# The Pollution Prevention and Control (Scotland) Regulations 2012, PART A


(a) Refining gas including natural gas or its products,
(b) Production of coke,
(c) Pyrolysis, carbonisation, distillation, gasification, liquefaction, partial oxidisation or other heat treatment of coal (other than drying of coal), lignite, oil, or other carbonaceous material or mixtures, otherwise than with a view to making charcoal,
(d) Gasification or liquefaction of fuels other than as described in paragraph (c) in installations with a total rated thermal input of 20 megawatts or more,
(e) The refining of mineral oils, or the loading, unloading or other handling of, the storage of, or other physical, chemical or thermal treatment of—
(i) crude oil, or
(ii) stabilised crude petroleum.
(f) Purifying or refining any of the products of an activity mentioned in paragraph (a) or its conversion into a different product.
Nothing in paragraph (c) or (f) refers to the use of any substance as a fuel or its incineration or pyrolysis as a waste or to any activity for the treatment of sewage sludge.
In paragraph (c), the heat treatment of oil does not include heat treatment of waste oil or waste emulsions containing oil in order to recover the oil from aqueous emulsions.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2012/9780111018514/schedule/1/part/1/chapter/1/crossheading/2-part-a (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-pollution-prevention-and-control-scotland-regulations-2012/schedule-1/part-1/chapter-1/crossheading-2-part-a
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