The Industrial Pollution Control (Applications, Appeals and Registers) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998

Variation of conditions of an authorisation

4.—(1) Any notice given to an enforcing authority under Article 11(1)(a) of the Order of a proposed relevant change in a prescribed process shall be in writing.

(2) An application to an enforcing authority under any provision of Article 11 of the Order for the variation of the conditions of an authorisation shall be in writing.

(3) A person making—

(a) a request to an enforcing authority under Article 11(1)(b) of the Order for a determination of the matters mentioned in Article 11(2); or

(b) an application to such an authority under any provision of Article 11 for the variation of the conditions of an authorisation,

shall furnish the authority with his name, address and telephone number and shall also furnish the authority—

(i) in a case where the prescribed process will not be carried on by means of mobile plant, with the address of the premises where the prescribed process will be carried on;

(ii) in a case where the process will be carried on by means of mobile plant, with the address of his principal place of business;

(iii) in all cases, with a statement of any changes as respects any information supplied under regulation 3(1)(a) to (c); and

(iv) in a case where the holder of the authorisation is a body corporate which is a subsidiary of a holding company (within the meaning of Article 4 of the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986) and the information has not already been supplied under regulation 3(1)(a), with the name of the ultimate holding company and the address of its registered or principal office.

(4) Subject to paragraph (5), a person making—

(a) a request to an enforcing authority under Article 11(1)(b) of the Order for a determination of the matters mentioned in Article 11(2); or

(b) an application to such an authority under Article 11(5) for the variation of the conditions of an authorisation,

shall also furnish the authority with—

(i) a description of any proposed change in the manner in which the prescribed process is carried on;

(ii) a statement of any changes as respects the matters dealt with in regulation 3(1)(e) to (i) which would result if any proposed change in the manner of carrying on the prescribed process were made;

(iii) any additional information he wishes the authority to take into account in considering his application; and

(iv) in the case of an application under Article (11)(5) of the Order, an indication of the variations which he wishes the authority to make.

(5) Paragraph (4) shall apply in relation to a process mentioned in regulation 3(3) as if sub-paragraph (ii) were omitted.

(6) A person making an application to an enforcing authority under Article 11(3)(b) or (4)(b) of the Order for the variation of conditions of an authorisation shall also furnish the authority with—

(a) an indication of the variations which he wishes the authority to make;

(b) a statement of the changes in any information supplied to the authority under paragraph (3); and

(c) any additional information which he wishes the authority to take into account in considering his application.

(7) A person making an application to an enforcing authority for the variation of the conditions of an authorisation under Article 11(6) of the Order shall also furnish the authority with—

(a) an indication of the variations he wishes the authority to make; and

(b) any additional information which he wishes the authority to take into account in considering his application.