Regulation 5 Interpretation: exempt facilities

In these Regulations—

• “exempt facility” means—

  1. (a)

     an exempt waste operation,

  2. (b)

     an exempt water discharge activity,

  3. (c)

     an exempt groundwater activity, or

  4. (d)

     an exempt flood risk activity;

• “exempt flood risk activity” means a flood risk activity that meets the requirements of paragraph 9 of Schedule 2;

• “exempt groundwater activity” means—

  1. (a)

     a stand-alone groundwater activity that meets the requirements of—

     1. (i)

        in relation to Wales only, paragraph 7 of Schedule 2;

     2. (ii)

        in relation to England only, paragraph 8 of Schedule 2, or

  2. (b)

     a groundwater activity that—

     1. (i)

        is a groundwater tracer test as defined in paragraph 1 of Part 3 of Schedule 3,

     2. (ii)

        is also a radioactive substances activity by virtue of the using of radioactive material as a part of that test, and

     3. (iii)

        meets the requirements of—

        1. (aa)

           in relation to Wales only, paragraph 7 of Schedule 2;

        2. (bb)

           in relation to England only, paragraph 8 of Schedule 2;

• “exempt waste operation” means a waste operation—

  1. (a)

     that is not carried on at an installation, and

  2. (b)

     that meets the requirements of paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 2;

• “exempt water discharge activity” means a stand-alone water discharge activity that meets the requirements of—

  1. (a)

     in relation to Wales only, paragraph 5 of Schedule 2;

  2. (b)

     in relation to England only, paragraph 6 of Schedule 2.