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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2010/9780111491423",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010",
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  "path": "schedule/22/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Schedule—\n“body of groundwater” has the same meaning as in the Water Framework Directive;\n“direct input” in relation to groundwater means the introduction of a pollutant to groundwater without percolation through soil or subsoil;\n“Groundwater Daughter Directive” means Directive 2006/118/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of groundwater against pollution and deterioration;\n“Groundwater Directive” means Council Directive 80/68/EEC on the protection of groundwater against pollution caused by certain dangerous substances;\n“indirect input” in relation to groundwater means the introduction of a pollutant to groundwater after percolation through soil or subsoil; and\n“surface waters” has the same meaning as in the Water Framework Directive.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ No L 372, 27.12.2006, p 19."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ No L 20, 26.1.1980, p 43."
    }
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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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