The Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation) (England) Regulations 2015

[^f00037]: S.I. 1994/2716, amended by paragraph 233(1) of schedule 22 to the Environment Act 1995 (c.25); S.I. 1996/525; 1997/3055; 2000/192 and 1973; 2003/2155; 2005/3389; 2006/1282; 2007/1843 and 3538; 2008/2172; 2009/6, 1307, 2438 and 3160; and paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 11 to the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c.23); and revoked (in relation to England and Wales) by S.I. 2010/490.

[^f00038]: S.I. 2001/1754, amended by S.I. 2007/77 and 1842; and 2010/1513.

[^f00039]: S.I. 2007/1842, amended by S.I. 2009/7; 2010/490, 491 and 1513; 2011/2043; 2012/1809 and 1928; and 2013/755.

[^f00040]: S.I. 2010/490, amended by S.I. 2011/603 and 625; 2012/630, 635, 637 and 1927; and 2013/755.

[^f00041]: OJ No. L 257, 10.10.1996, p.26; repealed by Directive 2008/1/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L 24, 29.1.2008, p.8).

[^f00042]: OJ No. L 24, 29.1.2008, p.8; amended by Directive 2009/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L 140, 5.6.2009, p.114) and repealed by Directive 2010/75/EU on industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control) (OJ No. L 334, 17.12.2010, p.17).

[^f00043]: OJ No. L 334, 17.12.2010, p.17.

[^f00044]: OJ No. L 194, 25.7.1975, p.23; repealed by Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L 312, 22.11.2008, p.3).

[^f00045]: OJ No. L 194, 25.7.1975, p.39; repealed by Directive 2006/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L 114, 27.4.2006, p.9).

[^f00046]: OJ No. L 337, 31.12.1991, p.20; repealed by Directive 2008/98/EC.

[^f00047]: OJ No. L 114, 27.4.2006, p.9; repealed by Directive 2008/98/EC.

[^f00048]: OJ No. L 312, 22.11.2008, p.3; last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No. 1357/2014 (OJ No. L 365, 19.12.2014, p.89).

[^f00049]: OJ No. L 182, 16.7.1999, p.1; last amended by Council Directive 2011/97/EU (OJ No. L 328, 10.12.2011, p.49).

[^f00050]: OJ No. L 332, 28.12.2000, p.91, as corrected in OJ No. L 145, 31.5.2001, p.52; repealed by Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L 334, 17.12.2010, p.17).

[^f00051]: OJ No. L 102, 11.4.2006, p.15; last amended by Regulation (EC) No. 596/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L 188, 18.7.2009, p.14).

[^f00052]: OJ No. L 129, 18.5.1976, p.23; repealed by Directive 2006/11/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L 64, 4.3.2006, p.52).

[^f00053]: OJ No. L 64, 4.3.2006, p.52.

[^f00054]: OJ No. L 20, 26.1.1980, p.43; repealed by Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L 327, 22.12.2000, p.1).

[^f00055]: OJ No. L 372, 27.12.2006, p.19; amended by Commission Directive 2014/80/EU (OJ No. L 182, 21.6.2014, p.52).

[^f00056]: OJ No. L 196, 16.8.1967, p.1; last amended by Council Directive 2013/21/EU (OJ No. L 158, 10.6.2013, p.240).

[^f00057]: OJ No. L 353, 31.12.2008, p.1; last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No. 758/2013 (OJ No. L 216, 10.8.2013, p.1).

[^f00058]: OJ No. L 200, 30.7.1999, p.1; last amended by Council Directive 2013/21/EU.

[^f00059]: OJ No. L 309, 24.11.2009, p.1; last amended by Regulation (EU) No. 652/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L 189, 27.6.2014, p.1).

[^f00060]: OJ No. L 123, 24.4.1998, p.1; repealed by Regulation (EU) No. 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L 167, 27.6.2012, p.1).

[^f00061]: OJ No. L 167, 27.6.2012, p.1; last amended by Regulation (EU) No. 334/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L 103, 5.4.2014, p.22).

[^f00062]: OJ No. L 319, 12.12.1994, p.7; repealed by Directive 2008/68 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L 260, 30.9.2008, p.13).

[^f00063]: OJ No. L 235, 17.9.1996, p.25; repealed by Directive 2008/68.

[^f00064]: OJ No. L 247, 5.10.1993, p.19; last amended by Directive 2002/84/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L 324, 29.11.2002, p.53); repealed by Directive 2002/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L 208, 5.8.2002, p.10).

[^f00065]: OJ No. L 208, 5.8.2002, p.10; last amended by Commission Directive 2014/100/EU (OJ No. L 308, 29.10.2014, p.82).

[^f00066]: OJ No. L 260, 30.9.2008, p.13; last amended by Commission Directive 2014/103/EU (OJ No. L 335, 22.11.2014, p.15).

[^f00067]: OJ No. L 117, 8.5.1990, p.1; repealed by Directive 2009/41/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L 125, 21.5.2009, p.75).

[^f00068]: OJ No. L 106, 17.4.2001, p.1; last amended by Directive 2008/27/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L 81, 20.3.2008, p.45).

