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Paragraph 10 Notice requiring environmental permit

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(1)

This paragraph applies where—

(a)

any person is carrying on, or proposing to carry on, any activity on or in the ground; and

(b)

that activity might lead to a discharge mentioned in paragraph 3(1)(a), (b) or (c).

(2)

The regulator may serve a notice on the person requiring the person, from the date the notice takes effect, to hold an environmental permit authorising the carrying on of the activity.

(3)

A notice under paragraph (1) takes effect on the date specified in it, but—

(a)

a notice served for the purpose of paragraph 11 must not take effect until at least 6 months after it is served; and

(b)

a notice served for the purpose of paragraph 12, or for any other purpose, must not take effect until at least 3 months after it is served.