Environmental Protection PART 1 Introductory Citation and commencement 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Environmental Permitting (Electricity Generating Stations) (Amendment) Regulations 2025. 2 These Regulations come into force on 28th February 2026. Extent and application 2 1 This Part and Part 3 extend to England and Wales and Scotland. 2 Part 2 extends to England and Wales. 3 Part 2 applies in relation to— a England, and b the sea adjacent to England out as far as the seaward boundary of the territorial sea. 4 In this regulation “the sea adjacent to England” is so much of the sea adjacent to Great Britain as— a is not the sea adjacent to Scotland, and b does not form part of Wales. 5 For the purposes of paragraph (4)— a the sea adjacent to Scotland has the same meaning as the internal waters and territorial sea of the United Kingdom adjacent to Scotland has by virtue of section 126(2) of the Scotland Act 1998 ; b Wales has the meaning given by section 158(1) of the Government of Wales Act 2006 . PART 2 Amendment of the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 Amendment of the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 3 The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 are amended in accordance with this Part. Amendment of regulation 35 4 In regulation 35 (specific provisions applying to environmental permits) — a in paragraph (1), for “25B” substitute “25C” ; b in paragraph (2), for “25B” substitute “25C” . New Schedule 25C 5 The Schedule inserts a new Schedule 25C into the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016. PART 3 Consequential and transitional and saving provisions Interpretation of Part 3 6 In this Part “ the 2013 Regulations ” means the Carbon Capture Readiness (Electricity Generating Stations) Regulations 2013 . Amendment of the 2013 Regulations 7 1 The 2013 Regulations are amended as follows. 2 In regulation 1 (citation, commencement and extent), after paragraph (2) insert— 3 Subject to regulation 8, these Regulations do not apply in England. . 3 After regulation 7 insert— Savings 8 1 Regulation 1(3) does not affect the continued operation on and after the relevant day of any of the following requirements or conditions imposed in relation to a combustion plant in England— a a requirement included, as required by regulation 3(3), in a relevant consent order made before the relevant day; b a requirement included before the relevant day, as required by regulation 4(3), in a consent order or relevant consent order; c a condition included, as required by regulation 5(3), in a relevant section 36 consent granted before the relevant day; d a condition included before the relevant day, as required by regulation 6(3), in a section 36 consent or relevant section 36 consent. 2 These Regulations continue to have effect on and after the relevant day in relation to any existing application as they had effect immediately before that date. 3 For the purposes of paragraph (2) “ existing application ” means any of the following applications which was made in relation to a combustion plant in England, but had not been finally determined, before the relevant day— a an application for a relevant consent order; b an application for a change described in regulation 4(1)(a) to a consent order or in regulation 4(1)(b) to a relevant consent order; c an application for a relevant section 36 consent; d an application for a variation described in regulation 6(1)(a) of a section 36 consent or in regulation 6(1)(b) of a relevant section 36 consent. 4 For the purposes of paragraph (3) an application has not been finally determined unless— a following a decision on the application, the period for bringing an appeal against that decision has expired without any such appeal being brought, or b where an appeal is brought against the decision, the appeal is withdrawn or finally decided. 5 In this regulation, “ the relevant day ” means the day on which the Environmental Permitting (Electricity Generating Stations) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 come into force. . Transitional provisions: variation applications relating to existing combustion plants 8 1 This regulation applies where the regulator (within the meaning of regulation 2(1) of the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016) grants a variation of an environmental permit for an existing combustion plant as provided for in paragraph 9 of Schedule 25C to those Regulations. 2 Where this regulation applies, any existing CCR condition ceases to have effect in relation to the existing combustion plant at the end of the CCR date. 3 In this regulation— “combustion plant”, “consent order”, “ relevant consent order ”, “ relevant section 36 consent ” and “ section 36 consent ” have the meanings given in the 2013 Regulations, as those Regulations had effect immediately before the commencement date; “ the commencement date ” means the day on which these Regulations come into force; “ the CCR date ” means the day before the day on which the Environment Agency grants the variation of the environmental permit in question; “ existing application ” has the meaning given in regulation 8(2) of the 2013 Regulations; “ existing CCR condition ”, in relation to an existing combustion plant, means any of the following— A requirement included, as required by regulation 3(3) of the 2013 Regulations, in a relevant consent order made in relation to the plant before the commencement date or following an existing application; a requirement included, as required by regulation 4(3) of the 2013 Regulations— before the commencement date, or following an existing application, in a consent order or relevant consent order made in relation to the plant; a condition included, as required by regulation 5(3) of the 2013 Regulations, in a relevant section 36 consent granted in relation to the plant before the commencement date or following an existing application; a condition included, as required by regulation 6(3) of the 2013 Regulations— before the commencement date, or following an existing application, in a section 36 consent or relevant section 36 consent granted in relation to the plant; “ existing combustion plant ” means a combustion plant in England in relation to which— a consent order is made before the commencement date, a relevant consent order is made before the commencement date or following an existing application, or a section 36 consent is granted before the commencement date, or a relevant section 36 consent is granted before the commencement date or following an existing application. Sarah Jones Minister of State Department for Energy Security and Net Zero 10th February 2025