The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 No. 1154 xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
Introductory Text
PART 1 General
1.Citation, commencement, extent and application
2.Interpretation: general
3.Interpretation: Directives
4.Exempt facilities and the application of section 33(1)(a) of the 1990 Act
5.Interpretation: exempt facilities
6.Interpretation: local authority
7.Interpretation: operate a regulated facility and operator
8.Interpretation: regulated facility and class of regulated facility
9.Interpretation: relevant function
10.Giving notices, notifications and directions, and the submission of forms
PART 2 Environmental permits
CHAPTER 1 Application to the Crown and requirement for an environmental permit
11.Application to the Crown
12.Requirement for an environmental permit
CHAPTER 2 Grant of an environmental permit
13.Grant of an environmental permit
14.Content and form of an environmental permit
15.Conditions in relation to certain land
16.Mobile plant operating on the site of another regulated facility: conflict of permit conditions
17.Single site permits etc.
18.Consolidation of an environmental permit
19.Subsistence of an environmental permit
CHAPTER 3 Variation, transfer, revocation and surrender of an environmental permit
20.Variation of an environmental permit
21.Transfer of an environmental permit
22.Revocation of an environmental permit: general
23.Revocation of an environmental permit: steps to be taken after the revocation takes effect
24.Notification of the surrender of an environmental permit
25.Application for the surrender of an environmental permit
CHAPTER 4 Standard rules
26.Preparation and revision of standard rules
27.Standard rules as conditions of an environmental permit
28.Notification of revisions of standard rules
29.Revocation of standard rules
30.Variation of an environmental permit: revocation of standard rules
CHAPTER 5 Appeals in relation to environmental permits
31.Appeals to an appropriate authority
PART 3 Discharge of functions in relation to a regulated facility
32.Discharge of functions
33.Direction to a regulator: discharge of functions by a different regulator
34.Review of environmental permits and inspection of regulated facilities
35.Specific provisions applying to environmental permits
PART 4 Enforcement and offences
36.Enforcement notices
37.Suspension notices
38.Offences
39.Penalties and enforcement undertakings
40.Defences
41.Offences by bodies corporate
42.Enforcement by the High Court
43.Admissibility of evidence
44.Power of court to order cause of offence to be remedied
PART 5 Public registers
45.Interpretation of this Part
46.Duty of the regulator to maintain a public register
47.Exclusion from public registers of information affecting national security
48.Exclusion from public registers of confidential information
49.Procedure if the regulator considers that information may be confidential
50.Duty to determine confidentiality
51.Determination of confidentiality
52.Procedure following a determination
53.Appeals in relation to confidentiality
54.Consequences of an appeal
55.Reconsideration of confidentiality
56.Directions of the appropriate authority in relation to confidentiality
PART 6 Powers and functions of the regulator and the appropriate authority
57.Power of the regulator to prevent or remedy pollution
58.Power of the regulator to prevent or remedy effects of flood risk activities
59.Appropriate agency: notices in relation to emissions to water
60.Appropriate agency: public participation statement
61.Power to require the provision of information
62.Directions to regulators, exemption registration authorities and exemption authorities: general
63.Reference of applications to an appropriate authority
64.Directions to the appropriate agency: installations outside the United Kingdom
65.Guidance to regulators, exemption registration authorities and exemption authorities
66.Fees and charges in relation to the exercise of regulator’s functions by local authorities
67.Plans relating to emissions
68.Consultation in relation to works affecting flood and coastal erosion risks
69.Functions with respect to flood risk activities
PART 7 Miscellaneous provisions
CHAPTER 1 Interpretation
70.Interpretation of this Part
CHAPTER 2 Death of sole operator
71.Death of sole operator
CHAPTER 3 Repeal, revocations, saving and amendments
72.Repeal
73.Revocations
74.Saving
75.Consequential amendments
76.Amendment of the Transfrontier Shipment of Waste Regulations 2007
CHAPTER 4 Transitional provisions
77.Transitional provisions: general
78.Public registers
79.Site plans not required for existing permits etc.
