Amendment of regulation 57 E+W+S

5.  In regulation 57 (power of the regulator to prevent or remedy pollution)—

(a) for paragraph (1) substitute—

“(1) If the regulator considers that a risk of serious pollution exists as a result of the operation of a regulated facility or an exempt facility, it may arrange for steps to be taken to remove that risk.”;

(b) in paragraphs (4), (5)(a) and (5)(b), for “the operator” substitute “the relevant person”; and

(c) after paragraph (5) insert—

“(6) In this regulation, “the relevant person” means—

(a) an operator;

(b) an establishment or undertaking carrying on an exempt waste operation; or

(c) a person carrying on a water discharge activity or groundwater activity.”.