43Environment protection levy

43 Environment protection levy

(1) For the purposes of section 91(1) of the Act, the fee prescribed in respect of any activity is the annual fee.

Notes

1 Annual fee, in relation to an operating licence, means the fee calculated under regulation 177—see regulation 4.

2 Section 91 of the Act provides for the environment protection levy to be 3% of this annual fee.

(2) For the purposes of section 91(1)(b) of the Act, the activities set out in the following items in the Table in Schedule 1 are prescribed as activities in respect of which the levy is required to be paid—

(a) item 1 (A01—Reportable priority waste management);

(b) item 5 (A03—Sewage treatment);

(c) item 6 (A04—Industrial wastewater treatment);

(d) item 12 (A08—Waste to energy);

(e) item 38 (D01—Abattoirs);

(f) item 39 (D02—Rendering);

(g) item 40 (D03—Animal skin tanning works);

(h) item 42 (D05—Pet food processing);

(i) item 43 (D06—Food processing);

(j) item 44 (D07—Milk processing);

(k) item 45 (D08—Edible oil or fat processing);

(l) item 47 (E01—Textile works);

(m) item 49 (F02—Fibreboard works);

(n) item 50 (F03—Paper pulp mills);

(o) item 51 (G01—Chemical works);

(p) item 52 (G02—Coal processing);

(q) item 53 (G03—Oil or gas refining);

(r) item 54 (G04—Bulk storage);

(s) item 55 (G05—Container washing);

(t) item 56 (H01—Cement works);

(u) item 58 (H03—Ceramics);

(v) item 59 (H04—Mineral wool works);

(w) item 60 (H05a—Glass works—manufacturing);

(x) item 64 (I02—Metal melting);

(y) item 65 (I03—Metal galvanising);

(z) item 67 (I05—Can and drum coating);

(za) item 68 (I06—Vehicle assembly);

(zb) item 69 (J01—Printing);

(zc) item 70 (K01—Power generation);

(zd) item 72 (K04—Water desalination);

(ze) item 73 (L01—General discharges or emissions to the atmosphere);

(zf) item 75 (L03—Road tunnel ventilation systems).