# The Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025, Paragraph 12: Existing Part B PPC permits and existing solvents permits: new registration activities


(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (4), an existing Part B PPC permit or existing solvents permit which only authorises activities described in sub-paragraph (3) has effect on or after the PPC Part B sunset date as if it were a registration (within the meaning of the 2018 Regulations) (“a deemed registration”).
(2) In accordance with sub-paragraph (1)—
(a) the deemed registration is subject to the applicable standard conditions for that regulated activity or regulated activities (within the meaning of the 2018 Regulations),
(b) the operator in relation to the existing Part B PPC permit is to be treated as the authorised person in respect of the deemed registration.
(3) The activities are those described in—
(a) Part B(b)(ii), (c), (d) and (e) of section 1.2 of Chapter 1 of part 1 of schedule 1 of the 2012 Regulations (petrol vapour recovery),
(b) Part B(a)(ii) of section 3.1 of Chapter 3 of part 1 of schedule 1 of the 2012 Regulations (blending or use of cement in bulk),
(c) Part B(e) of section 3.5 of Chapter 3 of part 1 of schedule 1 of the 2012 Regulations (roadstone coating with bitumen), excluding roadstone coating with tar,
(d) Part B(a) of section 5.1 of Chapter 5 of part 1 of schedule 1 of the 2012 Regulations (incineration of biomass),
(e) Part B(b) of section 6.4 of Chapter 6 of part 1 of schedule 1 of the 2012 Regulations (vehicle respraying),
(f) Part B(a) and (b) of section 6.6 of Chapter 6 of part 1 of schedule 1 of the 2012 Regulations (timber manufacturing excluding chemical treatment),
(g) Part B(c)(i) of section 6.8 of Chapter 6 of part 1 of schedule 1 of the 2012 Regulations (fish ensiling) ,
(h) activity 12 in column 1 of table 1 of schedule 2 of the 2012 Regulations (dry cleaning).
(4) Where the operator, in relation to an existing Part B PPC permit or existing solvents permit which authorises an activity described in sub-paragraph (3), applies for a permit under the 2018 Regulations before the PPC Part B sunset date—
(a) the existing PPC Part B permit or existing solvents permit has effect from the date on which the application is made as if it were a permit (“a deemed permit”) until the application is determined under the 2018 Regulations,
(b) any condition to which the existing Part B PPC permit or existing solvents permit is subject has effect as if it were a condition attached to the deemed permit,
(c) the applicant is to be treated as the authorised person until the date on which the application is determined under the 2018 Regulations.
(5) For the purposes of regulation 7 of the 2018 Regulations, an existing Part B PPC permit or existing solvents permit which authorises an activity described in sub-paragraph (3)—
(a) to be treated as an authorisation (a “deemed authorisation”) under the 2018 Regulations,
(b) any condition to which the existing Part B PPC permit is subject has effect as if it were a condition attached to the deemed authorisation, and
(c) the operator in relation to the existing Part B PPC permit or existing solvents permit is to be treated as the authorised person in respect of the deemed authorisation,
during the period between the relevant date and the earlier of the PPC Part B sunset date or the date on which an application for a permit is made.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2025/9780111062319/schedule/23/paragraph/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-authorisations-scotland-amendment-regulations-2025/schedule-23/paragraph-12
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