Regulation 17 Amendment of regulation 31 (revocation of permits and registrations)

For regulation 31(revocation of permits and registrations), substitute—

“31.

(1)

SEPA may at any time revoke (in whole or in part) a permit or registration by—

(a)

serving a notice (a “revocation notice”) on the authorised person, or

(b)

where paragraph (2) or (3) applies—

(i)

publishing a revocation notice on its website, and

(ii)

sending a copy of the revocation notice to the last known address of the authorised person.

(2)

This paragraph applies where the authorised person is a sole operator who has died and—

(a)

an executor has not been appointed to that person’s estate, or

(b)

following the appointment of an executor, the estate has been wound up and the executor discharged.

(3)

This paragraph applies where the authorised person is a body corporate that has been dissolved.

(4)

In this regulation—

• “dissolved” means dissolved under the law of Scotland, England and Wales, or Northern Ireland (whether or not by a process referred to as dissolution),

• “wound up” means wound up under the law of Scotland, England and Wales or Northern Ireland.”.