Licence

Pollution prevention and control permit Part A and B (Northern Ireland)

If you carry out activities listed in Schedule 1 of the Pollution Prevention and Control (Industrial Emissions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013 you need a permit for your installation or mobile plant

Northern Ireland Issued by Northern Ireland Executive

What this covers

CleaningEnvironment greenhouse gas and pollution preventionMaterials, metal and miningRetail: manufacturing and wholesale

Why you need it

The power to require it sits in Pollution Prevention and Control (Industrial Emissions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013, secondary legislation made under powers in other legislation.

What the Regulations carry

What our graph holds for Pollution Prevention and Control (Industrial Emissions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013 as a whole — the Regulations behind this licence, not the licence conditions themselves.

Duties on businesses
26
Penalties
3
Exemptions
30

Duties on businesses under the Regulations

  • Use Best Available Techniques (BAT) to prevent or reduce industrial pollution Schedule 2
  • Crown employees must comply with industrial emission regulations s.5
  • Obtain an environmental permit before operating regulated industrial plant s.9
  • Operate industrial installations to prevent and limit pollution s.11
  • Use best available techniques to prevent or reduce emissions from your installation s.12
  • Comply with environmental permit conditions and reporting requirements s.13

… and 20 more business duties in the same Regulations.

What happens if you get it wrong

  • Contravene regulation 9(1) 5 years imprisonment
  • Include and comply with permit conditions for Part B/C installations and mobile plant Unlimited fine
  • Obtain a permit before operating installations after the prescribed date Unlimited fine

Exemptions that may take you outside it

  • Certain Part C solvent activities exempt from public advertisement of permit variations — Installation only used for activities falling within paragraph (b), (c), (d) or (e) of Part C of section 1.2 of …
  • Drum cleaning locations exempt from industrial permitting (NI) — Location where cleaning of used storage drums prior to painting or incidental handling in connection with such cleaning is carried …
  • Dry cleaners exempt from formal permit variation consultation — Installation carrying out only dry cleaning activities
  • Dry cleaning businesses exempt from permit variation notification procedure — Installation carries out only dry cleaning activities as defined in Part C of section 7 of Part 1 of Schedule …
  • Dry cleaning installations exempt from variation notice procedure — Installation carrying out only dry cleaning activities as defined in sub-paragraph (2) of Part C of section 7 of Part …

… and 25 more exemptions in the same Regulations.

Read our full dossier on Pollution Prevention and Control (Industrial Emissions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013

Who issues it

This one does not go to your council. It is issued by Northern Ireland Executive.

Where to apply

Duty, penalty and exemption labels are Guvnor’s analysis of the enabling instrument, not the instrument itself. Fees, forms and conditions are set by the issuing authority — always check the linked source.