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(1)A plant is exempt in relation to a nutrient pollution standard if—
(a)it has a capacity of less than a population equivalent of 2000 when the designation of the associated catchment area takes effect,
(b)it has been designated by the Secretary of State as exempt in relation to the standard, or
(c)it is exempt in relation to the standard under regulations under subsection (8).
This is subject to subsection (2).
(2)The Secretary of State may designate a plant as not being exempt in relation to a nutrient pollution standard, unless—
(a)the plant has a capacity of less than a population equivalent of 250, and
(b)the designation takes effect after the designation of the associated catchment area takes effect.
(3)A designation under subsection (1)(b) or (2)—
(a)must be in writing,
(b)must be published as soon as practicable after being made, and
(c)takes effect—
(i)on the day specified in the designation, or
(ii)if none is specified, on the day on which it is made.
(4)A designation under subsection (2) that takes effect after the designation of the associated catchment area takes effect must specify the upgrade date (see section 96E(2)(a)).
The upgrade date must be at least 7 years after the designation under subsection (2) takes effect.
(5)A designation under subsection (2) may specify the concentration that applies to a plant in relation to a nutrient pollution standard instead of the standard concentration.
(6)Before specifying a concentration under subsection (5), the Secretary of State must consult the Environment Agency.
(7)A concentration specified under subsection (5) ceases to have effect if, after the day on which the designation is made, the plant again becomes an exempt plant.
(8)The Secretary of State may by regulations specify plants or descriptions of plant that are to be exempt in relation to a nutrient pollution standard.
(9)Subsections (10) and (11) apply where a plant that is exempt under regulations under subsection (8) can, by virtue of the regulations, cease to be exempt.
(10)The regulations must specify or provide for determining the upgrade date (see section 96E(2)(b)) in relation to any plant that ceases, by virtue of the regulations, to be an exempt plant in relation to a standard after the designation of the associated catchment area takes effect.
The upgrade date must be at least 7 years after the plant ceases to be exempt in relation to the standard.
(11)The regulations may provide for the Secretary of State to specify the concentration that applies to a plant that ceases, by virtue of the regulations, to be an exempt plant in relation to a nutrient pollution standard instead of the standard concentration; and, if such provision is made, the regulations must—
(a)require that the Secretary of State consult the Environment Agency before specifying a concentration;
(b)provide for any specified concentration to cease to have effect if, after the day on which the plant ceases to be an exempt plant, the plant again becomes an exempt plant.
(12)A designation under subsection (2) in relation to a plant and a nutrient pollution standard is of no effect if the plant ceases, by virtue of regulations under subsection (8), to be exempt in relation to the standard before, or at the same time as, the designation would otherwise take effect.
(13)In this section “population equivalent” has the meaning given by regulation 2(1) of the Urban Waste Water Treatment (England and Wales) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/2841).
(14)References in this section to the designation of an associated catchment area are to its designation as a sensitive catchment area.]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 96B-96N inserted (26.12.2023) by Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c. 55), ss. 168(1), 255(6) (with s. 247)
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