The Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation) (Wales) Regulations 2009

1. Introductory Text

2. PART 1 Introductory provisions

   1. 1. Title, commencement and application

   2. 2. Interpretation

   3. 3. References to EU instruments

   4. 4. Meaning of “environmental damage”

   5. 5. Environmental damage to which these Regulations apply

   6. 6. Areas of application

   7. 7. Other legislation

   8. 8. Exemptions

   9. 9. Exemption from damage to water

   10. 10. Enforcing authorities under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016

   11. 11. Enforcing authorities in other cases

   12. 12. Enforcement

3. PART 2 Preventing environmental damage

   1. 13. Preventing environmental damage

   2. 14. Preventing further environmental damage

   3. 15. Action by the enforcing authority

   4. 16. Following instructions from a public authority

4. PART 3 Remediation

   1. 17. Assessment of damage

   2. 18. Determining liability to remediate

   3. 18A. Reporting by enforcing authorities

   4. 19. Appeals against liability to remediate

   5. 20. Remediation notices

   6. 21. Appeal against the remediation notice

   7. 22. Further provisions on remediation notices

   8. 23. Action by the enforcing authority

5. PART 4 Administration and enforcement

   1. 24. Costs when the enforcing authority acts instead of the operator

   2. 25. Costs concerned with administration

   3. 26. Proceedings for costs by an enforcing authority

   4. 27. Costs recoverable from owner to be a charge on premises

   5. 28. Recovery of costs from other persons

   6. 29. Requests for action by interested parties

   7. 30. Grant of and compensation for rights of entry etc.

   8. 31. Powers of authorised persons

   9. 32. Provision of information to the enforcing authority

   10. 33. Enforcement

   11. 34. Penalties

6. Signature

7. 1. SCHEDULE 1

      Damage to protected species, natural habitats and sites of special scientific interest

      1. 1. Damage to protected species and natural habitats

      2. 2. Conservation status of natural habitats

      3. 3. Conservation status of species

      4. 4. Sites of special scientific interest

      5. 5. Express authorisation

   2. SCHEDULE 2

      Activities causing damage

      1. 1. Operations to which this Schedule applies

      2. 1A. A reference in this Schedule to an activity being authorised,...

      3. 2. Operation of permitted installations

      4. 3. Waste management operations

      5. 4. Mining waste

      6. 5. Discharges requiring authorisation

      7. 6. Water abstraction and impoundment

      8. 7. Dangerous substances, plant protection products and biocidal products

      9. 8. Transport

      10. 9. Genetically modified organisms

      11. 10. Transboundary shipment of waste

      12. 11. Operation of carbon dioxide storage sites

   3. SCHEDULE 3

      Permits, etc.

      1. 1. The following are permits for the purposes of regulation 19(3)...

   4. SCHEDULE 4

      Remediation

      1. PART 1 Remediation of damage to natural resources other than land

         1. 1. Application of Part 1

         2. 2. Risk to human health

         3. 3. Objective

         4. 4. Primary and complementary remediation

         5. 5. Compensatory remediation

         6. 6. Choice of remediation

         7. 7. Identification of complementary and compensatory remediation

         8. 8. Options

      2. PART 2 Remediation of damage to land

         1. 9. Remediation of damage to land

   5. SCHEDULE 5

      Appeals

      1. PART 1 Appeals when the Welsh Ministers are not the enforcing authority

         1. 1. This Part applies when the Welsh Ministers are not the...

         2. 2. Notification of appeal must contain— (a) a copy of the...

         3. 3. When notification is received, the Welsh Ministers must send a...

         4. 4. The Welsh Ministers must notify the appellant of the time...

         5. 5. When these are received, the Welsh Ministers must send all...

         6. 6. At the same time the Welsh Ministers must notify any...

         7. 7. The Welsh Ministers must then decide whether further evidence is...

         8. 8. The Welsh Ministers must then refer the appeal to a...

         9. 9. Following the conclusion of the appeal by the appointed person,...

         10. 10. The person deciding the appeal may make such order as...

      2. PART 2 Appeals when the Welsh Ministers are the enforcing authority

         1. 11. If the Welsh Ministers are the enforcing authority, the procedures...

   6. SCHEDULE 6

      Compensation

      1. 1. Compensation for grant of rights

      2. 2. Interpretation

      3. 3. Period for making an application

      4. 4. Manner of making an application

      5. 5. Loss and damage for which compensation payable

      6. 6. Basis on which compensation assessed

      7. 7. Determination of disputes

8. Explanatory Note