Regulation 60 Power of SEPA to impose authorisations
Where it appears to SEPA that a person is carrying on (or is likely to carry on) a regulated activity which has not been authorised, SEPA may treat the activity as an activity—
which has been notified;
in respect of which an application for a registration has been made; or
in respect of which an application for a permit has been made,
as SEPA thinks fit.
Where SEPA decides to treat an activity as being notified, or as an activity in respect of which an application for a registration or permit has been made, in accordance with paragraph (1)—
any fee payable under a charging scheme for that notification or application, is payable; and
these Regulations apply as if such a notification or application had been made.
SEPA must give notice to the person who appears to SEPA to be in control of the carrying on of the activity or to the person carrying on the activity, that it is treating the activity in accordance with paragraph (1).
Where SEPA treats an activity in accordance with paragraph (1), SEPA must grant an authorisation to the person or persons it considers to be in control of the carrying on of the activity.