UK Statutory Instrument
2013
United Kingdom
Offshore Combustion Installations (Pollution Prevention and Control) Regulations 2013
At a glance
Enforced by
What's here
8 compliance obligations
Who this Act binds
Business-side actors with duties under this Act, ranked by how often they appear.
- Operator 5
- Any Person 1
Plus 2 non-business duties on Crown ministers, regulators, local authorities or tribunals — shown collapsed under each section below.
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Operators also bound by 730 other Acts (top 5 shown)
- Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 (Air Operations) 2012 138 duties
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2066 of 19 December 2018 on the monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Commission Regulation (EU) No 601/2012 (Text with EEA relevance) 2018 121 duties
- Commission Regulation (EU) No 601/2012 of 21 June 2012 on the monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance) (repealed) 2012 112 duties
- Space Industry Regulations 2021 2021 75 duties
- Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on transmissible animal diseases and amending and repealing certain acts in the area of animal health (‘Animal Health Law’) (Text with EEA relevance) 2016 66 duties
Any Person also bound by 2338 other Acts (top 5 shown)
- Human Medicines Regulations 2012 2012 169 duties
- Merchant Shipping Act 1995 1995 144 duties
- Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 2016 101 duties
- Road Traffic Act 1988 1988 95 duties
- Air Navigation Order 2016 2016 95 duties
What this Act requires
Sections that create concrete duties on businesses or carry penalties. Procedural and definitional sections are folded into the “Browse other sections” expander at the bottom of each group. Click any section title to read the source text on legislation.gov.uk.
Part 1 — Introduction
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Interpretation
Aggregation
Part 2 — Applications for permits and conditions in permits
Permits
- You must hold a valid permit to operate an offshore combustion installation Any Person
Conditions in permits : large combustion installations
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Set permit conditions for large combustion installations covering emissions, waste, monitoring, incidents and breaches Crown / Minister / Government department
Emission limit values: medium combustion plant
- Keep emissions of sulphur dioxide, NOx and dust within legal limits Operator
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Applications for permits : large combustion installations
Applications for permits: medium combustion plant
Making applications publicly available : large combustion installations
Applications for permits and variation of permits for large combustion installations: effects on the environment of other member States
Determining applications : large combustion installations
Determining applications: medium combustion plant
Granting and refusal of applications : large combustion installations
Granting and refusal of applications: medium combustion plant
Conditions in permits: medium combustion plant
Conditions in permits: large and medium combustion plant
Emission limit values : large combustion installations
Greenhouse gases : large combustion installations
Industrial Emissions Directive: large combustion plant
Limited operating hours – existing medium combustion plant
Limited operating hours: new medium combustion plant
Temporary derogations: medium combustion plant
Simultaneous use of fuels: medium combustion plant
Emission limit values: compliance
Part 3 — Variations of conditions in permits
Variation of operation of large combustion installations
- Notify Secretary of State before changing large combustion installation operation Operator
Variation of operation of medium combustion plant
- Notify OPRED and wait for approval before changing medium combustion plant operation Operator
Review of permits : large combustion installations
- Provide information requested by OPRED for permit review Operator
Review of permits: medium combustion plant
- Provide information when the Secretary of State reviews your permit Operator
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Variation of existing permits: medium combustion plant
Variation of conditions in permits for large combustion installations following a review except further to regulation 13(2)(c)
Variation of conditions in permits for large combustion installations following a review further to regulation 13(2)(c)
Part 4 — Revocation, surrenders and assignments
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Revocation
Surrenders
Assignments
Revocation, surrenders and assignments: additional matters
Part 5 — Transboundary projects, registers, fees and information notices
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Transboundary projects in other member States
Register of large combustion installations
Register of medium combustion plant
Fees
Information notices and reporting
Part 6 — Enforcement, appeals, and offences
Reports further to inspections : large combustion installations
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Secretary of State must inspect and report on compliance, notify operator within 2 months Crown / Minister / Government department
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Appointment of inspectors
Powers of inspectors
Admissible evidence
Environmental inspection plans and programmes : large combustion installations
Inspections : large combustion installations
Enforcement notices
Prohibition notices
Action by the Secretary of State on failure to comply with enforcement or prohibition notices
Appeals
Offences
Penalties
Bodies corporate and Scottish partnerships
Part 7 — Notices, revocation, transitional provision and environmental information
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Notices
Revocation and transitional provision
Environmental information
Schedules
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The criteria referred to in regulation 9(1)(b) for determining best...
The pollutants referred to in regulation 9(2) are—
Enforcement and responsible bodies
The regulators that administer or enforce this legislation.
Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment and Decommissioning
Regulates environmental aspects of offshore oil and gas, carbon storage, and gas unloading/storage. Issues environmental permits, approves oil spill response plans, and …
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