# The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (revoked) S.I. 2011/2043 · made 11 August 2011 · revised to 9 May 2024 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-amendment-regulations-2011-revoked/pdf/uksi_20112043_en.pdf; Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-amendment-regulations-2011-revoked/pdf/uksiem_20112043_en.pdf; Correction slip (14 October 2011) https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-amendment-regulations-2011-revoked/pdf/uksics_20112043_en.pdf ## Introductory text Environmental Protection, England And Wales Made 11th August 2011 Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 1: General ## 1 Citation and commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 2: Amendments to the 2010 Regulations ## 3 Amendment of the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Amendment of regulation 2 (interpretation: general) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Amendment of regulation 5 (interpretation: exempt facilities) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Amendment of regulation 12 (requirement for an environmental permit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Amendment of regulation 14 (content and form of an environmental permit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Amendment of regulation 17 (Single site permits etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Amendment of regulation 67 (Interpretation of Part 7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Revocation of regulation 72 (Radioactive substances exemption orders) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Insertion of regulations 72A, 72B, 72C and 72D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Amendment to Schedule 1 (activities, installations and mobile plant) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Amendment to Schedule 5 (environmental permits) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Amendment to Schedule 22 (groundwater activities) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Substitution of Schedule 23 (radioactive substances activities) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 3: Consequential amendments, repeals, savings and revocation ## 16 Consequential amendments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Repeals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Savings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Revocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1 New Schedule 23 to the 2010 Regulations “SCHEDULE 23 Radioactive substances activities Regulation 35(2)(q) PART 1 Application Application 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 2 Interpretation Interpretation 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation: NORM industrial activity 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation: “radioactive material”, “radioactive waste” and “waste” 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NORM industrial activities 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Processed radionuclides of natural terrestrial or cosmic origin 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Radionuclides not of natural terrestrial or cosmic origin 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Radionuclides with a short half-life 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Radionuclides not of natural terrestrial or cosmic origin in background radioactivity 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Contaminated substances or articles 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Substances or articles after disposal 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation: radioactive substances activity 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nuclear sites 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vehicles, vessels and aircraft 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 3 Tables of radionuclides and summation rules Table 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 2 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . References in Table 1 and Table 2 to + and sec 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 3 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 4 The Basic Safety Standards Directive SECTION 1 Exposures and doses Optimisation and dose limits 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Specific dose limits and calculation 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SECTION 2 Interventions Radioactive waste: power of the Secretary of State to provide facilities for disposal or accumulation 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Radioactive waste: power of disposal by the regulator 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 5 The HASS Directive SECTION 1 Security of sources Interpretation 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Site security: inspection 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Site security: security measures and advice 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SECTION 2 Advice and assistance in relation to orphan sources Advice and assistance in respect of orphan sources 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SECTION 3 Exercise of relevant functions and matters in relation to orphan sources General 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Records and inspections 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Training and information 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Orphan sources 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 6 Conditions in environmental permits Posting on premises of environmental permits 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 7 Radioactive substances activity exemptions SECTION 1 General Interpretation 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation: NORM 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SECTION 2 Exemption for keeping and using radioactive material and accumulating radioactive waste Exemption for keeping and using radioactive material 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exemption for accumulating radioactive waste 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Radioactive substances exempted under paragraphs 3 and 4 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conditions in respect of the total quantity or concentration of radioactive substances on any premises 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exemption for accumulating NORM waste 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SECTION 3 Exemption for keeping or using mobile radioactive apparatus Exemption for keeping or using mobile radioactive apparatus 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SECTION 4 Relevant standard conditions Interpretation of this section 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Relevant standard conditions 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . General conditions 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Loss or theft conditions 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Loss or theft conditions: mobile radioactive apparatus 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Condition to dispose of accumulated waste 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SECTION 5 Exemption for disposing of solid radioactive waste Exemption for receiving and disposing of solid radioactive waste 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Solid radioactive waste 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conditions in respect of solid radioactive waste 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SECTION 6 Exemption for disposing of NORM waste Exemption for receiving and disposing of NORM waste 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conditions in respect of NORM waste 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SECTION 7 Exemption for disposing of aqueous radioactive waste Exemption for disposing of aqueous radioactive waste in Table 6 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exemption for disposing of other aqueous radioactive waste 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conditions in respect of aqueous radioactive waste in paragraph 21 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SECTION 8 Exemption for disposal of gaseous radioactive waste Exemption for disposal of gaseous radioactive waste 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conditions in respect of gaseous radioactive waste 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SECTION 9 Tables and summation rules in this Part Table 4 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 5 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 6 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 7 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation of this section 34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table 8 35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 8 Radioactivity to be disregarded SECTION 1 Provisions Interpretation 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Provisions of enactments 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .” ## Schedule 2: Consequential amendments ### Part 1: Public General Acts ## 1 Continental Shelf Act 1964 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Control of Pollution Act 1974 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 2: Subordinate legislation ## 1 The Civil Jurisdiction (Offshore Activities) Order 1987 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 1999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 The Hazardous Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 The Hazardous Waste (Wales) Regulations 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 The Offshore Marine Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c) Regulations 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 The Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 3 Exemption orders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/2043 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-amendment-regulations-2011-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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