CHAPTER 5 Review
80.Review: England
Signature
SCHEDULE 1
Activities, installations and mobile plant
PART 1 Interpretation and application: general
1.Interpretation
2.Activities falling within more than one Part description
3.Application of activities falling within Part 2
4.Application of thresholds for Part A(1) or Part A(2) activities
5.Operation below thresholds: effect on the installation
6.Application of Part B activities: releases into the air
7.References to releases into water
8.References to certain substances
PART 2 Activities
CHAPTER 1 Energy activities
SECTION 1.1 Combustion activities
SECTION 1.2 Gasification, liquefaction and refining activities
CHAPTER 2 Production and processing of metals
SECTION 2.1 Ferrous metals
SECTION 2.2 Non-ferrous metals
SECTION 2.3 Surface treating metals and plastic materials
CHAPTER 3 Mineral industries
SECTION 3.1 Production of cement and lime
SECTION 3.2 Activities involving asbestos
SECTION 3.3 Manufacturing glass and glass fibre
SECTION 3.4 Production of other mineral fibres
SECTION 3.5 Other mineral activities
SECTION 3.6 Ceramic production
CHAPTER 4 The chemical industry
SECTION 4.1 Organic chemicals
Organic chemicals
SECTION 4.2 Inorganic chemicals
SECTION 4.3 Chemical fertiliser production
SECTION 4.4 Plant health products and biocides
SECTION 4.5 Pharmaceutical production
SECTION 4.6 Explosives production
SECTION 4.7 Manufacturing activities involving carbon disulphide or ammonia
SECTION 4.8 The storage of chemicals in bulk
CHAPTER 5 Waste management
SECTION 5.1 Incineration and co-incineration of waste
SECTION 5.2 Disposal of waste by landfill
SECTION 5.3 Disposal or recovery of hazardous waste
SECTION 5.4 Disposal, recovery or a mix of disposal and recovery of non-hazardous waste
SECTION 5.5 The production of fuel from waste
SECTION 5.6 Temporary or underground storage of hazardous waste
SECTION 5.7 Treatment of waste water
CHAPTER 6 Other activities
SECTION 6.1 Paper, pulp and board manufacturing activities
SECTION 6.2 Carbon activities
SECTION 6.3 Tar and bitumen activities
SECTION 6.4 Coating activities, printing and textile treatments
SECTION 6.5 The manufacture of dyestuffs, printing ink and coating materials
SECTION 6.6 Timber activities
SECTION 6.7 Activities involving rubber
SECTION 6.8 The treatment of animal and vegetable matter and food industries
SECTION 6.9 Intensive farming
SECTION 6.10 Carbon capture and storage
SCHEDULE 2
Exempt facilities: general
1.Interpretation: general
2.Interpretation: exemption registration authority and exemption authority
3.General condition
4.Exempt waste operations
5.Exempt water discharge activities: Wales
6.Exempt water discharge activities: England
7.Exempt groundwater activities: Wales
8.Exempt groundwater activities: England
9.Exempt flood risk activities
10.Procedure for registering an exempt facility
11.Register of exempt facilities
12.Duty to remove entries from the register
13.Exclusion from the register of information affecting national security
14.Restrictions on registering exempt waste operations carried on at the same place
15.Validity of registration of waste operations
16.Changes to relevant particulars relating to waste operations
17.Record keeping for exempt waste operations
18.Periodic inspections of establishments and undertakings
SCHEDULE 3
Exempt facilities and waste operations to which section 33(1)(a) of the 1990 Act does not apply: descriptions and conditions
PART 1 Exempt waste operations: descriptions and conditions
CHAPTER 1 Interpretation of Part 1
1.Interpretation
CHAPTER 2 Use of waste
SECTION 1 Introductory
1.(1) The descriptions in this Chapter— (a) are set out...
SECTION 2 Descriptions and specific conditions
1.Use of waste in construction (U1)
2.Use of baled end-of-life tyres in construction (U2)
3.Use of waste in the construction of entertainment or educational installations etc. (U3)
4.Burning of waste as a fuel in a small appliance (U4)
5.Use of waste derived biodiesel as fuel (U5)
6.Use of sludge for the purposes of re-seeding a waste water treatment plant (U6)
7.Use of effluent to clean a highway gravel bed (U7)
8.Use of waste for a specified purpose (U8)
9.Use of waste to manufacture finished goods (U9)
10.Spreading waste on agricultural land to confer benefit (U10)
11.Spreading waste on non-agricultural land to confer benefit (U11)
12.Use of mulch (U12)
13.Spreading of plant matter to confer benefit (U13)
14.Incorporation of ash into soil (U14)
15.Pig and poultry ash (U15)
16.Use of depolluted end-of-life vehicles for vehicle parts (U16)
CHAPTER 3 Treatment of waste
SECTION 1 Introductory
1.(1) The descriptions in this Chapter— (a) are set out...
