SCHEDULE 15Large combustion plants

Interpretation

2.—(1) In this Schedule—

“combustion plant” has the meaning given in Article 2(7) of the Large Combustion Plants Directive;

“existing plant” has the meaning given in Article 2(10) of the Large Combustion Plants Directive; and

“the Large Combustion Plants Directive” means Directive 2001/80/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the limitation of emissions of certain pollutants into the air from large combustion plants(1).

(2) When interpreting the Large Combustion Plants Directive for the purposes of this Schedule—

(a)except where also defined in this paragraph, an expression that is defined in Part 1 of these Regulations has the meaning given in that Part;

(b)the competent authority is—

(i)for the purposes of exercising a judgment of whether there is an overriding need to maintain energy supplies under Article 7(1) or (3) of the Large Combustion Plants Directive, the appropriate authority,

(ii)otherwise, the regulator;

(c)the national emission reduction plan referred to in Article 4(6) of the Large Combustion Plants Directive is the emission plan, as amended from time to time, published under regulation 4(1) of the Large Combustion Plants (National Emission Reduction Plan) Regulations 2007(2);

(d)“emission” has the meaning given in the Large Combustion Plants Directive;

(e)“licence” means environmental permit;

(f)“permit” means environmental permit; and

(g)in Article 4(4), ignore the words “and from their inclusion in the national emission reduction plan”.