[^f00069]: OJ No. L 30, 6.2.1993, p.1.

[^f00070]: OJ No. L 190, 12.7.2006, p.1; last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No. 1234/2014 (OJ No. L 332, 19.11.2014, p.15).

[^f00071]: OJ No. L 140, 5.6.2009, p.114; amended by Directive 2011/92/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council 23(OJ No. L 26, 28.1.2012, p.1).

[^f00072]: 2009 c.23.

[^f00073]: 1991 c.57. See section 73, as amended by paragraph 139 of Schedule 22 to the Environment Act 1995 (c.25) and S.I. 2013/755.

[^f00074]: 1990 c.43.

[^f00075]: OJ No. L106, 17.4.2001, p.1; last amended by Directive 2008/27/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L 81, 20.3.2008, p.45).

[^f00076]: OJ No. L 268, 18.10.2003, p.1; last amended by Regulation (EC) No. 298/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L 97, 9.4.2008, p.64).

[^f00077]: 1981 c.67.

[^f00078]: 1961 c.33. Section 5 was amended by paragraph 1 of Schedule 15 and Part 3 of Schedule 19 to the Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c.34) and S.I. 2009/1307.

[^f00079]: Section 4 was amended by S.I. 2009/1307.

[^f00080]: OJ No. L 143, 30.4.2004, p.56.

[^f00081]: OJ No. L 178, 28.6.2013, p.66.

[^f00082]: OJ No. L 164, 25.6.2008, p.19.

Editorial notes

[^c22465811]: 1972 c.68. Section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) and by Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7). Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006.

[^c22465821]: 1978 c.30. Section 14A was inserted by section 59(1) and (2) of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c.24).

[^c22465831]: OJ No. L 143, 30.4.2004, p.56; last amended by Directive 2013/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L 178, 28.6.2013, p.66).

[^c22465841]: 1987 c.49. See S.I. 2014/1353.

[^c22465851]: OJ No. L 327, 22.12.2000, p.1; last amended by Commission Directive 2014/101/EU (OJ No. L 311, 31.10.2014, p.32).

[^c22465861]: OJ No. L 164, 25.6.2008, p.19.

[^c22465871]: OJ No. L 20, 26.1.2010, p.7; amended by Council Directive 2013/17/EU (OJ No. L 158, 10.6.2013, p.193).

[^c22465881]: OJ No. L 206, 22.7.1992, p.7; last amended by Council Directive 2013/17/EU (OJ No. L 158, 10.6.2013, p.193).

[^c22465891]: 1981 c.69. Section 28 was substituted by paragraph 1 of Schedule 9 to the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (c.37) and amended by paragraph 79 of Schedule 11 to the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c.16) and paragraph 2(1) and (2) of Schedule 13 to the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c.23).

[^c22465901]: 1998 c.46. The term “the Scottish zone” is defined by section 126(1). The Scottish Adjacent Waters Boundaries Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1126) made under section 126(2) defines the boundaries between waters which are to be treated as internal waters or territorial waters, or waters within British fishery limits, adjacent to Scotland and those which are not.

[^c22465911]: See section 52, amended by paragraph 5(1) and (2) of Schedule 9 to the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (c.37).

[^c22465921]: OJ No. L 372, 27.12.2006, p.19; amended by Commission Directive 2014/80/EU (OJ No. L 182, 21.6.2014, p.52).

[^c22465931]: 2006 c.32.

[^c22465941]: 1998 c.47.

[^c22465951]: 1964 c.29. Areas are currently designated under section 1(7) by S.I. 2013/3162 (which revoked S.I. 2000/3062 and 2001/3670, subject to a saving in respect of the Continental Shelf (Designation of Areas) Orders 1964 to 1982). Section 1(7) was amended by paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to the Oil and Gas (Enterprise) Act 1982 (c.23) and by section 103 of the Energy Act 2011 (c.16).

[^c22465961]: S.I. 2013/3161.

[^c22465971]: The Convention entered into force on 16th November 1994. It was approved on behalf of the European Community by Council Decision 98/392/EC concerning the conclusion by the European Community of the United Nations Convention of 10th December 1982 on the Law of the Sea and the Agreement of 28th July 1994 relating to the implementation of Part XI thereof (OJ No. L 179, 23.6.1998, p.1).

[^c22465981]: The Convention is set out in Schedule 7 to the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (c.21), amended by S.I. 1998/1258.

[^c22465991]: This is the date on which S.I. 2009/153, which is revoked and replaced by these Regulations, came into force.

[^c22466001]: Implemented by the Merchant Shipping Act 1995.

[^c22466011]: Implemented by the Merchant Shipping Act 1995.

[^c22466021]: The Convention was implemented by amendments to the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 made by S.I. 2006/1244.

[^c22466041]: 1998 c.17. The definition of “offshore installation” for the purposes of Part 4 of that Act is contained in section 44 of that Act. Section 44 was amended by paragraph 11 of Schedule 1 to the Energy Act 2008 (c.32).

[^c22466051]: 2008 c.32. Section 30 was amended by section 107(1) and (4) of the Energy Act 2011 (c.16) and by S.I. 2011/2453.

