The Pollution Prevention and Control (Industrial Emissions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013, Paragraph 5 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 05 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
[F15.—(1) Save as set out in sub-paragraphs (2) and (3), the prescribed date for a Part B or Part C installation or a Part B or Part C mobile plant is 7th January 2013.N.I.
(2) In the case of an installation or mobile plant, which will carry out only an activity falling within head (b) of Part C of section 1.1 of Schedule 1 and which comes into operation in the period from the operational date, the prescribed date is the operational date.
(3) In the case of an installation or mobile plant, carrying out only an activity falling within head (b) of Part C of section 1.1 of Schedule 1 and which came into operation in the period ending on the operational date, the prescribed date shall be the date on which the plant is first operated, after a substantial refurbishment first takes place in the period from the operational date.
[F2(2) In the case of an installation or mobile plant, carrying out only an activity falling within head (c) of Part C of section 1.1 of Schedule 1, for—
(a)a new medium combustion plant, the prescribed date is 20th December 2018;
(b)an existing medium combustion plant with a rated thermal input greater than 5 megawatts, the prescribed date is 1st January 2024; and
(c)an existing medium combustion plant with a rated thermal input of less than or equal to 5 megawatts, the prescribed date is 1st January 2029.]
Interpretation of Part 2
“operational date” means, the date on which the Pollution Prevention and Control (Industrial Emissions) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 come into operation;
“substantial refurbishment” means, in relation to paragraph 5, a refurbishment whose cost exceeds 50% of the investment cost for a new comparable unit, but the fitting of equipment to carry out the activity falling within head (a) of Part A of section 6.10 of Schedule 1 shall not be considered as refurbishment; and
“unit” means any boilers, furnaces, kilns, turbines or engines forming part of an installation which added together have a rated thermal input of more than 20 megawatts.]
Textual Amendments
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