The Pollution Prevention and Control (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2007
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2007 No. 713
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, ENGLAND AND WALES
The Pollution Prevention and Control (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2007
Made 6th March 2007
Laid before Parliament 9th March 2007
Coming into force 6th April 2007
These Regulations are made in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2 of the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 19991.
The Secretary of State, in relation to England, and the National Assembly for Wales, in relation to Wales, have in accordance with section 2(4) of that Act consulted the Environment Agency, such bodies or persons appearing to them to be representative of the interests of local government, industry, agriculture and small businesses as they consider appropriate, and such other bodies and persons as they consider appropriate.
Accordingly, the Secretary of State, in relation to England, and the National Assembly for Wales, in relation to Wales2, make the following Regulations—
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Pollution Prevention and Control (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 and come into force on 6th April 2007.
Amendment to the Pollution Prevention and Control (England and Wales) Regulations 2000
2. In Section 1.1 (combustion activities) of Part 1 of Schedule 1 (activities, installations and mobile plant) to the Pollution Prevention and Control (England and Wales) Regulations 20003under the heading “Interpretation of Part A(1)”, after paragraph 4 add—
“5. In paragraph (b)(iii), “fuel” does not include gas produced by biological degradation of waste in a landfill that does not require a permit under these Regulations.”.
Dafydd Ellis-Thomas
Presiding Officer
National Assembly for Wales
6th March 2007
Ben Bradshaw
Minister of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
6th March 2007
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Pollution Prevention and Control (England and Wales) Regulations 2000 (“the 2000 Regulations”).
Regulation 2 amends Part A(1) of Section 1.1 (combustion activities) of Part 1 of Schedule 1 by excluding waste gases produced by biological degradation in a landfill that does not require a permit under the 2000 Regulations from the definition of fuel in paragraph (b)(iii). A landfill gas engine appliance with a rated...
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