{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-amendment-regulations-2009/regulation-20",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2009/9780111479360",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-amendment-regulations-2009",
  "path": "regulation/20",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Amendment of Schedule 5 (environmental permits)",
  "text": "(1) Schedule 5 (environmental permits) is amended as follows.\n(2) In paragraph 1, omit the definition of “regulator initiated variation”.\n(3) For paragraph 5(1), substitute—\n“(1) Paragraph 6 applies to every application for the grant of an environmental permit except an application in relation to—\n(a) mobile plant;\n(b) a standard facility, unless the facility is a Part A installation; or\n(c) a mining waste operation not involving a mining waste facility to which Article 7 of the Mining Waste Directive applies.”.\n(4) In paragraph 10(2)—\n(a) in sub-paragraph (a), for “Article 17 of the IPPC Directive” substitute “the relevant Directive Article”;\n(b) in sub-paragraph (b), for “relevant matters”, substitute “relevant information”.\n(5) For paragraph 10(4), substitute—\n“(4) In this paragraph—\n“member State” includes Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway but only to the extent that there is a relevant application or regulator initiated variation which relates to the carrying on at an installation of an activity listed in the IPPC Directive;\n“relevant application” means an application—\n(a) for the grant of an environmental permit; or\n(b) to vary an environmental permit,\nin relation to an installation described in sub-paragraph (5) or a Category A mining waste facility;\n“relevant Directive Article” means —\n(a) in the case of an application in relation to an installation described in sub-paragraph (5), Article 18 of the IPPC Directive;\n(b) in the case of an application in relation to a Category A mining waste facility, Article 16 of the Mining Waste Directive;\n“relevant information” means—\n(a) where the relevant application or regulator initiated variation relates to an installation described in sub-paragraph (5), a matter in paragraph 1 of Annex V of the IPPC Directive;\n(b) where it relates to a Category A mining waste facility, the information required under Article 16 of the Mining Waste Directive.”.\n(6) After paragraph 10(4), add—\n“(5) The description in this sub-paragraph is an installation at which there is carried on an activity listed in Annex 1 of the IPPC Directive.”.\n(7) For paragraph 16(2), substitute—\n“(2) The period starts—\n(a) in the case of an application for the grant or variation of an environmental permit in relation to a Category A mining waste facility, on the day the regulator is notified by the relevant emergency planner of the matters referred to in paragraph 14(1) of Schedule 18B and for these purposes “relevant emergency planner” has the meaning given in paragraph 2 of that Schedule, but if paragraph 10 of this Schedule applies, this does not have effect until the appropriate authority has complied with paragraph 10(3) of this Schedule;\n(b) if paragraph 10 of this Schedule applies and the application is not one covered by sub-paragraph (a), on the day the appropriate authority complies with paragraph 10(3) of this Schedule;\n(c) in all other cases, on the day the regulator receives a duly-made application.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2009/9780111479360/regulation/20",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}