# The Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017, Paragraph 73: Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016


(1) The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 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).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/1012/schedule/6/paragraph/73 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/conservation-of-habitats-and-species-regulations-2017/schedule-6/paragraph-73
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