{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2007/regulation-33",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2007/9780110788760",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2007",
  "path": "regulation/33",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "33",
  "heading": "Direction to a regulator: discharge of functions by a different regulator",
  "text": "(1) An appropriate authority may direct—\n(a) the Agency to exercise such local authority functions as are, and for such period as is, specified in the direction; or\n(b) a local authority to exercise such Agency functions as are, and for such period as is, specified in the direction.\n(2) A direction under this regulation may include such saving and transitional provisions as the appropriate authority considers necessary or expedient.\n(3) A direction under this regulation may be made in respect of a description of regulated facility or a specific regulated facility.\n(4) A direction under paragraph (1)(b) may not be made in relation to a waste operation carried on other than at an installation or by means of mobile plant.\n(5) When giving a direction under this regulation the appropriate authority must notify the persons in paragraph (6) of the direction and publish the direction on its website.\n(6) The persons are—\n(a) the Agency; and\n(b) any local authority or other person who in the appropriate authority’s opinion are affected by the direction.\n(7) An appropriate authority must not comply with a duty under paragraph (5) in a case where the authority considers that to do so would be contrary to the interests of national security.\n(8) In this regulation—\n“local authority functions” means functions which are exercisable by a local authority by virtue of regulation 32 or paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 (ignoring any direction under this regulation); and\n“Agency functions” means functions which are exercisable by the Agency by virtue of regulation 32 or paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 (ignoring any direction under this regulation).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2007/9780110788760/regulation/33",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:17:33.841180+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."
}