The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016

Procedure for registering an exempt facility

10.—(1) An establishment or undertaking seeking to be registered in relation to a waste operation described in Part 1 of Schedule 3, or seeking to renew such a registration, must notify the exemption registration authority of—

(a) the relevant particulars, and

(b) the information specified in sub-paragraph (5).

(2) An occupier or operator seeking to be registered in relation to a water discharge activity described in Part 2 of Schedule 3 or a groundwater activity described in Part 3 of that Schedule must notify the exemption registration authority of the relevant particulars.

(3) An operator seeking to be registered in relation to a flood risk activity described in Part 4 of Schedule 3 must notify the exemption registration authority of the relevant particulars.

(4) The relevant particulars are—

(a) the name and address of—

(i) for a waste operation, the establishment or undertaking, or

(ii) for a water discharge activity, groundwater activity or flood risk activity, the occupier or operator,

(b) a description of the waste operation, water discharge activity, groundwater activity or flood risk activity,

(c) the place where the waste operation, water discharge activity, groundwater activity or flood risk activity is carried on, including—

(i) the postcode (if applicable), or

(ii) the Ordnance Survey National Grid reference point, and

(d) if the waste operation is a WEEE operation, the type and quantity of waste subject to the operation.

(5) The information in this sub-paragraph is the name and contact details of an individual officer or employee designated by the establishment or undertaking as the primary contact for the purposes of registration.

(6) Notification under sub-paragraph (1) or (2) must be in the form specified by the exemption registration authority.

(7) A notification under sub-paragraph (1) relating to a waste operation that is a WEEE operation must be accompanied by the applicable fee.

(8) In sub-paragraph (7), “applicable fee” means the fee prescribed under a charging scheme made under section 41 of the 1995 Act(1).

(1)

Section 41 was amended by paragraph 39 of Schedule 4 to the Flood and Water Management Act 2010 (c. 29) and by S.I. 2005/894, 1806 (W. 138), 2006/937, 2007/1711, 3106, 2008/3087, 2009/890, 3381, 2011/988, 1043, 2911, 2012/1659, 2788, 2013/755 (W. 90), 1821 and 2014/861.