Regulation 3 Application of the Regulations

(1)

Subject to paragraph (2), these Regulations apply to—

(a)

activities liable to cause pollution of the water environment;

(b)

abstraction of water from the water environment;

(c)

construction, alteration or operation of impounding works in surface water or wetlands;

(d)

carrying out building or engineering works, or works other than those referred to in paragraph (c)—

(i)

in inland water (other than groundwater) or wetlands; or

(ii)

in the vicinity of inland water or wetlands and having or likely to have a significant adverse impact on the water environment;

(e)

artificial recharge or augmentation of groundwater;

(f)

the direct or indirect discharge, and any activity likely to cause a direct or indirect discharge, into groundwater of any hazardous substance or other pollutant; and

(g)

any other activity which directly or indirectly has or is likely to have a significant adverse impact on the water environment.

(2)

These Regulations do not apply to any activity for which a licence is needed under Part II of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985^f1 or Part 4 of the Marine Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010^f2.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1985 c.48; amended by the Statute Law Repeals Act 1993 (c.50), the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c.43), the Petroleum Act 1998 (c.17) and the Food Standards Act 1999 (c.28).
f2: 2010 asp 5.