2014 No. 2852
The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2014
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State has in accordance with section 2(4) of the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999 M1 consulted—
- a
the Environment Agency;
- b
such bodies or persons appearing to the Secretary of State to be representative of the interests of local government, industry, agriculture and small businesses as the Secretary of State considers appropriate; and
- c
such other bodies or persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 2 and 7(9) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999.F1
1999 c.24. Section 2(4)(a) was amended by article 4 of, and paragraphs 394 and 395 of Schedule 2 to, the Natural Resources Body for Wales (Function) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/755)(W.90). There are other amendments not relevant to these Regulations.
Citation, commencement and application1
These Regulations—
a
may be cited as the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2014;
b
come into force on 1st January 2015; and
c
apply in relation to England only.
Amendment of the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 20102
The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010 M2 are amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 12.
Regulation 2 (interpretation: general)3
In regulation 2(1) after the definition of “exempt water discharge activity” insert—
“ “exemption authority” has the meaning given in paragraph 2 of Schedule 2;”.
Regulation 5 (interpretation: exempt facilities)4
In regulation 5(1)—
a
in the definition of “exempt groundwater activity”—
i
for paragraph (a) substitute—
a
a stand-alone groundwater activity that meets the requirements of—
i
in relation to Wales only, paragraph 5 of Schedule 2;
ii
in relation to England only, paragraph 5A of Schedule 2; or
ii
for paragraph (b)(iii) substitute—
iii
meets the requirements of—
aa
in relation to Wales only, paragraph 5 of Schedule 2, or
bb
in relation to England only, paragraph 5A of Schedule 2;
b
for the definition of “exempt water discharge activity” substitute—
“exempt water discharge activity” means a stand-alone water discharge activity that meets the requirements of—
- i
in relation to Wales only, paragraph 4 of Schedule 2;
- ii
in relation to England only, paragraph 4A of Schedule 2.
Regulation 60 (power to require the provision of information)F15
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Regulation 61 (directions to regulators and exemption registration authorities: general)F16
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Regulation 64 (guidance to regulators and exemption registration authorities)F17
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Regulation 74 (exempt groundwater activities)F18
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Schedule 2 (exempt facilities: general)F19
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Schedule 3 Part 2 (exempt water discharge activities: descriptions and conditions)F110
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Schedule 3 Part 3 (exempt groundwater activities: descriptions and conditions)F111
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Schedule 24 (public registers)F112
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Regulations revoked in part (1.1.2017) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/1154), reg. 1(1), Sch. 28 (with regs. 1(3), 77-79, Sch. 4)