# The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016, Regulation 9: Interpretation: relevant function


In these Regulations, “relevant function” means any of the following functions—
(a) determining an application—
(i) for the grant of an environmental permit under regulation 13(1);
(ii) for the variation of an environmental permit under regulation 20(1);
(iii) for the transfer of an environmental permit in whole or in part under regulation 21(1);
(iv) for the surrender of an environmental permit in whole or in part under regulation 25(2);
(b) varying an environmental permit—
(i) on the initiative of the regulator under regulation 20(1);
(ii) in relation to a transfer in whole or in part under regulation 21(1) or (3);
(iii) in relation to a partial revocation under regulation 22(1);
(iv) in relation to a partial surrender under regulation 24(2) or 25(2);
(c) revoking an environmental permit in whole or in part under regulation 22(1);
(d) exercising the power to serve a notice under Schedule 21 or 25 requiring a person to hold an environmental permit;
(e) exercising the following powers or duty—
(i) any power in relation to standard rules in Chapter 4 of Part 2;
(ii) the duty to vary an environmental permit after revocation of standard rules in regulation 30(3);
(f) exercising any of the following powers relating to enforcement—
(i) the power to serve an enforcement notice;
(ii) the power to serve a suspension notice;
(iii) the power to serve a prohibition notice;
(iv) the power to serve a landfill closure notice;
(v) the power to serve a mining waste facility closure notice;
(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;
(h) exercising the power to take steps under paragraph 9(1) of Part 1 of Schedule 25.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2016/9780111150184/regulation/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2016/regulation-9
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