SCHEDULE 6Consequential Amendments
PART 2Subordinate Legislation
Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 201673
1
The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 M1 are amended as follows.
2
In Schedule 3 (exempt facilities and waste operations to which section 33(1)(a) of the 1990 Act does not apply: descriptions and conditions)—
a
in Part 2 (exempt water discharge activities: descriptions and conditions), in sub-paragraph (3)(a) of paragraph 1 (vegetation management activities), for “the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2010” substitute “the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017”;
b
in Part 3 (exempt groundwater discharge activities: descriptions and conditions), in sub-paragraph (4) of paragraph 5 (open-loop ground source heating and cooling systems), in paragraph (a) of the definition of “groundwater-fed wetland”, for “the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2010” substitute “the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017”;
c
in Part 4 (exempt flood risk activities: descriptions and conditions), in sub-paragraph (4)(a) of paragraph 1 (general and interpretation), for “the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2010” substitute “the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017”.
3
In Schedule 10 (landfill), in sub-paragraph (2)(c)(i) of paragraph 2 (interpretation: general), for “the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2010” substitute “the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017”.
4
In Part 2 of Schedule 29, omit paragraph 34 (Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2010).