S.L. 549.56 Art. 1Citation, scope and applicability.

(1) The title of these regulations is the Large Combustion

Plants Regulations.

(2) These regulations transpose Directive 2001/80/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2001 on the limitation of emissions of certain pollutants into the air from large combustion plants.

(3) These regulations apply to combustion plants designed for production of energy with the exception of those which make direct use of the products of combustion in the manufacturing process, if their rated thermal input is equal to or greater than 50 MWTH, irrespective of the type of fuel used (solid, liquid or gaseous). These regulations shall not apply to the following combustion plants:

(a) plants in which the products of combustion are used for the direct heat, drying, or any other treatment of objects or materials e.g. reheating furnaces, furnaces for heat treatment;

(b) post-combustion plants i.e. any technical apparatus designed to purify the waste gases by combustion which is not operated as an independent combustion plant;

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

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

(e) reactors used in the chemical industry;

(f) coke battery furnaces;

(g) cowpers;

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

(i) gas turbines used on offshore platforms;

(j) gas turbines for which development planning permission was issued before 27 November 2002 provided that they were put into operation no later

*these regulations were revoked by Legal Notice 11 of 2013 - but see regulation 23(1) of the said legal notice, reproduced hereunder: "23.(1) The Large Combustion Plants Regulations, 2010, hereinafter referred to as "the revoked regulations", are revoked with effect from 1 January 2016; however regulations 1(3)(j), 3 and 4 as well as Schedules I to VII of the revoked regulations shall be applicable to the combustion plants within the scope of regulation 5(3) of these regulations, until the 01 January 2020.". than 27 November 2003 without prejudice to regulations 9(1), 14 and 17;

(k) plants powered by diesel engines irrespective of the fuel used or petrol and gas engines.