The Pollution Prevention and Control (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2005 No. 454

ENVIRONMENT

The Pollution Prevention and Control (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005

Made

14th October 2005

Coming into operation

1st November 2005

The Department of the Environment, in exercise of the powers conferred upon it by Article 4 of the Environment (Northern Ireland) Order 2002(1), and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf and, in accordance with Article 4(4) of that Order, having consulted district councils and such bodies or persons appearing to it to be representative of the interests of district councils as it considers appropriate, such bodies or persons appearing to it to be representative of the interests of industry, agriculture and business as it considers appropriate and such other bodies or persons as it considers appropriate, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement N.I.

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Pollution Prevention and Control (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 and shall come into operation on 1st November 2005.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 1 in operation at 1.11.2005, see reg. 1

Amendment to the Pollution Prevention and Control Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 N.I.

2.—(1) The Pollution Prevention and Control Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003(2) shall be amended as follows.

(2) For the definition of “vehicle refinishing” in paragraph (2) of Section 7 (SED Activities) of Part 1 of Schedule 1 (Activities, Installations and Mobile Plant) to the 2003 Regulations substitute the following:

““vehicle refinishing” means any industrial or commercial coating activity and associated degreasing activities performing—

(i)

the original coating of road vehicles as defined in Directive 70/156/EEC or part of them with refinishing-type materials, where this is carried out away from the original manufacturing line; or

(ii)

the coating of trailers (including semi-trailers) (category O);”.

Commencement Information

I2 Reg. 2 in operation at 1.11.2005, see reg. 1

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 14th October 2005.

L.S.

Ian T. Maye

A Senior Officer of the

Department of the Environment

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

These Regulations amend the Pollution Prevention and Control Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003.

They are made to take account of S.I. 2005 2773 “The VOCs in Paints, Varnishes and Vehicle Refinishing Products Regulations 2005” which implement Directive 2004/42/CE (“the VOCs in Paints Directive”) on the limitation of emissions of volatile organic compounds due to the use of organic solvents in certain paints, varnishes and vehicle refinishing products, and amending Directive 1999/13/EC (“the Solvent Emissions Directive”).

These Regulations delete from the scope of the 2003 Regulations one category of “vehicle refinishing” which has been removed by Article 13 of the VOCs in Paints Directive.

(1)

S.I. 2002/3153 (N.I. 7)

(2)

S.R. 2003 No. 46; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 2004 No. 36