ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, ENGLAND AND WALES PART 1 General Citation, commencement and extent 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation: general 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation: activities, installations and mobile plant 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation: excluded waste operation 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation: exempt waste operation 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation: local authority 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation: operator 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation: regulated facility 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation: relevant function 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giving notices, notifications and directions, and the submission of forms 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 2 Environmental Permits CHAPTER 1 Application of these Regulations to the Crown and requirement for an environmental permit Application of these Regulations to the Crown 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Requirement for an environmental permit 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHAPTER 2 Grant of an environmental permit Grant of an environmental permit 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Content and form of an environmental permit 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conditions in relation to certain land 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mobile plant operating on the site of another regulated facility: conflict of permit conditions 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Single site permits etc. 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Consolidation of an environmental permit 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Subsistence of an environmental permit 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHAPTER 3 Variation, transfer, revocation and surrender of an environmental permit Variation of an environmental permit 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transfer of an environmental permit 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Revocation of an environmental permit: general 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Revocation of an environmental permit: steps to be taken after the revocation takes effect 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Notification of the surrender of an environmental permit 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Application to surrender an environmental permit 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHAPTER 4 Standard rules Preparation and revision of standard rules 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Standard rules as conditions of an environmental permit 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Notification of revisions of standard rules 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Revocation of standard rules 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Variation of an environmental permit: revocation of standard rules 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHAPTER 5 Appeals in relation to environmental permits Appeals to an appropriate authority 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 3 Discharge of functions in relation to a regulated facility Discharge of functions 32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Direction to a regulator: discharge of functions by a different regulator 33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Review of environmental permits and inspection of regulated facilities 34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Provision in relation to types of regulated facility 35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 4 Enforcement and offences Enforcement notices 36 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Suspension notices 37 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Offences 38 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Penalties 39 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Defence: acts done in an emergency 40 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Offences by bodies corporate 41 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Enforcement by the High Court 42 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Admissibility of evidence 43 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Power of court to order cause of offence to be remedied 44 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 5 Public Registers Interpretation of this Part 45 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Duty of the regulator to maintain a public register 46 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exclusion from public registers of information affecting national security 47 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exclusion from public registers of confidential information 48 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Procedure if the regulator considers that information may be confidential 49 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Duty to determine confidentiality 50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Determination of confidentiality 51 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Procedure following a determination 52 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appeals in relation to confidentiality 53 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Consequences of an appeal 54 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reconsideration of confidentiality 55 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Directions of the appropriate authority in relation to confidentiality 56 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 6 Powers and functions of the regulator and the appropriate authority Power of the regulator to prevent or remedy pollution 57 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Environment Agency: notices in relation to emissions to water 58 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Environment Agency: public participation statement 59 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Power to require the provision of information 60 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Directions to a regulator: general 61 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reference of applications to an appropriate authority 62 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Directions to the Agency: installations outside the United Kingdom 63 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Guidance to regulators and exemption registration authorities 64 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fees and charges in relation to local authorities 65 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Plans relating to emissions 66 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 7 Miscellaneous and transitional provision, savings, consequential amendments, revocations and repeals Interpretation of this Part 67 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Further provision in relation to waste 68 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Further provision in relation to waste batteries and accumulators 68A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transitional provision: general 69 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transitional provision: conversion of permits and licences subject to certain applications 70 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transitional provision: conversion of PPC permits, disposal licences or waste management licences resulting from applications in relation to existing Part A installations and mobile plant 71 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transitional provision: existing mining waste operations 71A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Savings 72 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Consequential amendments 73 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Revocations and repeals 74 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .