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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-amendment-england-regulations-2023/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-amendment-england-regulations-2023/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2023/651",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-amendment-england-regulations-2023",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Amendment of regulation 24",
  "text": "In regulation 24, in paragraph (1)—\n(a) in sub-paragraph (d) before the words “a stand-alone water” insert “in relation to Wales,”;\n(b) at the end insert—\n“(h) in relation to England, a stand-alone water discharge activity or stand-alone groundwater activity other than a discharge to a well or borehole—\n(i) which is used for hydrocarbon exploration or extraction, and\n(ii) which intersects a hydrocarbon formation.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/651/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:44:11.278492+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."
}