The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016

Interpretation: exempt facilities E+W

5.  In these Regulations—

“exempt facility” means—

(a)

an exempt waste operation,

(b)

an exempt water discharge activity,

(c)

an exempt groundwater activity, or

(d)

an exempt flood risk activity;

“exempt flood risk activity” means a flood risk activity that meets the requirements of paragraph 9 of Schedule 2;

“exempt groundwater activity” means—

(a)

a stand-alone groundwater activity that meets the requirements of—

(i)

in relation to Wales only, paragraph 7 of Schedule 2;

(ii)

in relation to England only, paragraph 8 of Schedule 2, or

(b)

a groundwater activity that—

(i)

is a groundwater tracer test as defined in paragraph 1 of Part 3 of Schedule 3,

(ii)

is also a radioactive substances activity by virtue of the using of radioactive material as a part of that test, and

(iii)

meets the requirements of—

(aa)

in relation to Wales only, paragraph 7 of Schedule 2;

(bb)

in relation to England only, paragraph 8 of Schedule 2;

“exempt waste operation” means a waste operation—

(a)

that is not carried on at an installation, and

(b)

that meets the requirements of paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 2;

“exempt water discharge activity” means a stand-alone water discharge activity that meets the requirements of—

(a)

in relation to Wales only, paragraph 5 of Schedule 2;

(b)

in relation to England only, paragraph 6 of Schedule 2.