The Environmental Protection Act 1990 applies with regard to statutory nuisance (section 80). However, mobile operators will rarely stay at a single location long enough to satisfy the criteria for statutory nuisance. If the operation is at defined premises, eg a supermarket car park or at a residential or commercial address, action could be taken against the owner or occupier of the land. There are also requirements under this legislation for the correct disposal of waste. The Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999 does not apply, because SMART repairers are unlikely to exceed the thresholds of tonnes (cars) and tonnes (trailers) per annum of solvent that requires a permit. There is currently no provision in the Pollution Prevention and Control Regulations 2000 to require mobile installations of this type to have permits. .
