S.L. 549.122 Art. 5Non-applicability. S.L. 549.78. S.L. 549.81. S.L. 427.85. 6 [S.L.

(1) These regulations shall not apply to:

(a) combustion plants covered by the Industrial Emissions (Large Combustion Plants) Regulations and the

Industrial Emissions (Waste Incineration) Regulations;

(b) combustion plants covered by the Measures Against the Emission of Gaseous and Particulate Pollutants from Internal Combustion Engines to be Installed in Non-Road Mobile Machinery Regulations;

(c) on-farm combustion plants with a total rated thermal input less than or equal to 5 MW, that exclusively use unprocessed poultry manure, as referred to in Article 9(a) of Regulation (EC) No. 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council, as a fuel;

(d) combustion plants in which the gaseous products of combustion are used for the direct heating, drying or any 549.122 COMBUSTION PLANTS

other treatment of objects or materials;

(e) combustion plants in which the gaseous products of combustion are used for direct gas-fired heating used to heat indoor spaces for the purpose of improving workplace conditions;

(f) post-combustion plants designed to purify the waste gases from industrial processes by combustion, and which are not operated as independent combustion plants;

(g) any technical apparatus used in the propulsion of a vehicle, ship or aircraft;

(h) gas turbines and gas and diesel engines, when used on offshore platforms

(i) facilities for the regeneration of catalytic cracking catalysts;

(j) facilities for the conversion of hydrogen sulphide into sulphur;

(k) reactors used in the chemical industry;

(l) coke battery furnaces;

(m) cowpers;

(n) crematoria;

(o) combustion plants firing refinery fuels alone or with other fuels for the production of energy within mineral oil and gas refineries;

(p) recovery boilers within installations for the production of pulp.

(2) These regulations shall not apply to research activities, development activities, or testing activities relating to medium combustion plants. Prior notification to the competent authority and subsequent approval by the competent authority is required for such an exemption.