# The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2026, Regulation 12: Amendment to Schedule 3 (exempt facilities and waste operations to which section 33(1)(a) of the 1990 Act does not apply: descriptions and conditions)


(1) Schedule 3 is amended as follows.
(2) In Part 2 (exempt water discharge activities: descriptions and conditions)—
(a) at the end of the heading of Part 2 insert “: Wales”;
(b) in paragraph 1—
(i) in sub-paragraph (1) for “paragraphs 5(a)(i) and 6(a)(i)” substitute “paragraph 5(a)(i)”;
(ii) in sub-paragraph (2) for “paragraphs 5(a)(ii) and 6(a)(ii)” substitute “paragraph 5(a)(ii)”.
(3) In Part 3 (exempt groundwater activities: descriptions and conditions)—
(a) at the end of the heading of Part 3 insert “: Wales”;
(b) in paragraph 1 omit the definitions of “ancient woodland”, “groundwater tracer test” and “protected site”;
(c) in paragraph 2—
(i) in sub-paragraph (1)—
(aa) for “paragraphs 7(a)(i) and 8(a)(i)” substitute “paragraph 7(a)(i)”;
(bb) after “groundwater tracer test” insert “(see regulation 5)”;
(ii) in sub-paragraph (2) for “paragraphs 7(a)(ii) and 8(a)(ii)” substitute “paragraph 7(a)(ii)”;
(d) omit paragraph 4;
(e) in paragraph 5—
(i) in sub-paragraph (1) for “paragraphs 7(a)(i) and 8(a)(i)” substitute “paragraph 7(a)(i)”;
(ii) in sub-paragraph (2)—
(aa) for “paragraphs 7(a)(ii) and 8(a)(ii)” substitute “paragraph 7(a)(ii)”;
(bb) in paragraph (e) omit “in relation to Wales,”;
(cc) omit paragraph (ea);
(f) omit paragraphs 6 and 7.
(4) In Part 5 (other waste operations to which section 33(1)(a) of the 1990 Act does not apply: descriptions and conditions), at the end of the heading of Part 5 insert “: Wales”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2026/9780348288001/regulation/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-amendment-england-regulations-2026/regulation-12
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