Paragraph 6

England and Wales

Paragraph 5 does not apply to—

(a)

a site used for the storage of metallic mercury pursuant to F1Article 13(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council on mercury, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1102/2008, as amended from time to time;

(b)

onshore underground gas storage in natural strata, aquifers, salt cavities and disused mines;

(c)

chemical and thermal processing operations and storage related to those operations; or

(d)

operational tailings disposal facilities, including tailing ponds or dams, containing a hazardous substance.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Sch. 2 para. 6(a) substituted (17.12.2018) by The Environment, Planning and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1216), regs. 1(3), 18(3)