{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2016/schedule-3/part-3/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2016/schedule-3/part-3/paragraph-2.json",
  "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/3/part/3/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Discharge of small quantities of substances for scientific purposes",
  "text": "(1) For the purpose of paragraphs 7(a)(i) and 8(a)(i) of Schedule 2, the description is the discharge of small quantities of substances for scientific purposes as part of—\n(a) a specified groundwater remediation scheme, or\n(b) a groundwater tracer test.\n(2) For the purpose of paragraphs 7(a)(ii) and 8(a)(ii) of that Schedule, the conditions in relation to a groundwater activity of that description are—\n(a) that a water features survey has demonstrated that the discharge will not cause pollution;\n(b) that the prior consent of every person having a right to abstract water in the vicinity of the discharge has been obtained;\n(c) that the exemption registration authority is notified before the commencement of the discharge;\n(d) that in the case of discharges as part of a specified groundwater remediation scheme, monitoring of the discharge, to determine whether pollution has been caused, is undertaken.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2016/9780111150184/schedule/3/part/3/paragraph/2",
    "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."
}