SECTION 2 Descriptions and specific conditions
1.Cleaning, washing, spraying or coating relevant waste (T1)
2.Recovery of textiles (T2)
3.Treatment of waste metals and metal alloys by heating for the purposes of removing grease etc. (T3)
4.Preparatory treatments (baling, sorting, shredding etc.) (T4)
5.Screening and blending of waste (T5)
6.Treatment of waste wood and waste plant matter by chipping, shredding, cutting or pulverising (T6)
7.Treatment of waste bricks, tiles and concrete by crushing, grinding or reducing in size (T7)
8.Mechanical treatment of end-of-life tyres (T8)
9.Recovery of scrap metal (T9)
10.Sorting mixed waste (T10)
11.Repair or refurbishment of WEEE (T11)
12.Manual treatment of waste (T12)
13.Treatment of waste food (T13)
14.Crushing and emptying waste vehicle oil filters (T14)
15.Treatment of waste aerosol cans (T15)
16.Treatment of waste toner cartridges and waste ink cartridges by sorting, dismantling, cleaning or refilling (T16)
17.Crushing waste fluorescent tubes (T17)
18.Dewatering using flocculants (T18)
19.Physical and chemical treatment of waste edible oil and fat to produce biodiesel (T19)
20.Treatment of waste at a water treatment works (T20)
21.Recovery of waste at a waste water treatment works (T21)
22.Recovery of central heating oil by filtration
23.Aerobic composting and associated prior treatment (T23)
24.Anaerobic digestion at premises used for agriculture and burning of resultant biogas (T24)
25.Anaerobic digestion at premises not used for agriculture and burning of resultant biogas (T25)
26.Treatment of kitchen waste in a wormery (T26)
27.Treatment of sheep dip using organophosphate-degrading enzyme (T27)
28.Sorting and de-naturing of controlled drugs for disposal (T28)
29.Treatment of non-hazardous pesticide washings by carbon filtration for disposal (T29)
30.Recovery of silver (T30)
31.Recovery of monopropylene glycol from aircraft antifreeze fluids (T31)
32.Treatment of waste in a biobed or biofilter (T32)
CHAPTER 4 Disposal of waste
SECTION 1 Introductory
1.(1) The descriptions in this Chapter— (a) are set out...
SECTION 2 Descriptions and specific conditions
1.Deposit of waste from dredging of inland waters (D1)
2.Deposit of waste from a railway sanitary convenience (D2)
3.Deposit of waste from a portable sanitary convenience (D3)
4.Deposit of agricultural waste consisting of plant tissue under a Plant Health notice (D4)
5.Depositing samples of waste for the purposes of testing or analysing them (D5)
6.Disposal by incineration (D6)
7.Burning waste in the open (D7)
8.Burning waste at a port under a Plant Health notice (D8)
CHAPTER 5 Storage of waste other than at the place of production pending its recovery or re-use
SECTION 1 Introductory
1.(1) The descriptions in this Chapter are set out in...
