# The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010, Paragraph 10: Notice requiring environmental permit


(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2010/9780111491423/schedule/22/paragraph/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2010/schedule-22/paragraph-10
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