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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2010/schedule-2/paragraph-4",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2010/9780111491423",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010",
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  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Exempt water discharge activities",
  "text": "For the purpose of the definition of “exempt water discharge activity”, the requirements are—\n(a) that a water discharge activity—\n(i) falls within a description in Part 2 of Schedule 3, and\n(ii) satisfies, in relation to an activity of that description, the relevant conditions specified in Part 2 of that Schedule;\n(b) that the water discharge activity is registered and, subject to paragraph 9(10) of this Schedule, for a water discharge activity that falls within a description in—\n(i) paragraph 1 of Part 2 of Schedule 3, the operator is registered in relation to the activity, or\n(ii) paragraph 2 of Part 2 of that Schedule, the occupier is registered in relation to the activity; and\n(c) that the water discharge activity does not cause pollution of inland freshwaters, coastal waters or relevant territorial waters.",
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  "version": "current",
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  "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."
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