SECTION 2 Storage of waste
1.Storage of waste in secure containers (S1)
2.Storage of waste in a secure place (S2)
3.Storage of sludge (S3)
PART 2 Exempt water discharge activities: descriptions and conditions
1.Vegetation management activities
2.Small discharges of sewage effluent: Wales
3.Small discharges of sewage effluent: England
PART 3 Exempt groundwater activities: descriptions and conditions
1.Interpretation of Part 3
2.Discharge of small quantities of substances for scientific purposes
3.Small discharges of sewage effluent: Wales
4.Small discharges of sewage effluent: England
5.Open-loop ground source heating and cooling systems
PART 4 Exempt flood risk activities: descriptions and conditions
1.General and interpretation
2.Electrical cable services
3.Service crossings below the bed of a main river
4.Service crossings attached to the outside of existing structures over a main river
5.Footbridges
6.Temporary scaffolding in England
7.Temporary dewatering in England
8.Maintenance of raised river or sea defences
9.Maintenance of structures within the channel of a main river
10.Drinking bays
11.Access platforms
12.Outfalls
13.Repair and protection of banks using natural materials
14.Repair of bank slips and erosion
15.Channel habitat structures made of natural materials
16.Rafts for surveys
17.Gravel-cleaning for fish-spawning beds
18.Placement of stones or logs in a main river in England for habitat enhancement
19.Eel pass devices
20.Fish passage notches
21.Removal of silt, sand and other material in England
22.Removal of silt and sand adjacent to in-river structures in England
23.Dredging of man-made ditches, land drains, agricultural drains and previously straightened watercourses in England
24.Dredging of any main river in England
25.Excavation of scrapes and shallow wetland features
26.Raised flood defences in England
27.Bankside wildlife refuge structures
28.Improvement works for tracks and paths
PART 5 Other waste operations to which section 33(1)(a) of the 1990 Act does not apply: descriptions and conditions
1.General and interpretation
2.Temporary storage at the place of production
3.Temporary storage of waste at a place controlled by the producer
4.Temporary storage at a collection point
SCHEDULE 4
Application to the Crown
1.Crown application
2.Contravention of these Regulations by the Crown
3.Entry to Crown premises
4.Service on certain Crown operators
5.Application of this Schedule to certain radioactive substances activities
SCHEDULE 5
Environmental permits
PART 1 Grant, variation, transfer and surrender of environmental permits
1.Interpretation
2.Making an application
3.Withdrawing an application
4.Further information in respect of a duly-made application
5.Public participation: scope
6.Public participation in relation to certain applications
7.Calculation of the consultation communication period
8.Public participation in relation to regulator-initiated variations
9.Consultation: conditions mentioned in regulation 15(1)
10.Consultation with other member States
11.Duty to consider representations
12.Duty to determine an application
13.Identity and competence of the operator
14.Surrender applications
15.Time limits for determination
16.Calculation of the relevant period
17.Notification of a determination or decision
18.Date of effect of certain determinations and decisions
19.Form of certain determinations and decisions: consolidation of permits
20.Incidents and accidents: deemed condition of a permit
PART 2 Compensation in relation to conditions affecting certain interests in land
1.Interpretation
2.Entitlement to compensation
3.Loss and damage for which compensation is payable
4.Date when entitlement to compensation arises
5.Application for compensation
6.Assessment of the amount to be paid by way of compensation
7.Payment of compensation
8.Interest payable on compensation
SCHEDULE 6
Appeals to the appropriate authority
1.Interpretation
2.Making an appeal
3.Time limit for making an appeal
4.Notice to affected and interested persons
5.Hearing before an appointed person
6.Notice of determination of an appeal
7.Procedure following the quashing of a determination of an appropriate authority
SCHEDULE 7
Part A installations: Industrial Emissions Directive
1.Application
2.Interpretation
3.Exercise of regulator’s functions: general
4.Applications for the grant of an environmental permit
5.Exercise of relevant functions
6.Developments in best available techniques
7.Review of environmental permits
8.Public participation
9.Inspections
SCHEDULE 8
Part B installations and Part B mobile plant etc.
