# The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010, Regulation 12: Requirement for environmental permit


(1) A person must not, except under and to the extent authorised by an environmental permit—
(a) operate a regulated facility; or
(b) cause or knowingly permit a water discharge activity or groundwater activity.
(2) Paragraph (1)(b) does not apply if the water discharge activity or groundwater activity is an exempt facility.
(3) Where a person (“A”) would, except for this paragraph, require an environmental permit to receive radioactive waste from another person (“B”) for the purpose of disposing of that waste, A does not require a permit for that receipt where—
(a) B holds an environmental permit which allows B to dispose of the waste to A; and
(b) the waste is disposed of by A in accordance with that permit.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2010/9780111491423/regulation/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2010/regulation-12
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