The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016

1.  In Part B—

“existing service station” means a service station—

(a)

which was put into operation, or

(b)

for which planning permission under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990(1) was granted,

before 1st January 2010;

“inland waterway vessel” means a vessel, other than a sea-going vessel, having a total dead weight of 15 or more tonnes;

“new service station” means—

(a)

a service station for which planning permission under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 was granted on or after 1st January 2010 and—

(i)

in relation to paragraph (e) of Part B, it is put into operation on or after 1st January 2010;

(ii)

in relation to paragraph (f) of Part B, it is put into operation on or after 1st January 2012;

(b)

any existing service station which, on or after 1st January 2012, undergoes a major refurbishment, which has the same meaning as in PVR II;

“petrol” means any petroleum derivative (other than liquefied petroleum gas), with or without additives, having a Reid vapour pressure of 27.6 or more kilopascals, which is intended for use as a fuel for motor vehicles;

“prescribed date” means 31st December 2011 if the throughput is in excess of 3,500m³ and 31st December 2018 if the throughput is in excess of 3,000m³;

“service station” means any premises where petrol is dispensed to motor vehicle fuel tanks from stationary storage tanks but does not include any service station exclusively used in association with the construction and delivery of new motor vehicles;

“terminal” means any premises which are used for the storage and loading of petrol into road tankers, rail tankers or inland waterway vessels.

(1)

1990 c. 8.