# The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2026, Regulation 13: Amendment to regulation 5 (interpretation: exempt facilities)


In regulation 5 for the definition of “exempt waste operation” substitute—
““exempt waste operation” means—
(a) in relation to Wales only, a waste operation that—
(i) is not carried on at an installation, and
(ii) meets the requirements of paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 2;
(b) in relation to England only, a waste operation that—
(i) is not carried on—
(aa) at an installation, or
(bb) at or adjacent to a permitted waste operation, where the waste operation has a technical connection to the permitted waste operation, and
(ii) meets the requirements of paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 2,
and for these purposes “permitted waste operation” means, in relation to a site that has an environmental permit for one or more waste operations, a waste operation which is subject to that permit;”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2026/9780348288001/regulation/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-amendment-england-regulations-2026/regulation-13
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