Regulation 3 Management of hydrolysis facilities

(1)

Each hydrolysis authority must—

(a)

prepare and maintain a hydrolysis facility management plan in accordance with paragraph (3) (“the Plan”) in relation to each hydrolysis facility for which it is the hydrolysis authority,

(b)

ensure that the hydrolysis facility is managed and operated in accordance with the Plan.

(2)

A hydrolysis authority must make arrangements for the Plan to be available for inspection by—

(a)

a person appointed under section 89(1)(ba) (inspectors of hydrolysis) of the Act^f1,

(b)

members of the public.

(3)

For the purposes of this regulation a Plan is a document which is prepared and maintained by the hydrolysis authority with responsibility for the management of the hydrolysis facility and which contains provision about the matters specified in paragraph (4).

(4)

The matters are—

(a)

the name, address and business hours of the hydrolysis facility,

(b)

procedures for—

(i)

the carrying out of hydrolyses,

(ii)

dealing with any unexpected increase in the number of hydrolyses,

(iii)

the operation, and servicing, of all equipment used in the hydrolysis process,

(iv)

the disposal of effluent from the hydrolysis process,

(v)

the disposal of powder,

(vi)

contingency arrangements for any unexpected disruption to, or loss of, services,

(c)

the review of the Plan.

(5)

The Plan must be—

(a)

prepared prior to the first application (as defined in section 59 (new hydrolysis facility: notice) of the Act ^f2) being determined,

(b)

reviewed at least every 12 months thereafter.

(6)

In paragraph (4)(a) “address” includes the email address (if any) of the hydrolysis facility.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Section 89(1)(ba) is inserted by S.S.I. 2026/XXX.
f2: Section 59 is applied in relation to hydrolysis by regulation 2, as if modified in accordance with paragraph 15 of schedule 1, of S.S.I. 2026/XXX.