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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2016/schedule-22/paragraph-4",
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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": "schedule/22/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Meaning of “hazardous substance”",
  "text": "(1) A hazardous substance is any substance or group of substances that are toxic, persistent and liable to bio-accumulate, or that give rise to an equivalent level of concern.\n(2) This includes in particular the following when they meet the criteria in sub-paragraph (1)—\n(a) organohalogen compounds and substances which may form such compounds in the aquatic environment;\n(b) organophosphorous compounds;\n(c) organotin compounds;\n(d) substances and preparations, or the breakdown products of such, which have been proved to possess carcinogenic or mutagenic properties or properties which may affect steroidogenic, thyroid, reproduction or other endocrine-related functions in or via the aquatic environment;\n(e) hydrocarbons and organic substances;\n(f) cyanides;\n(g) metals (in particular, cadmium and mercury) and their compounds;\n(h) arsenic and its compounds;\n(i) biocides and plant protection products.\n(3) The regulator must publish a list of substances that it considers to be hazardous substances.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2016/9780111150184/schedule/22/paragraph/4",
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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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