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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2016/regulation-9",
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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/9",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Interpretation: relevant function",
  "text": "In these Regulations, “relevant function” means any of the following functions—\n(a) determining an application—\n(i) for the grant of an environmental permit under regulation 13(1);\n(ii) for the variation of an environmental permit under regulation 20(1);\n(iii) for the transfer of an environmental permit in whole or in part under regulation 21(1);\n(iv) for the surrender of an environmental permit in whole or in part under regulation 25(2);\n(b) varying an environmental permit—\n(i) on the initiative of the regulator under regulation 20(1);\n(ii) in relation to a transfer in whole or in part under regulation 21(1) or (3);\n(iii) in relation to a partial revocation under regulation 22(1);\n(iv) in relation to a partial surrender under regulation 24(2) or 25(2);\n(c) revoking an environmental permit in whole or in part under regulation 22(1);\n(d) exercising the power to serve a notice under Schedule 21 or 25 requiring a person to hold an environmental permit;\n(e) exercising the following powers or duty—\n(i) any power in relation to standard rules in Chapter 4 of Part 2;\n(ii) the duty to vary an environmental permit after revocation of standard rules in regulation 30(3);\n(f) exercising any of the following powers relating to enforcement—\n(i) the power to serve an enforcement notice;\n(ii) the power to serve a suspension notice;\n(iii) the power to serve a prohibition notice;\n(iv) the power to serve a landfill closure notice;\n(v) the power to serve a mining waste facility closure notice;\n(g) exercising the power to serve a flood risk activity emergency works notice, a flood risk activity notice of intent or a flood risk activity remediation notice;\n(h) exercising the power to take steps under paragraph 9(1) of Part 1 of Schedule 25.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2016/9780111150184/regulation/9",
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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."
}