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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-damage-prevention-and-remediation-england-regulations-2015/schedule-2/paragraph-5",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2015/810",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation) (England) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-damage-prevention-and-remediation-england-regulations-2015",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Discharges requiring authorisation",
  "text": "(1) All discharges into the inland surface water that require prior authorisation in pursuance of—\n(a) Council Directive 76/464/EEC on pollution caused by certain dangerous substances discharged into the aquatic environment of the Community ; or\n(b) Directive 2006/11/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on pollution caused by certain dangerous substances discharged into the aquatic environment of the Community .\n(2) All discharges of substances into groundwater that required prior authorisation in pursuance of—\n(a) Council Directive 80/68/EEC on the protection of groundwater against pollution caused by certain dangerous substances ;\n(b) Directive 2006/118/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of groundwater against pollution and deterioration .\n(3) All discharges or injections of pollutants into surface water or groundwater that require a permit, authorisation or registration under Directive 2000/60/EC.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "text": "OJ No. L 129, 18.5.1976, p.23; repealed by Directive 2006/11/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L 64, 4.3.2006, p.52)."
    },
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      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "OJ No. L 64, 4.3.2006, p.52."
    },
    {
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      "label": "M3",
      "text": "OJ No. L 20, 26.1.1980, p.43; repealed by Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L 327, 22.12.2000, p.1)."
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    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M4",
      "text": "OJ No. L 372, 27.12.2006, p.19; amended by Commission Directive 2014/80/EU (OJ No. L 182, 21.6.2014, p.52)."
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/810/schedule/2/paragraph/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:41:16.691519+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."
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