1.Application
2.Interpretation
3.Exercise of regulator’s functions: general
4.Applications for the grant of an environmental permit
5.Exercise of relevant functions
6.Change in operation
7.Review of permits
8.Developments in best available techniques
SCHEDULE 9
Waste operations and materials facilities
PART 1 Waste operations
1.Application
2.Interpretation
3.Exercise of relevant functions
PART 2 Materials facilities
CHAPTER 1 Introductory provisions, conditions and functions
1.Assessment and notification
2.Interpretation
3.Specification of conditions of environmental permits and exercise of relevant functions
CHAPTER 2 Measurement and reporting requirements for materials facilities
4.Input material
5.Output material
6.Records
7.Reports to the regulator
SCHEDULE 10
Landfill
1.Application
2.Interpretation: general
3.Applications for the grant of an environmental permit
4.Inspection prior to operation
5.Exercise of relevant functions
6.Interpretation of the Landfill Directive for the exercise of relevant functions
7.Interpretation of the Decision Annex for the exercise of relevant functions: general
8.Interpretation of the Decision Annex for the exercise of relevant functions: additional acceptance criteria relating to physical stability and bearing capacity of granular waste
9.Interpretation of the Decision Annex for the exercise of relevant functions: additional acceptance criteria in relating to monolithic waste
10.Closure of a landfill
11.Surrender applications
SCHEDULE 11
Waste motor vehicles
1.Application
2.Interpretation
3.Exercise of relevant functions
SCHEDULE 12
Waste electrical and electronic equipment
1.Application
2.Interpretation
3.Exercise of relevant functions
SCHEDULE 13
Waste incineration: Industrial Emissions Directive
1.Application
2.Interpretation
3.Applications for the grant of an environmental permit
4.Exercise of relevant functions
SCHEDULE 14
Solvent emission activities
1.Application
2.Interpretation
3.Exercise of relevant functions
SCHEDULE 15
Large combustion plants: Industrial Emissions Directive
1.Application
2.Interpretation
3.Exercise of relevant functions
4.Interruption in supply of fuel
SCHEDULE 16
Asbestos
1.Application
2.Interpretation
3.Exercise of relevant functions
SCHEDULE 17
Titanium dioxide: Industrial Emissions Directive
1.Application
2.Interpretation
3.Exercise of relevant functions
SCHEDULE 18
Petrol vapour recovery
PART 1 PVR I
1.Application
2.Exercise of relevant functions
PART 2 PVR II
1.Application
2.Exercise of relevant functions
SCHEDULE 19
Waste batteries and accumulators
1.Application
2.Exercise of relevant functions
SCHEDULE 20
Mining waste operations
1.Application
2.Interpretation
3.Applications for grant or variation of an environmental permit
4.Review of environmental permits
5.Classification of mining waste facilities
6.Inspections
7.Exercise of relevant functions
8.Public participation
9.Derogation from requirements
10.Closure of a mining waste facility
11.Inventory of closed mining waste facilities
12.Developments in best available techniques
13.Planning permission conditions
14.Applications for grant or variation of an environmental permit for a Category A mining waste facility
SCHEDULE 21
Water discharge activities
1.Application
2.Interpretation
3.Meaning of “water discharge activity”
4.Highway drains – notice requiring environmental permit
5.Discharge of trade effluent or sewage effluent into lake or pond – notice requiring environmental permit
6.Liability resulting from discharge of sewage effluent from public sewer
SCHEDULE 22
Groundwater activities
1.Application
2.Interpretation
3.Meaning of “groundwater activity”
4.Meaning of “hazardous substance”
5.Meaning of “non-hazardous pollutant”
6.Exercise of relevant functions
7.Applications for grant of environmental permit
8.Groundwater activities for which a permit may be granted
9.Prohibition notice
10.Notice requiring environmental permit
11.Notice in relation to a highway drain
12.Guidance
13.Liability resulting from discharge of sewage effluent from public sewer
SCHEDULE 23
Radioactive substances activities
PART 1 Application
1.Application
PART 2 Interpretation
1.Interpretation
2.Interpretation: NORM industrial activity
3.Interpretation: “radioactive material”, “radioactive waste” and “waste”
