The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2013

Regulation 12 (requirement for an environmental permit)

10.  In regulation 12 of the principal Regulations, after paragraph (5)(1) insert—

“(6) Paragraph (1)(a) does not apply until 7th July 2015 in relation to the Part A activities to which paragraph (7) applies, provided that—

(a) the installation at which the activity is carried on is in operation before 7th January 2013, and

(b) the activity is not a Part A activity before that date.

(7) The Part A activities to which this paragraph applies are those falling within—

(a) paragraph (d) of Section 1.2 (in relation to the gasification or liquefaction of fuels other than coal);

(b) Chapter 4 (in relation to the biological processing of chemicals);

(c) Section 5.3 (in relation to the recovery of hazardous waste in an installation with a capacity over 10 tonnes per day by biological or physico-chemical treatment, blending, mixing or repackaging, or surface impoundment);

(d) paragraph (a) of Section 5.4 (in relation to the disposal of non-hazardous waste by biological or physico-chemical treatment, pre-treatment for incineration or co-incineration, treatment of slags and ashes or treatment in shredders of metal waste);

(e) paragraph (b) of Section 5.4 (in relation to the recovery or a mix of recovery and disposal of non-hazardous waste by biological treatment, pre-treatment for incineration or co-incineration, treatment of slags and ashes or treatment in shredders of metal waste);

(f) Section 5.6 (temporary or underground storage of hazardous waste);

(g) Section 5.7 (independently operated treatment of waste water);

(h) Section 6.6 (preservation of wood and wood based products with chemicals);

(i) paragraph (d) of Section 6.8 (treatment and processing of animal and vegetable raw materials for food and feed).”.

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Substituted by S.I. 2011/2043.