The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2009

Made: 20th December 2009

Coming into force: 6th April 2010

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Citation, commencement and extent

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Amendment of the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2007

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Amendment of regulation 2 (interpretation: general)

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Substitution of regulation 5 (interpretation: exempt waste operation)

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Amendment of regulation 22 (revocation of an environmental permit: general)

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Amendment of regulation 38 (offences)

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Substitution of regulation 68 (further provision in relation to waste)

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Insertion of regulation 71B (transitional provision: exempt waste operations)

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Amendment of Schedule 1 (activities)

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Substitution of Schedule 2 (exempt waste operations: general)

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Substitution of Schedule 3 (descriptions: exempt waste operations and other operations to which section 33(1)(a) of the 1990 Act does not apply)

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Amendment of Schedule 19 (public registers)

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Amendments to the Environment Act 1995

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Consequential amendment to the Waste Management (England and Wales) Regulations 2006

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Consequential amendment to the Waste Batteries and Accumulators Regulations 2009

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Savings

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SCHEDULE 1 — SCHEDULE 2 TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING (ENGLAND AND WALES) REGULATIONS 2007

SCHEDULE 2 — SCHEDULES 3 AND 3A TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING (ENGLAND AND WALES) REGULATIONS 2007

Signed

Jane Davidson — Minister for Environment, Sustainability and Housing — 2009-12-20

Dan Norris — Parliamentary Under Secretary — 2009-12-20

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1999 c. 24. Functions of the Secretary of State under section 2 (except in relation to offshore oil and gas exploration and exploitation), so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by article 3 of S.I. 2005/1958. Those functions were then transferred to the Welsh Ministers by paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32).

[^f00002]: 2006 c.32. The boundary between the sea adjacent to Wales and that adjacent to England is described by article 6 and Schedule 3 of the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672). By virtue of section 162 of and paragraph 26 of Schedule 11 to the 2006 Act, S.I. 1999/672 continues to have effect.

[^f00003]: S.I. 2007/3538, amended by section 88(2) of the Climate Change Act 2008 (c. 28), S.I. 2009/890, S.I. 2009/1799.

[^f00004]: S.I. 2005/2347 to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00005]: S.I. 2006/1293 (W.127).

[^f00006]: 1990 c. 43; section 33(1)(a) was amended by paragraph 4(2) of Part 1 of Schedule 21 to S.I. 2007/3538 and by paragraph 1(3)(a) of Schedule 2 to S.I. 2009/1799. Regulation 28(2) of S.I. 2009/1799 makes provision for the application of section 33(1)(a) in relation to extractive waste.

[^f00007]: Regulation 71A was inserted by regulation 16(5) of S.I. 2009/1799.

[^f00008]: 1947 c. 48.

[^f00009]: 1995 c. 25.

[^f00010]: Subsection (2A) of section 41 was inserted in relation to England and Wales by regulation 3(2) of S.I. 2006/937.

[^f00011]: The definition of “relevant environmental licence” was inserted into subsection (10) of section 41 in relation to England and Wales by regulation 3(3) of S.I. 2006/937.

[^f00012]: The definition of “environmental licence” in sub-paragraph (j) of section 56(1) in relation to the Environment Agency was substituted in relation to England and Wales by paragraph 23(2)(c) in Part 1 of Schedule 21 to S.I. 2007/3538.

[^f00013]: S.I. 2006/937. Regulation 3 of that instrument amended the Environment Act 1995 by inserting subsection (2A) into section 41 and by inserting the definition of “relevant environmental licence” into that section as subsection (10) in relation to England and Wales.

[^f00014]: S.I. 2009/890 in respect of which a relevant correction slip was issued. Paragraph 2(5) of Schedule 8 inserts a new paragraph into Schedule 3 of S.I. 2007/3538.

[^f00015]: S.I. 2008/2349.

[^f00016]: S.I. 2008/3143 (W.278).

[^f00017]: 1991 c. 57.

[^f00018]: 1947 c. 48.

[^f00019]: S.I. 2004/2590 to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00020]: S.I 2006/1344 (W.134) to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00021]: S.I. 2005/2517, amended by S.I. 2006/2696, S.I. 2008/644, S.I. 2009/594.

[^f00022]: S.I. 2005/2530 to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00023]: S.I. 2006/1643 (W.158) to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations

[^f00024]: 1964 c. 69.

[^f00025]: An asterisk following any such code indicates that the waste is considered as a hazardous waste for the purposes of regulation 6(a) of the Hazardous Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/894) (see regulation 3(6)of the List of Waste (England) Regulations 2005 and the List of Waste (Wales) Regulations 2005). See also regulation 3(7) of those Regulations for the effect of the asterisk where the waste comprises or contains one or more dangerous substances.

[^f00026]: S.I. 2005/895, amended by S.I. 2005/1673.

[^f00027]: S.I. 2005/1820 (W.148).

[^f00028]: 1991 c. 59.

[^f00029]: PAS 108:2007, Specification for the production of tyre bales for use in construction, ISBN 978 0 580 50349 8.

[^f00030]: 1991 c. 57; Chapter II was amended by the Environment Act 1995 (c. 25), section 120(1) and Schedule 22.

[^f00031]: S.I. 2009/716.

[^f00032]: Available on the Defra website - http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/waste/producer/electrical/documents/weee-batrrt-guidance.pdf. See paragraphs 22 to 36.

[^f00033]: OJ No L. 273, 10.10.2002, p1.

[^f00034]: S.I. 2001/3998; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2003/1432, 2005/1653, 2005/3372 and 2007/2154.

[^f00035]: 1993 c. 12.

[^f00036]: 1974 c. 40.

[^f00037]: 1989 c. 14; section 5 was amended by section 37 of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 (c. 16).

[^f00038]: 1991 c. 56.

[^f00039]: )S.I. 2006/3289, amended by S.I. 2007/3545; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.

[^f00040]: )S.I. 2007/871, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00041]: S.I. 2009/890.

[^f00042]: 1990 c. 43; section 34(1) was amended by S.I. 2000/1973 and 2007/3538. Section 34(1A) was inserted by paragraph 1(6) of Schedule 2 to S.I. 2009/1799.

[^f00043]: S.I. 2007/1711, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00044]: 1979 c. 2.

[^f00045]: S.I. 1989/1263, amended by S.I. 1990/880, 1996/593 and 2000/656.

Editorial notes