{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pollution-prevention-and-control-industrial-emissions-regulations-northern-ireland-2013/schedule-9B/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pollution-prevention-and-control-industrial-emissions-regulations-northern-ireland-2013/schedule-9B/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2013/160",
  "legislation_title": "The Pollution Prevention and Control (Industrial Emissions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pollution-prevention-and-control-industrial-emissions-regulations-northern-ireland-2013",
  "path": "schedule/9B/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Interpretation – relevant dates and permitting dates",
  "text": "(1) The “relevant date” in relation to a generator means—\n(a) 1st January 2019, in the case of a new generator;\n(b) 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—\n(i) has an emission of nitrogen oxides of equal to or greater than 500mg/ Nm3; and\n(ii) operates for more than 50 hours per year;\n(c) 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—\n(i) has an emission of nitrogen oxides of less than 500mg/ Nm3; or\n(ii) operates for less than or equal to 50 hours per year;\n(d) 1st January 2030, in the case of an existing generator with a rated thermal input equal to or less than 5 megawatts.\n(2) The “permitting date”—\n(a) in relation to a specified generator falling within paragraph 2(1)(a), is the relevant date in relation to that specified generator;\n(b) 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.\n(3) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)—\n“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;\n“new generator” means any specified generator which is not an existing generator.\n(4) 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.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 9B inserted (20.3.2018) by The Pollution Prevention and Control (Industrial Emissions) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018 (S.R. 2018/33), regs. 1, 7"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2013/160/schedule/9B/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:10:30.260718+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."
}