{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2016/schedule-3/part-3/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2016/schedule-3/part-3/paragraph-2.json",
  "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": "schedule/3/part/3/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Discharge of small quantities of substances for scientific purposes",
  "text": "(1) For the purpose of paragraphs 7(a)(i) and 8(a)(i) of Schedule 2, the description is the discharge of small quantities of substances for scientific purposes as part of—\n(a) a specified groundwater remediation scheme, or\n(b) a groundwater tracer test,\nlimited to the amount strictly necessary for that purpose\n(2) For the purpose of paragraphs 7(a)(ii) and 8(a)(ii) of that Schedule, the conditions in relation to a groundwater activity of that description are—\n(a) that a water features survey has demonstrated that the discharge will not cause pollution;\n(b) that the prior consent of every person having a right to abstract water in the vicinity of the discharge has been obtained;\n(c) that the exemption registration authority is notified before the commencement of the discharge;\n(d) that in the case of discharges as part of a specified groundwater remediation scheme, monitoring of the discharge, to determine whether pollution has been caused, is undertaken.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 3 para. 2(1) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/39), regs. 1, 2(9)(b)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2026/873",
      "affecting_title": "The Environmental Permitting (Waste Controlling or Transporting) and Relevant Functions of Primary Authorities (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1154/schedule/3/part/3/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-05T03:41:31.926820+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."
}