4.NORM industrial activities
5.Processed radionuclides of natural terrestrial or cosmic origin
6.Radionuclides not of natural terrestrial or cosmic origin
7.Radionuclides with a short half-life
8.Radionuclides not of natural terrestrial or cosmic origin in background radioactivity
9.Contaminated substances or articles
10.Substances or articles after disposal
11.Interpretation: radioactive substances activity
12.Discharge of functions: mobile radioactive apparatus
13.Nuclear sites
14.Vehicles, vessels and aircraft
PART 3 Tables of radionuclides and summation rules
1.Table 1
2.Table 2
3.References in Table 1 and Table 2 to + and sec
4.Table 3
PART 4 The Basic Safety Standards Directive
SECTION 1 Exposures and doses
1.Optimisation and dose limits
2.Specific dose limits and calculation
SECTION 2 Interventions
3.Radioactive waste: power of the Secretary of State to provide facilities for disposal or accumulation
4.Radioactive waste: power of disposal by the regulator
PART 5 The HASS Directive
SECTION 1 Security of sources
1.Interpretation
2.Site security: inspection
3.Site security: security measures and advice
SECTION 2 Advice and assistance in relation to orphan sources
4.Advice and assistance in respect of orphan sources
SECTION 3 Exercise of relevant functions and matters in relation to orphan sources
5.General
6.Records and inspections
7.Training and information
8.Orphan sources
PART 6 Radioactive substances activity exemptions
SECTION 1 General
1.Interpretation
2.Interpretation: NORM
SECTION 2 Exemption for keeping and using radioactive material and accumulating radioactive waste
3.Exemption for keeping and using radioactive material
4.Exemption for accumulating radioactive waste
5.Radioactive substances exempted under paragraphs 3 and 4
6.Conditions in respect of the total quantity or concentration of radioactive substances on any premises
7.Exemption for accumulating NORM waste
SECTION 3 Exemption for keeping or using mobile radioactive apparatus
8.Exemption for keeping or using mobile radioactive apparatus
SECTION 4 Relevant standard conditions
9.Interpretation of this Section
10.Relevant standard conditions
11.General conditions
12.Loss or theft conditions
13.Loss or theft conditions: mobile radioactive apparatus
14.Condition to dispose of accumulated waste
SECTION 5 Exemption for disposing of solid radioactive waste
15.Exemption for receiving and disposing of solid radioactive waste
16.Solid radioactive waste
17.Conditions in respect of solid radioactive waste
SECTION 6 Exemption for disposing of NORM waste
18.Exemption for receiving and disposing of NORM waste
19.Conditions in respect of NORM waste
SECTION 7 Exemption for disposing of aqueous radioactive waste
20.Exemption for disposing of aqueous radioactive waste in Table 6
21.Exemption for disposing of other aqueous radioactive waste
22.Conditions in respect of aqueous radioactive waste in paragraph 21
SECTION 8 Exemption for disposal of gaseous radioactive waste
23.Exemption for disposal of gaseous radioactive waste
24.Conditions in respect of gaseous radioactive waste
SECTION 9 Tables and summation rules in this Part
25.Table 4
26.Table 5
27.Table 6
28.Table 7
29.Interpretation of this Section
30.Table 8
PART 7 Radioactivity to be disregarded
1.Application
2.Provisions of enactments
SCHEDULE 24
Efficiency in heating and cooling energy: Energy Efficiency Directive
1.Interpretation
2.Electricity generating installations
3.Installations generating waste heat
4.Heating and cooling networks
5.Thresholds
6.Determination of applications
7.Aggregation of rated thermal input – existing installations
8.Existing applications for the grant or variation of an environmental permit
SCHEDULE 25
Flood risk activities and excluded flood risk activities
PART 1 Flood risk activities
1.Application
2.Interpretation
3.Meaning of “flood risk activity”
4.Excluded flood risk activities
5.Exercise of relevant functions
6.Conditions for operation and maintenance of structures and works
7.Emergency works notice
8.Remediation notice
9.Regulator’s power to take steps to remove and remedy etc.
10.Protected undertakings, railways and bridges
PART 2 Excluded flood risk activities
SECTION 1 Introductory
1.(1) The descriptions in this Part are set out in...
