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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pollution-prevention-and-control-industrial-emissions-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2018/regulation-3",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2018/33",
  "legislation_title": "The Pollution Prevention and Control (Industrial Emissions) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pollution-prevention-and-control-industrial-emissions-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2018",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Regulation 2 (Interpretation: general)",
  "text": "(1) In regulation 2(1) (Interpretation: general), in the appropriate alphabetical order, insert—\n““existing medium combustion plant” means a combustion plant put into operation before 20th December 2018 or for which a permit was granted before 19th December 2017 provided that the plant is put into operation no later than 20th December 2018;”\n““MCPD” means the “Medium Combustion Plant Directive” which is Directive 2015/2193/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the 25 November 2015 on the limitation of emissions of certain pollutants into the air from medium combustion plants;”\n““medium combustion plant” means a combustion plant with a rated thermal input equal to or greater than 1 megawatt and less than 50 megawatts irrespective of the type of fuel they use and includes any combination of combustion plants referred to in article 2(2) or article 4 of the MCPD, provided that—\n(a) it does not fall within Article 2(3) or (4) of the MCPD;\n(b) it is not installed on an offshore platform situated on, above or below those parts of the territorial sea adjacent to Northern Ireland;”\n““mobile medium combustion plant” means a medium combustion plant which is designed to move or be moved whether on roads or other land;”\n““new medium combustion plant” means a medium combustion plant which is not an existing medium combustion plant;” and;\n““specified generator” has the meaning given in paragraph 2 of Schedule 9B.”\n(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 applies to these regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 313, 28.11.2015, p.1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1954 c.33"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2018/33/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:50:15.648541+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."
}