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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2016/regulation-5",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2016/1154",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2016",
  "path": "regulation/5",
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  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Interpretation: exempt facilities",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“exempt facility” means—\n(a)an exempt waste operation,\n(b)an exempt water discharge activity,\n(c)an exempt groundwater activity, or\n(d)an exempt flood risk activity;\n“exempt flood risk activity” means a flood risk activity that meets the requirements of paragraph 9 of Schedule 2;\n“exempt groundwater activity” means—\n(a)a stand-alone groundwater activity that meets the requirements of—\n(i)in relation to Wales only, paragraph 7 of Schedule 2;\n(ii)in relation to England only, paragraph 8 of Schedule 2, or\n(b)a groundwater activity that—\n(i)is a groundwater tracer test as defined in paragraph 1 of Part 3 of Schedule 3,\n(ii)is also a radioactive substances activity by virtue of the using of radioactive material as a part of that test, and\n(iii)meets the requirements of—\n(aa)in relation to Wales only, paragraph 7 of Schedule 2;\n(bb)in relation to England only, paragraph 8 of Schedule 2;\n“exempt waste operation” means a waste operation—\n(a)that is not carried on at an installation, and\n(b)that meets the requirements of paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 2;\n“exempt water discharge activity” means a stand-alone water discharge activity that meets the requirements of—\n(a)in relation to Wales only, paragraph 5 of Schedule 2;\n(b)in relation to England only, paragraph 6 of Schedule 2.",
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  "version": "current",
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      "affecting_title": "The Environmental Permitting (Waste Controlling or Transporting) and Relevant Functions of Primary Authorities (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2026"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1154/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-05T03:41:31.926820+00:00"
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  "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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