# The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2026, Regulation 21: Transitional provision: disapplication of requirement for risk assessment in relation to certain exemption conditions


(1) This regulation applies where the Agency publishes exemption conditions which—
(a) implement any of the proposals in the policy paper entitled “Reforming the waste exemptions system” published by the Secretary of State on 15 July 2026, and
(b) are not deemed exemption conditions.
(2) Where this regulation applies, the requirement for a risk assessment in paragraph 19(3) of Schedule 2 to the EPR 2016 does not apply.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2026/9780348288001/regulation/21 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-amendment-england-regulations-2026/regulation-21
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