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[F1Disposal authorisationU.K.

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6U.K.A disposal authorisation given by a sewerage licence is an authorisation to the sewerage licensee to remove matter from the sewerage system of a sewerage undertaker.

7U.K.If a sewerage licensee with a disposal authorisation has, or a person associated with the licensee has, a retail authorisation—

(a)the licensee or the person associated with it, or both of them, must obtain a wholesale authorisation, and

(b)neither the licensee nor the person associated with it (if that person has a disposal authorisation) may remove matter from a sewerage system in accordance with the disposal authorisation (or either disposal authorisation, if both have such an authorisation) while matter may be removed in accordance with the wholesale authorisation (or either wholesale authorisation, if both have such an authorisation).]

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