# The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016, Paragraph 5: Exercise of relevant functions

Extent: E+W

(1) The regulator must exercise its relevant functions so as to ensure compliance with the following provisions of the Landfill Directive—
(a) Article 4;
(b) Article 5(3) and (4);
(c) Article 6;
(d) Article 8, but not in respect of nuisances and hazards arising from traffic beyond the site of a landfill;
(e) Article 9;
(f) Article 10;
(g) Article 11(1);
(h) Article 12;
(i) Article 13;
(j) Article 14.
(2) The regulator must exercise those relevant functions having regard to Article 1 of the Landfill Directive.
(3) The regulator must exercise those relevant functions so as to ensure compliance with the requirements imposed ... by the following provisions of the Decision—
(a) Article 2;
(b) Article 3;
(c) Article 4.
(4) The regulator may exercise those relevant functions so as to permit the storage of metallic mercury in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council on mercury.
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1154/schedule/10/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2016/schedule-10/paragraph-5
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