{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2016/regulation-5",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2016/9780111150184",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2016",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Interpretation: exempt facilities",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“exempt facility” means—\n(a) an exempt waste operation,\n(b) an exempt water discharge activity,\n(c) an exempt groundwater activity, or\n(d) an exempt flood risk activity;\n“exempt flood risk activity” means a flood risk activity that meets the requirements of paragraph 9 of Schedule 2;\n“exempt groundwater activity” means—\n(a) a stand-alone groundwater activity that meets the requirements of—\n(i) in relation to Wales only, paragraph 7 of Schedule 2;\n(ii) in relation to England only, paragraph 8 of Schedule 2, or\n(b) a groundwater activity that—\n(i) is a groundwater tracer test as defined in paragraph 1 of Part 3 of Schedule 3,\n(ii) is also a radioactive substances activity by virtue of the using of radioactive material as a part of that test, and\n(iii) meets the requirements of—\n(aa) in relation to Wales only, paragraph 7 of Schedule 2;\n(bb) in relation to England only, paragraph 8 of Schedule 2;\n“exempt waste operation” means a waste operation—\n(a) that is not carried on at an installation, and\n(b) that meets the requirements of paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 2;\n“exempt water discharge activity” means a stand-alone water discharge activity that meets the requirements of—\n(a) in relation to Wales only, paragraph 5 of Schedule 2;\n(b) in relation to England only, paragraph 6 of Schedule 2.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2016/9780111150184/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:07:48.139767+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}