SECTION 2 Descriptions and conditions
2.Emergency activity
3.A licensable marine activity in England
4.A licensable marine activity in Wales
5.Ladders and scaffold towers
6.Service crossings within an existing structure
7.Flood protection devices attached to buildings
8.Minor works on or affecting bridges and culverts
9.Fencing
10.Fish traps
11.Notice boards
12.Purpose-built sediment traps
13.Site investigation boreholes and trial pits
SCHEDULE 26
Enforcement undertakings
1.Enforcement undertakings
2.Contents of an enforcement undertaking
3.Acceptance of an enforcement undertaking
4.General provisions on enforcement undertakings
5.Discharge of an enforcement undertaking
6.Inaccurate, incomplete or misleading information
7.Non-compliance with an enforcement undertaking
8.Appeals
9.Guidance as to use of enforcement undertakings
10.Publication of enforcement undertakings
SCHEDULE 27
Public registers
1.Matters to be included in a public register
2.Information no longer relevant for public participation
3.Formal cautions
4.Spent convictions of individuals
SCHEDULE 28
Revocations
SCHEDULE 29
Consequential amendments
PART 1 Public General Acts
1.Continental Shelf Act 1964
2.Nuclear Installations Act 1965
3.Control of Pollution Act 1974
4.Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975
5.Highways Act 1980
6.Environmental Protection Act 1990
7.Atomic Weapons Establishment Act 1991
8.Water Industry Act 1991
9.Water Resources Act 1991
10.Water Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1991
11.Clean Air Act 1993
12.Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act 1995
13.Environment Act 1995
14.Petroleum Act 1998
15.Finance Act 2000
16.Energy Act 2004
17.Planning Act 2008
18.Energy Act 2008
19.Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013
20.Defence Reform Act 2014
PART 2 Subordinate legislation
1.Deposits in the Sea (Exemptions) Order 1985
2.Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987
3.Civil Jurisdiction (Offshore Activities) Order 1987
4.Urban Waste Water Treatment (England and Wales) Regulations 1994
5.Landfill Tax Regulations 1996
6.Water Protection Zone (River Dee Catchment) Designation Order 1999
7.Ionising Radiations Regulations 1999
8.Weighing Equipment (Automatic Gravimetric Filling Instruments) Regulations 2000
9.Non-automatic Weighing Instruments Regulations 2000
10.Control of Pollution (Oil Storage) (England) Regulations 2001
11.Weighing Equipment (Automatic Rail-weighbridges) Regulations 2003
12.End-of-Life Vehicles Regulations 2003
13.Weighing Equipment (Automatic Catchweighing Instruments) Regulations 2003
14.Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (England and Wales) Regulations 2003
15.Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (Solway Tweed River Basin District) Regulations 2004
16.Hazardous Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2005
17.Hazardous Waste (Wales) Regulations 2005
18.Measuring Instruments (Automatic Rail-weighbridges) Regulations 2006
19.Measuring Instruments (Automatic Catchweighers) Regulations 2006
20.Measuring Instruments (Automatic Gravimetric Filling Instruments) Regulations 2006
21.Radioactive Contaminated Land (Modification of Enactments) (England) Regulations 2006
22.Contaminated Land (England) Regulations 2006
23.Radioactive Contaminated Land (Modification of Enactments) (Wales) Regulations 2006
24.Contaminated Land (Wales) Regulations 2006
25.Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007
26.Persistent Organic Pollutants Regulations 2007
27.Cremation (England and Wales) Regulations 2008
28.Co-ordination of Regulatory Enforcement (Enforcement Action) Order 2009
29.Waste Batteries and Accumulators Regulations 2009
30.Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation) (Wales) Regulations 2009
31.Major Accident Off-Site Emergency Plan (Management of Waste from Extractive Industries) (England and Wales) Regulations 2009
32.Corporation Tax (Land Remediation Relief) Order 2009
33.Mercury Export and Data (Enforcement) Regulations 2010
34.Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2010
35.River Mersey (Mersey Gateway Bridge) Order 2011
36.Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011
37.Network Rail (Hitchin (Cambridge Junction)) Order 2011
38.Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2011
39.Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme Regulations 2011
40.Volatile Organic Compounds in Paints, Varnishes and Vehicle Refinishing Products Regulations 2012
41.Ipswich Barrier Order 2012
42.Network Rail (Ipswich Chord) Order 2012
43.Network Rail (North Doncaster Chord) Order 2012
44.Chiltern Railways (Bicester to Oxford Improvements) Order 2012
45.Climate Change Agreements (Eligible Facilities) Regulations 2012
46.Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Regulations 2012
47.Crossrail (Kensal Green) Order 2013
48.Brechfa Forest West Wind Farm Order 2013
