Regulation 24 Transitional provision: application of regulation 5 to exempt facilities subject to storage limits

(1)

This regulation applies where—

(a)

before 6th July 2027 an exempt waste operation is registered for the purposes of Schedule 2 to the EPR 2016,

(b)

by virtue of regulation 5 of the EPR 2016, as amended by regulation 13 of these Regulations, the exempt waste operation will no longer be an exempt waste operation on and after 6th July 2027, and

(c)

the operator has, before 6th July 2027, made an application to the regulator for the grant of an environmental permit under regulation 13(1) of the EPR 2016 in respect of the exempt waste operation in question (the “permit application”).

(2)

Where this regulation applies, the waste operation is to be treated as an exempt waste operation for the purposes of the EPR 2016 on and after 6th July 2027, until the determination of the permit application referred to in paragraph (1)(c).

(3)

In this regulation—

“exempt waste operation” has the meaning given in regulation 5 of the EPR 2016;
“operator” has the meaning given in regulation 7 of the EPR 2016.