Regulation 4 Transitional Provisions
Where an application for a permit is made before the date of coming into force of these Regulations in relation to an installation or mobile plant and by virtue of these Regulations—
the installation or mobile plant is reclassified as falling within a different Part in any Section of Part 1 of Schedule 1 (Activities) to the 2000 Regulations; or
the relevant period or the relevant date for the installation or mobile plant is deferred to a period or a date after the date of coming into force of these Regulations,
anything duly done in relation to the application (including the grant of a permit) shall be treated as if it had been duly done in relation to an application for a permit made on or after the date of coming into force of these Regulations.
For the purposes of this regulation—
“the 2000 Regulations” means the Pollution Prevention and Control (England and Wales) Regulations 2000; and
words and expressions which are used or defined in the 2000 Regulations, shall have the same meaning as in those Regulations.