49.Hinkley Point C (Nuclear Generating Station) Order 2013
50.Lancashire County Council (Torrisholme to the M6 Link (A683 Completion of Heysham to M6 Link Road)) Order 2013
51.Leeds Railway Station (Southern Entrance) Order 2013
52.Croxley Rail Link Order 2013
53.Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013 (Prescribed Relevant Offences and Relevant Enforcement Action) Regulations 2013
54.Transport for Greater Manchester (Light Rapid Transit System) (Second City Crossing) Order 2013
55.M1 Junction 10a (Grade Separation) Order 2013
56.Network Rail (Redditch Branch Enhancement) Order 2013
57.Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2013
58.National Grid (King’s Lynn B Power Station Connection) Order 2013
59.Ashton Vale to Temple Meads and Bristol City Centre Rapid Transit Order 2013
60.Network Rail (Norton Bridge Area Improvements) Order 2014
61.National Grid (North London Reinforcement Project) Order 2014
62.East Anglia ONE Offshore Wind Farm Order 2014
63.Daventry International Rail Freight Interchange Alteration Order 2014
64.Rampion Offshore Wind Farm Order 2014
65.Network Rail (Huyton) Order 2014
66.A556 (Knutsford to Bowdon Improvement) Development Consent Order 2014
67.Thames Water Utilities Limited (Thames Tideway Tunnel) Order 2014
68.North Killingholme (Generating Station) Order 2014
69.Clocaenog Forest Wind Farm Order 2014
70.Central Bedfordshire Council (Woodside Link Houghton Regis) Development Consent Order 2014
71.South Hook Combined Heat and Power Plant Order 2014
72.Able Marine Energy Park Development Consent Order 2014
73.Walney Extension Offshore Wind Farm Order 2014
74.London Underground (Northern Line Extension) Order 2014
75.Common Agricultural Policy (Integrated Administration and Control System and Enforcement and Cross Compliance) (Wales) Regulations 2014
76.Common Agricultural Policy (Control and Enforcement, Cross-Compliance, Scrutiny of Transactions and Appeals) Regulations 2014
77.Willington C Gas Pipeline Order 2014
78.Hornsea One Offshore Wind Farm Order 2014
79.Northumberland County Council (A1 – South East Northumberland Link Road (Morpeth Northern Bypass)) Development Consent Order 2015
80.A160/A180 (Port of Immingham Improvement) Development Consent Order 2015
81.Cornwall Council (A30 Temple to Higher Carblake Improvement) Order 2015
82.Dogger Bank Creyke Beck Offshore Wind Farm Order 2015
83.Ship Recycling Facilities Regulations 2015
84.Infrastructure Planning (Interested Parties and Miscellaneous Prescribed Provisions) Regulations 2015
85.Control of Major Accidents Hazards Regulations 2015
86.Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015
87.Nitrate Pollution Prevention Regulations 2015
88.Knottingley Power Plant Order 2015
89.Network Rail (Ordsall Chord) Order 2015
90.Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation) (England) Regulations 2015
91.White Moss Landfill Order 2015
92.Norfolk County Council (Norwich Northern Distributor Road (A1067 to A47(T))) Order 2015
93.Hazardous Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2015
94.Swansea Bay Tidal Generating Station Order 2015
95.Preesall Underground Gas Storage Facility Order 2015
96.Progress Power (Gas Fired Power Station) Order 2015
97.Hirwaun Generating Station Order 2015
98.Dogger Bank Teesside A and B Offshore Wind Farm Order 2015
99.Ferrybridge Multifuel 2 Power Station Order 2015
100.Network Rail (Tinsley Chord) Order 2015
101.Large Combustion Plants (Transitional National Plan) Regulations 2015
102.Port Talbot Steelworks Generating Station Order 2015
103.London Underground (Bank Station Capacity Upgrade) Order 2015
104.East Midlands Gateway Rail Freight Interchange and Highway Order 2016
105.National Grid (Hinkley Point C Connection Project) Order 2016
106.Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Wales) Regulations 2016
107.A19/A1058 Coast Road (Junction Improvement) Development Consent Order 2016
108.Palm Paper Mill Generating Station Order 2016
109.Thorpe Marsh Gas Pipeline Order 2016
110.Water Resources (Control of Pollution) (Oil Storage) (Wales) Regulations 2016
111.Onshore Hydraulic Fracturing (Protected Areas) Regulations 2016
112.The Midland Metro (Birmingham City Centre Extension, etc.) (Land Acquisition and Variation) Order 2016
113.The A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme Development Consent Order 2016
114.The Midland Metro (Wolverhampton City Centre Extension) Order 2016
115.The York Potash Harbour Facilities Order 2016
116.The Meaford Gas Fired Generating Station Order 2016
117.The North Wales Wind Farms Connection Order 2016
118.The Hornsea Two Offshore Wind Farm Order 2016
119.The River Humber Gas Pipeline Replacement Order 2016
120.The M4 Motorway (Junctions 3 to 12) (Smart Motorway) Development Consent Order 2016
121.The Triton Knoll Electrical System Order 2016
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