Scottish Statutory Instrument 2012 United Kingdom

Pollution Prevention and Control (Scotland) Regulations 2012

What this means for your business

1 obligations
1 guides
Enforced by
Environment Agency
Applies to
United Kingdom
On this page
1 compliance obligation, 1 practical guide
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What you must do

1 compliance obligation under this legislation.

Reporting and filing 1

Report any breach of your permit to SEPA

If you run a plant or activity that requires a pollution‑prevention permit, you must tell the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) straight away if you break any condition of that permit. Prompt reporting helps avoid further enforcement action and shows you are taking environmental responsibility seriously.

Any Person s.52 Environment Agency If you breach any condition of your pollution‑prevention permit

Practical guidance

Our guides explain how to comply with the requirements above.

Manage your environmental permit compliance

How to stay compliant with your environmental permit conditions. Covers monitoring and recording, reporting to your regulator, paying subsistence fees, …

Sections and provisions

93 classified provisions from this legislation.

2 Duties 1 Offences and penalties 2 Powers 11 Definitions

Duties 2

  • s.51 SEPA: duty to ensure compliance
  • s.52 Operators: duty to report breach of permit

Offences and penalties 1

Powers 2

  • s.57 SEPA: power to prevent or remedy pollution
  • s.70 Courts: power to order cause of offence to be remedied

Definitions 11

  • Schedule 1 ACTIVITIES AND INSTALLATIONS AND MOBILE PLANT
  • s.2 Interpretation: general
  • Schedule 2 SOLVENT EMISSIONS
  • s.3 Interpretation: enactments etc.
  • s.4 Interpretation: best available techniques, etc.
  • Schedule 10 SAVINGS AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
  • s.12 Permits: interpretation
  • s.43 Part IV: interpretation
  • Interpretation: medium combustion plant Interpretation: medium combustion plant
  • Schedule 1a Energy Efficiency Directive
  • Schedule 1b MEDIUM COMBUSTION PLANT DIRECTIVE