# The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2026, Regulation 25: Transitional provision relating to Part 6 of Schedule 3 to the EPR 2016: deemed determination of exemption conditions and requirement to publish deemed exemption conditions


(1) On 22nd July 2027—
(a) for the purposes of paragraph 19 of Schedule 2 to the EPR 2016 (as inserted by these Regulations), the Agency is deemed to have determined exemption conditions that meet the description in paragraph (2) (the “deemed exemption conditions”),
(b) the Agency must publish the deemed exemption conditions on its website, and
(c) the deemed exemption conditions take effect, subject to sub-paragraph (2).
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a), the deemed exemption conditions are conditions that reproduce the effect of paragraph 17 of Schedule 2 to the EPR 2016 and the provisions of Part 6 of Schedule 3 to the EPR 2016—
(a) so far as they apply in relation to England immediately before 22nd July 2027, and
(b) subject to the modifications specified in paragraph (3) and in Part 3 of the Schedule to these Regulations.
(3) The modification is that any reference in Part 6 of Schedule 3 to the EPR 2016 to other provisions of Schedule 3 is to be treated as a reference to those provisions as they had effect immediately before Part 2 of these Regulations came into effect.
(4) In relation to the deemed exemption conditions, for the purposes of paragraph 19 of Schedule 2—
(a) the requirements in sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) are deemed to have been met, and
(b) the requirements in sub-paragraphs (6) and (7) do not apply.
(5) In this regulation, “deemed exemption conditions” has the meaning given in paragraph (1).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2026/9780348288001/regulation/25 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-amendment-england-regulations-2026/regulation-25
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