Paragraph 206 Pollution Prevention and Control (Scotland) Regulations 2012

Part 2 of Schedule 4 to the Pollution Prevention and Control (Scotland) Regulations 2012 M1 is amended as follows.

For paragraph 13(d) substitute—

“(d)

in the case of a permit for an installation on a site—

(i)

in respect of which a nuclear site licence is required under section 1 of the Nuclear Installations Act 1965; or

(ii)

which is a relevant nuclear site and in respect of which—

(aa)

a major accident prevention policy document is required under regulation 5 of the Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations 1999 (“the 1999 Regulations”); or

(bb)

a safety report is required under regulation 7 of the 1999 Regulations,

the Office for Nuclear Regulation;

(da)

in the case of a permit for an installation on a site in respect of which—

(i)

a major accident prevention policy document is required under regulation 5 of the 1999 Regulations; or

(ii)

a safety report is required under regulation 7 of the 1999 Regulations,

the Health and Safety Executive unless the application is required to be given to the Office for Nuclear Regulation under sub-paragraph (d).”.

After paragraph 13 insert—

“13A

For the purposes of paragraph 13 a site is a relevant nuclear site if it is—

(a)

an authorised defence site (within the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the Health and Safety (Enforcing Authority) Regulations 1998); or

(b)

a new nuclear build site (within the meaning given in regulation 2A of those Regulations).”.