{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sustainable-drainage-approval-and-adoption-procedure-wales-regulations-2018/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sustainable-drainage-approval-and-adoption-procedure-wales-regulations-2018/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2018/1077",
  "legislation_title": "The Sustainable Drainage (Approval and Adoption Procedure) (Wales) Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sustainable-drainage-approval-and-adoption-procedure-wales-regulations-2018",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n“the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Flood and Water Management Act 2010;\n“applicant” (“ceisydd”) means a person who makes an application for approval;\n“application for approval” (“cais am gymeradwyaeth”) means—\n(a) an application for approval made in accordance with paragraph 9 of Schedule 3, or\n(b) that part of a combined application that seeks approval made in accordance with paragraph 10 of Schedule 3—\nand a reference to a “valid application” (“cais dilys”) is to be construed accordingly;\n“approval” (“cymeradwyaeth”) means the approval required under paragraph 7(1) of Schedule 3 for a drainage system for construction work;\n“confirmed proposal” (“cynnig a gadarnhawyd”) means a proposal to carry out reconstruction work confirmed under regulation 15;\n“developer” (“datblygwr”) has the meaning given in paragraph 23(2)(b) of Schedule 3;\n“development” (“datblygiad”) has the meaning given in section 55 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990;\n“national standards” (“safonau cenedlaethol”) means the national standards for sustainable drainage published under paragraph 5 of Schedule 3;\n“reconstruction work” (“gwaith ailadeiladu”) means work carried out—\n(a) to reconstruct a sustainable drainage system to the state it was in before statutory works commenced, or\n(b) to construct a new sustainable drainage system in accordance with the national standards to operate in place of the sustainable drainage system affected by statutory works;\n“remedial work” (“gwaith adferol”) means work carried out on a sustainable drainage system—\n(a) to remedy damage caused by statutory works, and\n(b) to ensure the sustainable drainage system complies with the national standards;\n“Schedule 3” (“Atodlen 3”) means Schedule 3 to the Act;\n“statutory undertaker” (“ymgymerwr statudol”) has the meaning given in regulation 13;\n“statutory works” (“gwaith statudol”) has the meaning given in regulation 14;\n“sustainable drainage system” (“system ddraenio gynaliadwy”) means those parts of a drainage system that are not vested in a sewerage undertaker pursuant to an agreement under section 104 of the Water Industry Act 1991;\n“working day” (“diwrnod gwaith”) means a day which is not a Saturday, Sunday, a bank holiday within the meaning of section 1 of the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971, or other public holiday in Wales.\n(2) In these Regulations a reference to “construction work” is to be construed as a reference to construction work having drainage implications.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "“Drainage system” is defined in paragraph 1 of Schedule 3."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "“Construction work” is defined in paragraph 7(1)(a) of Schedule 3."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1990 c. 8."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1991c. 56. Section 104(1) was substituted by section 96(4)(a) of the Water Act 2003 (c. 37). There are other amendments not relevant for the purposes of these Regulations."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "1971 c. 80."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "“Drainage implications” is defined in paragraph 7(2)(b) of Schedule 3."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2018/1077/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:21:45.053337+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."
}