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Regulation 5 Interpretation: exempt facilities

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(1)

In these Regulations—

  • “exempt facility” means—

    1. (a)

      an exempt waste operation,

    2. (b)

      an exempt water discharge activity, or

    3. (c)

      an exempt groundwater activity;

  • “exempt groundwater activity” means a stand-alone groundwater activity that meets the requirements of paragraph 5 of Schedule 2;

  • “exempt waste operation” means a waste operation—

    1. (a)

      that—

      1. (i)

        is not carried on at an installation, or

      2. (ii)

        is an activity that falls within Section 5.3 or Section 5.4 of Part 2 of Schedule 1 and is carried on at an installation, and

    2. (b)

      that meets the requirements of paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 2; and

  • “exempt water discharge activity” means a stand-alone water discharge activity that meets the requirements of paragraph 4 of Schedule 2.

(2)

In these Regulations, in relation to an exempt waste operation, a reference to any of paragraphs U1 to U16, T1 to T33, D1 to D8 or S1 to S3 has the meaning given in paragraph 1(8) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 3.