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Paragraph 5 Burning waste as a fuel in small appliances

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(1)

Burning waste as a fuel in an appliance if—

(a)

the appliance has a net rated thermal input of less than 0.4 megawatts; or

(b)

the appliance is used together with other appliances (whether or not it is operated simultaneously with such other appliances) and the aggregate net rated thermal input of all the appliances is less than 0.4 megawatts.

(2)

Secure storage of waste intended to be submitted to such burning.

(3)

In this paragraph, “net rated thermal input” means the rate at which fuel can be burned at the maximum continuous rating of the appliance multiplied by the net calorific value of the fuel and expressed as megawatts thermal.