The Pollution Prevention and Control (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2003

• Citation: S.I. 2003/1699
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Pollution Prevention and Control (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 30th July 2003.

Section 2 Amendment of the Pollution Prevention and Control (England and Wales) Regulations 2000

(1) The Pollution Prevention and Control (England and Wales) Regulations 2000 are amended as follows.

(2) In Section 2.3 in Part 1 of Schedule 1 (Surface Treating Metals and Plastic Materials)—

(a) in paragraph (a) of Part A(1) before the word “surface” there are inserted the words “Unless falling within Part A(2) of this Section,”;

(b) in Part A(2), the word “Nil” is replaced by the following paragraph—

(a) Surface treating metals and plastic materials using an electrolytic or chemical process where the aggregated volume of the treatment vats is more than 30m3 and where the activity is carried out at the same installation as one or more activities falling within—

(i) Part A(2) or B of Section 2.1 (Ferrous Metals);

(ii) Part A(2) or B of Section 2.2 (Non-Ferrous Metals); or

(iii) Part A(2) or B of Section 6.4 (Coating Activities, Printing and Textile Treatments)

(c) in paragraph (a) of Part B, after the words “Part A(1)” there are inserted the words “or A(2)”.

(3) In the Table in paragraph 2(2) of Part 1 of Schedule 3, after the words—

there are inserted the words—

Section 3 Transitional Provision

Where an application for a permit is made before commencement in relation to a Part A(1) installation or Part A(1) mobile plant and by virtue of these Regulations the installation or mobile plant becomes a Part A(2) installation or Part A(2) mobile plant, anything duly done in relation to the application (including the grant of a permit) shall be treated as if it had been duly done in relation to an application for a permit made immediately after commencement.