The Common Agricultural Policy (Integrated Administration and Control System and Enforcement and Cross Compliance) (Wales) Regulations 2014 No. 3223 (W. 328)

SCHEDULE 1 Standards for Good Agricultural and Environmental Condition

Protection of groundwater

3.—(1) A beneficiary must not cause, or knowingly permit, a groundwater activity except under and to the extent authorised by an environmental permit in accordance with regulation 12(1)(b) of the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010(1).

(2) A beneficiary must comply with the requirements relating to groundwater activities in accordance with regulation 35(2)(p) of, and Schedule 22 to, the Environmental Permitting Regulations (England and Wales) 2010.

(3) For the purposes of this paragraph—

“groundwater activity” (“gweithgaredd dŵr daear”) has the same meaning as in the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010;

“environmental permit” (“trwydded amgylcheddol”) has the same meaning as in the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010.

(1)

S.I. 2010/675; amended by S.I. 2012/630; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.