# The Groundwater (England and Wales) Regulations 2009, Regulation 18: Prohibition notice


(1) Where—
(a) any person is carrying on, or proposing to carry on, any activity on or in the ground; and
(b) that activity might lead to the input into groundwater of any hazardous substance or non-hazardous pollutant,
the Agency may serve notice in writing on that person prohibiting the carrying on of that activity.
(2) Failure to comply with a notice is an offence.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2009/9780111480816/regulation/18 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-groundwater-england-and-wales-regulations-2009/regulation-18
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