F87[82.—(1) In this section "previous Part IV" means this Part as it had effect before the amendment of it by section 15 of the Protection of the Environment Act 2003.

(2) A person shall not carry on an activity, other than an established activity or an activity to which subsection (3) applies, unless a licence or revised licence under this Part is in force in relation to the activity.

(3) (a) A person shall not continue to carry on an activity (other than an established activity) the carrying on of which—

(i) commenced on or after 30 October 1999 but before the commencement of section 15 of the Protection of the Environment Act 2003, and

(ii) was not licensable under the previous Part IV but is licensable under this Part,

unless, within the period of 6 months from the commencement of that section, a licence under this Part is in force in relation to it.

(b) Paragraph (a) is without prejudice to paragraph (c).

(c) The carrying on of an activity to which paragraph (a) relates shall, in the period before a licence in relation to the activity is granted or refused, be deemed not to have contravened the provisions of this Part provided that, within the period of 6 months referred to in paragraph (a), an application has been made for a licence in respect of that activity and the requirements of regulations made under section 89 in relation to the application for the licence have been complied with by the applicant therefor.

(4) (a) The Minister may, by order, provide that an established activity of any class specified in the order shall not be carried on, on or after such date as may be specified in the order, unless a licence or revised licence under this Part is in force in relation to the activity.

(b) Paragraph (a) is in addition to the circumstances specified in section 98 in which a licence is required under that section in respect of an established activity.

(5) In the period (following the specification of a date by an order under subsection (4)) before a licence in relation to the established activity concerned is granted or refused, the requirements of any other legislation relevant to the activity shall continue to apply.

(6) Notwithstanding the specification of a date by an order under subsection (4), the carrying on of an established activity to which the order relates shall, in the period before a licence in relation to the activity is granted or refused, be deemed not to have contravened the provisions of this Part provided that, before that specified date, an application has been made for a licence in respect of that activity and the requirements of regulations made under section 89 in relation to the application for the licence have been complied with by the applicant therefor.

(7) Every licence and revised licence granted under the previous Part IV and in force immediately before the commencement of section 15 of the Protection of the Environment Act 2003 shall, without prejudice to subsections (10) and (11), section 92 and the other provisions of this Act, continue in force; for the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Part, and not of the previous Part IV, shall apply to such a licence.

(8) Every application made under the previous Part IV for a licence, or the review of a licence or a revised licence, and every review of a licence or a revised licence commenced by the Agency of its own volition under the said Part IV, and not finally dealt with and determined or completed before the commencement of section 15 of the Protection of the Environment Act 2003, shall continue to be dealt with by the Agency, and be determined or completed by it, as if the application were an application for a licence, or the review of a licence or a revised licence under this Part or, as the case may be, the review were a review commenced by the Agency of its own volition under this Part.

(9) Every order made under subsection (2) (being subsection (2) of this section as it had effect in the previous Part IV) and in force immediately before the commencement of section 15 of the Protection of the Environment Act 2003, shall continue in force as if it were an order made under subsection (4).

(10) The Agency shall, not later than 30 September 2007, have done the following (which, by virtue of this subsection, it has power to do)—

(a) examined the terms of every licence and revised licence to which subsection (7) applies and for the time being in force and determined whether, having regard to the provisions of the Directive and subsection (11), the licence or revised licence requires to be reviewed under this Part or be the subject of the exercise of the powers conferred by subsection (11), and

(b) if—

(i) it has determined that the licence or revised licence requires to be so reviewed, commenced such a review and exercised the powers conferred on it by this Part consequent on such a review, or

(ii) it has determined that the licence or revised licence does not require to be so reviewed and subsection (11) does not apply and, accordingly, that no further action is required, declared in writing that it is of that opinion.

(11) If the bringing into conformity with the Directive of a licence or revised licence to which subsection (7) applies can, in the opinion of the Agency, be achieved by amending one or more of the conditions of the licence (and the making of those amendments will not significantly alter the character of the licence) then, unless the Agency considers it ought nevertheless, in the public interest or because of other special considerations, carry out the review and exercise the powers referred to in subsection (10)(b)(i) in relation to the licence, the Agency shall have made, not later than 30 September 2007, those amendments of the conditions of the licence or revised licence (which, by virtue of this subsection, it has power to do).]