Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Pollution Prevention and Control (England and Wales) Regulations 2000.
Those Regulations provide for operators of installations carrying out the activities listed in paragraph (a) of Part A(1) of Section 6.4 of Schedule 1 to those Regulations (applying or removing coatings containing tributyltin or triphenyltin compounds in certain boatyards) to apply between 1st May and 31st July 2002 to the Environment Agency for permits to continue operations after 31st July 2002.
Regulation 2 defers until 1st January to 31st March 2007 the period within which operators of installations carrying out those activities may apply for permits to continue operations. It defers to 31st March 2007 the date after which operations must otherwise cease.
Regulation 3 provides that these Regulations shall have no effect in respect of installations for which applications for permits were submitted between 1st May 2002 and 25th July 2002 (inclusive).