Schedule 25A, Part 1, paragraph 2(1)

In this Schedule— “existing medium combustion plant” means a medium combustion plant— put into operation before 20th December 2018, or for which an environmental permit was granted before 19th December 2017, provided that the plant is put into operation no later than 20th December 2018; “the MCPD” means the Medium Combustion Plant Directive; “medium combustion plant” means a combustion plant with a rated thermal input equal to or greater than 1 megawatt but less than 50 megawatts, and any combination of combustion plants referred to in article 2(2) or article 4 of the MCPD, provided that— it does not fall within Article 2(3) or (4) of the MCPD, it is not installed on an offshore platform situated on, above or below those parts of the sea adjacent to England and Wales from the low water mark to the seaward baseline of the United Kingdom territorial sea, it is not installed on a gas storage or unloading platform as defined in regulation 2 of the Offshore Combustion Installations (Pollution Prevention and Control) Regulations 2013; “new medium combustion plant” means a medium combustion plant which is not an existing medium combustion plant.

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-07-30