# The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2014

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# 2014 No. 2852

Environmental Protection, England

# The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2014

Made

23rd October 2014

Laid before Parliament

*27*th October 2014                        

Coming into force

1st January 2015

The Secretary of State has in accordance with section 2(4) of the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999 F1 consulted—                           

the Environment Agency;

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                                    

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.F2                        

F11999 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.

F2Regulations 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)

## Citation, commencement and applicationE+W+S

1.  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 2010E+W+S

2.  The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010 F3 are amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 12.                  

F3S.I. 2010/675, relevant amendments were made by S.I. 2012/630, **S.I**. 2013/755 (W.90) and S.I. 2014/255.

## Regulation 2 (interpretation: general)E+W+S

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)E+W+S

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—                     

in relation to Wales only, paragraph 4 of Schedule 2;                                 

in relation to England only, paragraph 4A of Schedule 2.”.                                 

## Regulation 60 (power to require the provision of information)E+W+S

F25.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                  

F2Regulations 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)

## Regulation 61 (directions to regulators and exemption registration authorities: general)E+W+S

F26.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                  

F2Regulations 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)

## Regulation 64 (guidance to regulators and exemption registration authorities)E+W+S

F27.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                  

F2Regulations 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)

## Regulation 74 (exempt groundwater activities)E+W+S

F28.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                  

F2Regulations 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)

## Schedule 2 (exempt facilities: general)E+W+S

F29.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                  

F2Regulations 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)

## Schedule 3 Part 2 (exempt water discharge activities: descriptions and conditions)E+W+S

F210.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                  

F2Regulations 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)

## Schedule 3 Part 3 (exempt groundwater activities: descriptions and conditions)E+W+S

F211.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                  

F2Regulations 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)

## Schedule 24 (public registers)E+W+S

F212.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                  

F2Regulations 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)

Dan Rogerson

 Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

## Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/675) (“the principal Regulations”) to remove the registration requirements for certain exempt facilities in England.                     

These Regulations make provision—

to remove the requirement to register small discharges of sewage effluent (which are discharges from a sewage treatment plant                                 into surface water and discharges from a septic tank or sewage treatment plant into groundwater), in order to be exempt from                                 the requirement for an environmental permit;                              

for exemption authorities to replace exemption registration authorities in carrying out certain functions in relation to small                                 discharges of sewage effluent;                              

for revisions to the conditions that must be satisfied in order for small discharges of sewage effluent to be exempt from                                 the need for a permit, including removing the requirements to keep records of maintenance and to notify the exemption registration                                 authority if an exempt facility ceases to be in operation;                              

to clarify the position relating to the relevant person who is responsible for satisfying the conditions referred to in (c);

to clarify which provisions of the principal Regulations apply to England and which apply to Wales.

A partial impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs to business, the voluntary sector and                        the public sector is available from the Better Regulations Programme, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs,                        Nobel House, London SW1P 3RJ and at www.gov.uk/defra. It is also annexed to the Explanatory Memorandum which is alongside                        this instrument at www.legislation.co.uk.