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12.—(1) A person must not, except under and to the extent authorised by an environmental permit—
(a)operate a regulated facility, or
(b)cause or knowingly permit a water discharge activity or groundwater activity.
(2) Paragraph (1)(b) does not apply if the water discharge activity or groundwater activity is an exempt facility.
(3) In respect of a radioactive substances activity, paragraph (1) does not apply to a person to whom a radioactive substances exemption applies for that activity.
(4) Paragraph (5) applies to a person (“A”) who—
(a)receives radioactive waste from another person (“B”) for the purposes of A disposing of that waste, and
(b)subsequently disposes of that waste.
(5) Where this paragraph applies, A does not require an environmental permit—
(a)for the receipt of waste from B, where B holds an environmental permit which allows B to dispose of the waste to A, or
(b)for the subsequent disposal of that waste by A, where the waste is disposed of in accordance with the permit held by B.
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