What this covers
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.
Who issues it
Your local council issues this. Councils apply the same statute but set their own fees, conditions and timescales.
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.