# The Groundwater Regulations 1998 (revoked) S.I. 1998/2746 · made 6 November 1998 · revised to 30 October 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Introductory text ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Made 6th November 1998 Laid before Parliament 11th November 1998 Coming into force regulations 1 and 16(1) 2nd December 1998 regulation 23 1st January 1999 all other provisions 1st April 1999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1 Citation, extent, commencement and interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Exclusions from these Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Discharge of functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Measures to prevent the introduction into groundwater of list I substances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Measures to limit the introduction into groundwater of list II substances to avoid pollution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Artificial recharges for the purposes of groundwater management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Examination required in prior investigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Surveillance of groundwater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Terms of authorisation of discharge of substances in list I or II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Terms of authorisation for disposal or tipping for the purpose of disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Period and conditions of authorisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Inventory of authorisations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Application of measures not to lead to pollution of groundwater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Application of provisions of water pollution legislation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Application of section 71 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Application of sections 41, 42 and 123 of the Environment Act 1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Amendment of the Waste Management Licensing Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Authorisation of disposal or tipping of substances in list I or II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Notice to prevent or control indirect discharges of substances in list I or II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Appeals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Codes of practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Particulars to be included in registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Transitional provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/2746 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/groundwater-regulations-1998-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.