ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION REGULATIONS 1987 - REG 5D

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION REGULATIONS 1987 - REG 5D

5D .         Prescribed premises, fee for licence for

        (1)         The total amount of the fee for a licence in respect of prescribed premises is the sum of the following amounts — the amount for each financial year, or part of a financial year, in the licence period worked out under subregulation (1a) (reduced pro rata for a part of a financial year).

        (1a)         Subject to subregulations (3) and (4) and regulation 5G (the maximum fee), the amount for a financial year is the sum of the paragraph (a) amount and the larger of the paragraph (b) amount and the paragraph (c) amount —

            (a)         the amount specified in the third column of Part 1 of Schedule 4 for the financial year for the relevant category, and the relevant production or design capacity (where applicable), of the premises specified in the first and second columns of that Part;

            (b)         in respect of premises within category 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 14, 44, 46, 53, 54A, 70, 80 or 85B, where the operation of the premises involves the discharge of Part 2 waste — the amount specified in the second column of Part 2 of Schedule 4 for the financial year for the relevant quantity of such waste specified in the first column of that Part that is permitted to be discharged from the premises;

            (c)         the amount for the financial year is the sum of the following amounts — the amount worked out under regulation 5E for each kind of waste to be discharged from the premises.

        (2)         If any premises occupied by the same person, as determined by the Chief Executive Officer, fall within more than one category specified in the first column of Part 1 of Schedule 4, the amount payable in respect of those premises under subregulation (1a)(a) is that appropriate to the category in respect of which the higher or highest amount is payable.

        (3)         No amount is payable under subregulation (1a)(c) in respect of bitterns discharges or discharges from category 14 premises.

        (4)         No amount is payable under subregulation (1a)(c) in respect of water discharge from category 6 premises.

        [(5)         deleted]

        (6)         In this regulation and Schedule 4 —

        Part 2 waste means waste consisting of —

            (a)         tailings; or

            (b)         bitterns; or

            (c)         water to allow mining of ore; or

            (d)         flyash; or

            (e)         waste water from a desalination plant.

        [Regulation 5D inserted: Gazette 13 Sep 1996 p. 4547; amended: Gazette 10 Dec 1996 p. 6876‑7; 15 Aug 2000 p. 4713; 22 Jun 2004 p. 2144‑5; 13 Dec 2005 p. 5982-3; 22 Jun 2007 p. 2841; SL 2022/68 r. 7.]