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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2016/schedule-25/paragraph-12",
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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/25/paragraph/12",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Purpose-built sediment traps",
  "text": "(1) Clearance of purpose-built sediment traps.\n(2) For the purposes of this paragraph, the specific conditions are—\n(a) only sand and silt is cleared from the trap,\n(b) the works do not result in sand or silt being transmitted downstream, and\n(c) where the sand and silt from the clearance is spread on the floodplain, it is spread to a depth of no more than 100mm and no closer than 8 metres from the landward side of either bank.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2016/9780111150184/schedule/25/paragraph/12",
    "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."
}