Regulation 61 Power to require the provision of information

(1)

For the purposes of discharging its functions under these Regulations, an appropriate authority, regulator, exemption registration authority or exemption authority, by notice served on any person, may require that person to provide such information in such form and within such period as is specified in the notice.

(2)

A notice under paragraph (1) may require a person to provide any information on emissions where that requirement is reasonable, including the provision of information—

(a)

not in the person's possession, and

(b)

which would not usually come into the person's possession.

(3)

For the purposes of this regulation the discharge by the appropriate authority of—

(a)

an obligation F1under F2assimilated law, or

(b)

an international obligation of the United Kingdom,

must be treated as a function of the authority under these Regulations.

(4)

For the purposes of this regulation the compilation of an inventory of emissions (whether or not from a regulated facility) must be treated as a function of the regulator under these Regulations.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in reg. 61(3)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/39), regs. 1, 2(5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2: Word in reg. 61(3)(a) substituted (27.2.2025) by The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/82), reg. 1(2), Sch. 15 para. 38(b)