18.—(1) Paragraph (2) applies if the same operator is authorised by more than one environmental permit to operate—
(a)more than one mobile plant,
(b)more than one flood risk activity on the same site or on more than one site,
(c)more than one standard facility, or
(d)more than one regulated facility on the same site.
(2) The regulator may replace the environmental permits (“old permits”) with a consolidated environmental permit—
(a)applying to the same regulated facilities, and
(b)subject to the same conditions that applied to the old permits, but varied as the regulator thinks fit.
(3) The regulator may replace a consolidated environmental permit (“old permit”) with two or more environmental permits ( “ new permits ”).
(4) Each of the new permits is subject to whichever conditions of the old permit are relevant, varied as the regulator thinks fit.
(5) The regulator may replace a single environmental permit (“old permit”) which has been varied with a consolidated environmental permit subject to the same conditions that applied to the old permit.
(6) A variation made by a regulator under this regulation—
(a)is taken to be a regulator-initiated variation under regulation 20(1), and
(b)may only be made in accordance with regulation 20.
(7) Paragraphs 17 to 19 of Part 1 of Schedule 5 apply in relation to the decision to make a regulator-initiated variation and the notification of such a decision.