Transitional provisions
4. Part 1 of Schedule 3 to the 2003 Regulations shall apply in relation to any installation or mobile plant which by virtue of these Regulations becomes a Part A installation or Part A mobile plant (but which would otherwise not have been an installation or mobile plant or would have been a Part B or Part C installation or Part B or Part C mobile plant) as if –
(a)in paragraph 4 sub-paragraph (1) were omitted; and
(b)in paragraph 6 –
(i)for the definition of “existing” there were substituted –
““existing” means, in relation to a Part A installation or a Part A mobile plant –
(a)an installation or mobile plant which is put into operation pursuant to a relevant authorisation granted where required, before 28th December 2002; or
(b)an installation or mobile plant, which is put into operation on or after that date if –
(i)its operation was authorised by a relevant authorisation before that date; or
(ii)an application for such authorisation was duly made before that date”;”
(ii)in the definition of “new” for “31st October 1999” there were substituted “28th December 2002”; and
(iii)in the definition of “relevant authorisation” for “31st October 1999” (in both places where it occurs) there were substituted “28th December 2002”.