{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-pollution-exemption-of-certain-discharges-from-control-order-1983/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-pollution-exemption-of-certain-discharges-from-control-order-1983/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1983/1182",
  "legislation_title": "The Control of Pollution (Exemption of Certain Discharges from Control) Order 1983",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-pollution-exemption-of-certain-discharges-from-control-order-1983",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "This Order exempts from control certain discharges of trade and sewage effluent, and certain other discharges, which would otherwise be controlled when the appropriate provisions of the Control of Pollution Act 1974 come into force. The Order provides for exceptions from these exemptions where control is necessary in order to implement Council Directives No. 76/464/EEC (dangerous substances discharged into aquatic environment), No. 76/160/EEC (quality of bathing water), No. 78/659/EEC (quality of fresh waters), No. 75/440/EEC (quality of surface water intended for abstraction of drinking water) No. 79/923/EEC (quality of shellfish waters) and No. 80/68/EEC (dangerous substances into groundwater) .\nCopies of the EEC Directives referred to in this Order may be obtained from Her Majesty's Stationery Office.\nInformation concerning waters designated or identified for the purposes of the above-mentioned EEC Directives is obtainable from the water authority concerned.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1983/1182/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T17:58:37.724215+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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