# The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016, Regulation 5: Interpretation: exempt facilities


In these Regulations—
“exempt facility” means—
(a)an exempt waste operation,
(b)an exempt water discharge activity,
(c)an exempt groundwater activity, or
(d)an exempt flood risk activity;
“exempt flood risk activity” means a flood risk activity that meets the requirements of paragraph 9 of Schedule 2;
“exempt groundwater activity” means—
(a)a stand-alone groundwater activity that meets the requirements of—
(i)in relation to Wales only, paragraph 7 of Schedule 2;
(ii)in relation to England only, paragraph 8 of Schedule 2, or
(b)a groundwater activity that—
(i)is a groundwater tracer test as defined in paragraph 1 of Part 3 of Schedule 3,
(ii)is also a radioactive substances activity by virtue of the using of radioactive material as a part of that test, and
(iii)meets the requirements of—
(aa)in relation to Wales only, paragraph 7 of Schedule 2;
(bb)in relation to England only, paragraph 8 of Schedule 2;
“exempt waste operation” means a waste operation—
(a)that is not carried on at an installation, and
(b)that meets the requirements of paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 2;
“exempt water discharge activity” means a stand-alone water discharge activity that meets the requirements of—
(a)in relation to Wales only, paragraph 5 of Schedule 2;
(b)in relation to England only, paragraph 6 of Schedule 2.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1154/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2016/regulation-5
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