# The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010, Regulation 5: Interpretation: exempt facilities


(1) In these Regulations—
“exempt facility” means—
(a) an exempt waste operation,
(b) an exempt water discharge activity, or
(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—
(a) that—
(i) is not carried on at an installation, or
(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
(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2010/9780111491423/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2010/regulation-5
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