39.—(1) The Groundwater Regulations 1998(1) are amended (in relation to England and Wales) as follows.
(2) In regulation 1(3), in the definition of “authorisation”, for sub-paragraphs (e) and (f) substitute—
“(e)an environmental permit under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2007, except to the extent that it authorises the operation of a Part B activity within the meaning of those Regulations;”.
(3) In regulation 3, for “the Pollution Prevention and Control (England and Wales) Regulations 2000”, substitute “the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2007”.