Paragraph 3 Interpretation – relevant dates and permitting datesF1
The “relevant date” in relation to a generator means—
1st January 2019, in the case of a new generator;
1st October 2019, in the case of an existing generator with a rated thermal input greater than 5 megawatts and less than 50 megawatts which—
has an emission of nitrogen oxides of equal to or greater than 500mg/ Nm3; and
operates for more than 50 hours per year;
1st January 2025, in the case of an existing generator with a rated thermal input greater than 5 megawatts and less than 50 megawatts which—
has an emission of nitrogen oxides of less than 500mg/ Nm3; or
operates for less than or equal to 50 hours per year;
1st January 2030, in the case of an existing generator with a rated thermal input equal to or less than 5 megawatts.
The “permitting date”—
in relation to a specified generator falling within paragraph 2(1)(a), is the relevant date in relation to that specified generator;
in relation to a specified generator falling within paragraph 2(1)(b) or (c), is the earliest of the relevant dates in relation to the generators comprising that specified generator.
For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)—
“existing generator” means a generator with a rated thermal input equal to or greater than 1 megawatt and less than 50 megawatts which came into operation before 1st December 2016, or;
“new generator” means any specified generator which is not an existing generator.
For the purposes of this paragraph, in the case of a generator which is comprised in a specified generator falling within paragraph 2(1)(b) or (c), the generator is deemed to have the total rated thermal input of all the generators comprised in the specified generator.