Variation of period for consideration of applications by district councils
4.—(1) Subject to paragraph (3), in the case of an application to which paragraph (2) applies, for the period mentioned in paragraph 5(1) of Schedule 1 to the 1997 Order there shall be substituted, the period of two months beginning with the day on which the enforcing authority received the application.
(2) This paragraph applies to an application for an authorisation to carry on any process which—
(a)is not an existing process;
(b)falls within the description set out in paragraph (c) of Part C of section 1.3 of Schedule 1 to the Industrial Pollution Control (Prescribed Processes and Substances) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 (burning waste oil to produce energy);
(c)involves only the use of one or more appliances having a net rated thermal input, or aggregate net rated thermal input, not exceeding 0.4 megawatts; and
(d)does not involve the burning of waste oil generated otherwise than as a result of activities carried on by the applicant on the premises where the process is to be carried on.
(3) In the case of an application to which paragraph (2) applies and to which Article 5(2) also applies the period mentioned in paragraph (1) shall begin with the day on which the matters to be determined under Articles 21 or 22 of the 1997 Order are finally disposed of.