4.—(1) For the purposes of regulation 3(1) of the principal Regulations, the prescribed date in respect of a process falling within paragraph (b) of Part B of Section 1.4 shall be—
(a)30th November 1996, where the process is carried on at a new service station;
(b)where the process is carried on at a transitional service station, whichever is the later of the following—
(i)31st January 1997;
(ii)where application for authorisation to carry on the process is duly made to the enforcing authority in accordance with section 6 of the Act before 1st February 1997, the determination date for that process;
(c)where the process is carried on at an existing service station—
(i)31st December 1998, where the largest total annual quantity of petrol loaded into stationary storage tanks at the service station during the three preceding years is greater than 1,000m3/year, or where the service station is located under permanent living quarters or working areas;
(ii)31st December 2001, where the largest total annual quantity of petrol loaded into stationary storage tanks at the service station during the three preceding years is greater than 500m3/year but no greater than 1,000m3/year;
(iii)31st December 2004, in any other case.
(2) Application for authorisation under section 6 of the Act to carry on a process falling within sub-paragraph (1)(c) above shall be made no earlier than 15 months before the date which, by virtue of that sub-paragraph, is the prescribed date.
(3) In this paragraph—
(a)an “existing service station” means one which was in operation, or for the construction of which planning permission was granted, before 31st December 1995;
(b)a “transitional service station” means one which—
(i)is not an existing service station; but
(ii)is in operation, or for the construction of which planning permission is granted, before 1st December 1996;
(c)a “new service station” means one which is not an existing service station or a transitional service station;
(d)expressions which are also used in Part B of Section 1.4 have the same meaning as in that Part of that Section; and
(e)other expressions which are also used in the Directive have the same meaning as in the Directive.