (1) The regulator may transfer to a proposed transferee an environmental permit or any part of an environmental permit—
- (a) if the operator is one individual (A) and the regulator is satisfied that A cannot be found, on the application of the proposed transferee only,
- (b) if the operator is two or more individuals (A and B) and the regulator is satisfied that A cannot be found, on the joint application of B and the proposed transferee, or
- (c) otherwise, on the joint application of the operator and the proposed transferee.
- (4) The regulator may transfer to a proposed transferee an environmental permit to which paragraph (1) does not apply, or any part of that permit—
- (a) if the operator is one individual (A) and the regulator is satisfied that A cannot be found, on the notification of the proposed transferee only;
- (b) unless sub-paragraph (c) applies, if the operator is two or more individuals (A and B) and the regulator is satisfied that A cannot be found, on the joint notification of B and the proposed transferee;
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(c) if the operator is two or more individuals (A and B) and the proposed transferee is two or more individuals (B and C) , where B is both an operator and a proposed transferee—
(i) on the joint notification of A and C, or (ii) if the regulator is satisfied that A cannot be found, on the notification of C only; or - (d) otherwise, on the joint notification of the operator and the proposed transferee.
- (1) This regulation applies if—
- (a) an environmental permit authorising the operation of a regulated facility is held by one individual (“A”) ; and
- (b) A dies.
- (1) The Secretary of State, in relation to England, must from time to time—
- (a) carry out a review of these Regulations;
- (b) set out the conclusions of the review in a report; and
- (c) publish the report.
- “anaerobic digestion” means the mesophilic and thermophilic biological decomposition and stabilisation of biodegradable materials which—
- (a) is carried on under controlled anaerobic conditions,
- (b) produces a methane-rich gas mixture, and
- (c) results in stable sanitised material that can be applied to land for the benefit of agriculture or to improve the soil structure or nutrients in land; and
- “recovered oil” means waste oil which has been processed but which has not ceased to be waste.
- “anaerobic digestion” means the mesophilic and thermophilic biological decomposition and stabilisation of biodegradable materials which—
- (a) is carried on under controlled anaerobic conditions,
- (b) produces a methane-rich gas mixture, and
- (c) results in stable sanitised material that can be applied to land for the benefit of agriculture or to improve the soil structure or nutrients in land; and
- “recovered oil” means waste oil which has been processed but which has not ceased to be waste.
- (a) gas produced by biological degradation of waste in a landfill that is not listed in Part 2 of this Schedule,
- (b) gas produced as a result of the anaerobic digestion of biodegradable waste, and
- (c) fuel which has ceased to be waste.
- “fuel” excludes—
- (a) gas produced by biological degradation of waste, and
- (b) fuel which has ceased to be waste.
- “fuel” excludes—
- (a) gas produced by biological degradation of waste, and
- (b) fuel which has ceased to be waste.
- (e) Producing gas from oil or other carbonaceous material or from mixtures of oil and other carbonaceous material, unless the production is carried...
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