Exemptions6

1

Subject to paragraph (2), these Regulations do not apply to a silo, slurry storage system or fuel storage tank—

a

which, before 1st March 1991, was being used for the purpose of making silage, storing slurry or, as the case may be, storing fuel oil;

b

where it was not used before 1st March 1991 for that purpose, it was constructed before that date for such use; or

c

in relation to which—

i

a contract for its construction, substantial enlargement or substantial reconstruction was entered into before 1st March 1991, or

ii

such work was commenced before that date, and

and in either case the work was completed before 1st September 1991.

2

These Regulations apply to a silo, slurry storage system or fuel storage tank meeting the requirements of paragraph (1) if any requirement of a notice under regulation 7 is not complied with within the period stated in the notice.

3

Any reference in paragraph (2) to the period stated in a notice is to that period as extended if it has been extended under regulation 7(5)(b) or by virtue of regulation 8(6) and any reference in those paragraphs to a requirement of a notice is to that requirement as modified if it has been modified under regulation 7(5).