{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-authorisations-scotland-regulations-2018/schedule-27/paragraph-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-authorisations-scotland-regulations-2018/schedule-27/paragraph-6.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2018/219",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-authorisations-scotland-regulations-2018",
  "path": "schedule/27/paragraph/6",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Applications for medium combustion activity authorisations",
  "text": "An application for an authorisation and a notification for operating a medium combustion plant must include—\n(a) the name of the applicant and the address of the applicant’s registered or principal office,\n(b) the address of the plant (or site upon which the plant is located),\n(c) the rated thermal input (in megawatts) of the plant,\n(d) the type of medium combustion plant (diesel engine, gas turbine, dual fuel engine, other engine or other medium combustion plant),\n(e) the type and share of fuels used (according to the categories in Part 3 of this schedule),\n(f) the date of the start of the operation of the medium combustion plant or, where the exact date of the start of the operation is unknown, proof of the fact that the operation started before 20 December 2018,\n(g) the sector of activity of the medium combustion plant or the facility in which it is applied (SIC Code),\n(h) the expected number of annual operating hours of the medium combustion plant and average load in use,\n(i) if required for the purposes of an exemption from compliance with emission limit values, a declaration signed by the Authorised person that the plant will not be operated for more than 500 hours or 1000 hours per year (calculated as a rolling average over a period of 5 years) or 500 hours per year (calculated as a rolling average over a period of 3 years), as appropriate.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 27 inserted (1.11.2025) by The Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/165), reg. 1(2), sch. 18 (with sch. 23)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2018/219/schedule/27/paragraph/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:11:56.403037+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}