The Pollution Prevention and Control (England and Wales) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2006
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2006/2311 |
| Year | 2006 |
2006 No. 2311
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, ENGLAND
The Pollution Prevention and Control (England and Wales) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2006
Made 23th August 2006
Laid before Parliament 29th August 2006
Coming into force 1st October 2006
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2 of the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 19991.
In accordance with section 2(4) of that Act, he has consulted the Environment Agency, such bodies or persons appearing to him to be representative of the interests of local government, industry, agriculture and small businesses respectively as he considers appropriate and such other bodies and persons as he considers appropriate.
Citation, commencement and application
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Pollution Prevention and Control (England and Wales) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2006 and come into force on 1st October 2006.
(2) These Regulations apply in England only.
Amendment to the Pollution Prevention and Control (England and Wales) Regulations 2000
2.—(1) The Pollution Prevention and Control (England and Wales) Regulations 20002are amended as follows.
(2) Part 1 of Schedule 1 (Activities, Installations and Mobile Plant) is amended as follows—
(a)
(a) in Part B of Section 1.2 (Gasification, Liquefaction and Refining Activities)—
(i) after paragraph (d) add—
“(e)
“(e) Motor vehicle refuelling activities at existing service stations, if the petrol refuelling throughput at the service station in any period of twelve months commencing on or after 1st January 2007 is, or is likely to be, 3500m³ or more.
(f)
(f) Motor vehicle refuelling activities at new service stations, if the petrol refuelling throughput at the service station in any period of twelve months is likely to be 500m³ or more.”;
(ii) under the heading “Interpretation of Part B”, in paragraph 1 after the words “In this Part” insert—
““existing service station” means a service station—
(a) which is put into operation; or
(b) for which planning permission under the Town and Country Planning Act 19903was granted,
before 31st December 2009;;”;
(iii) under the heading “Interpretation of Part B”, in paragraph 1 before the definition of “petrol” insert—
“ “new service station” means a service station which is put into operation on or after 31st December 2009 other than an existing service station;”;
(b)
(b) In paragraph (f) of Part A(1) of Section 5.1 (Incineration and Co-incineration of Waste), after “burning” insert “landfill gas or”;
(c)
(c) In paragraph 4 of Part B of Section 7 (SED Activities)—
(i) for the words “coming into force of these Regulations”, on the first occasion when they appear, substitute the words “20th January 2004”;
(ii) in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) for the words “date of coming into force of these Regulations” substitute the words “20 January 2004”.
(3) Schedule 3 (Prescribed Date and Transitional Arrangements) is amended as follows—
(a)
(a) in Part 3 (SED Installations)—
(i) in paragraph 13(1), after “paragraphs” insert “13A,”;
(ii) after paragraph 13 insert—
“13A.—(1) An operator of an existing SED installation—
(a)
(a) involving only dry cleaning as defined in paragraph (2) of Part B of Section 7 of Part 1 of Schedule 1 (SED Activities), by means of coin-operated dry cleaners; and
(b)
(b) in respect of which no application for a permit to operate the...
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