[^c22466061]: 1934 c.36. The Act was repealed by Part 1 of Schedule 5 to the Petroleum Act 1998.

[^c22466071]: Part 3 was amended by the Energy Act 2004 (c.20), sections 151(5) and 197(9) and Schedule 23, Part 1; the Energy Act 2008, sections 36, 78(3) and (4) and 108, Schedule 1, paragraph 9, and Schedule 6; the Energy Act 2011, Schedule 2 paragraphs 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14 and 15; the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c.23), section 112(1) and Schedule 8, paragraph 7; and by S.I. 2000/1937, 2004/2043, 2007/290 and 2011/2305 and 2704.

[^c22466081]: Part 4 was amended by the Energy Act 2008, sections 36, 72(1) to (8), 73(1) to (6), 74(1), 107, 108 and Schedule 1, paragraphs 10 and 11, Schedule 5, paragraphs 6, 7, 9, 10 and 11, and Schedule 6; and by the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009, section 112(1) and Schedule 8, paragraph 8.

[^c22466091]: Section 18 was amended by S.I. 2011/224 and 2435.

[^c22466101]: 1925 c.20.

[^c22466111]: 1995 c.25. Section 108 was amended by Schedule 3 to the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999 (c.24); S.I. 2000/1973; section 55(6) to (9) of the Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 (c.38); S.I. 2010/675; paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c.9); and S.I. 2013/755. There are other amendments which are not relevant to these Regulations.

[^c22466121]: 1995 c.21.

[^c22466131]: 2004 c.20. Section 84 was amended by paragraph 4 of Part 1 of Schedule 4 to the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c.23).

[^c22466141]: S.I. 2009/153, amended by S.I. 2009/3275, 2010/587, 675 and 2221; 2011/556, 988, 1043 and 2131; 2012/630 and 2897; and 2013/755.

[^c22466151]: S.I. 2009/3275.

[^c22466161]: S.I. 2010/587.

[^c22466211]: OJ No. L 257, 10.10.1996, p.26; repealed by Directive 2008/1/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L 24, 29.1.2008, p.8).

[^c22466221]: OJ No. L 24, 29.1.2008, p.8; amended by Directive 2009/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L 140, 5.6.2009, p.114) and repealed by Directive 2010/75/EU on industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control) (OJ No. L 334, 17.12.2010, p.17).

[^c22466231]: OJ No. L 334, 17.12.2010, p.17.

[^c22466241]: OJ No. L 194, 25.7.1975, p.23; repealed by Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L 312, 22.11.2008, p.3).

[^c22466251]: OJ No. L 194, 25.7.1975, p.39; repealed by Directive 2006/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L 114, 27.4.2006, p.9).

[^c22466261]: OJ No. L 337, 31.12.1991, p.20; repealed by Directive 2008/98/EC.

[^c22466271]: OJ No. L 114, 27.4.2006, p.9; repealed by Directive 2008/98/EC.

[^c22466281]: OJ No. L 312, 22.11.2008, p.3; last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No. 1357/2014 (OJ No. L 365, 19.12.2014, p.89).

[^c22466291]: OJ No. L 182, 16.7.1999, p.1; last amended by Council Directive 2011/97/EU (OJ No. L 328, 10.12.2011, p.49).

[^c22466301]: OJ No. L 332, 28.12.2000, p.91, as corrected in OJ No. L 145, 31.5.2001, p.52; repealed by Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L 334, 17.12.2010, p.17).

[^c22466311]: OJ No. L 102, 11.4.2006, p.15; last amended by Regulation (EC) No. 596/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L 188, 18.7.2009, p.14).

[^c22466321]: OJ No. L 129, 18.5.1976, p.23; repealed by Directive 2006/11/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L 64, 4.3.2006, p.52).

[^c22466331]: OJ No. L 64, 4.3.2006, p.52.

[^c22466341]: OJ No. L 20, 26.1.1980, p.43; repealed by Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L 327, 22.12.2000, p.1).

[^c22466351]: OJ No. L 372, 27.12.2006, p.19; amended by Commission Directive 2014/80/EU (OJ No. L 182, 21.6.2014, p.52).

[^c22466361]: OJ No. L 196, 16.8.1967, p.1; last amended by Council Directive 2013/21/EU (OJ No. L 158, 10.6.2013, p.240).

[^c22466371]: OJ No. L 353, 31.12.2008, p.1; last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No. 758/2013 (OJ No. L 216, 10.8.2013, p.1).

[^c22466381]: OJ No. L 200, 30.7.1999, p.1; last amended by Council Directive 2013/21/EU.

[^c22466391]: OJ No. L 309, 24.11.2009, p.1; last amended by Regulation (EU) No. 652/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L 189, 27.6.2014, p.1).

[^c22466401]: OJ No. L 123, 24.4.1998, p.1; repealed by Regulation (EU) No. 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L 167, 27.6.2012, p.1).

[^c22466411]: OJ No. L 167, 27.6.2012, p.1; last amended by Regulation (EU) No. 334/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L 103, 5.4.2014, p.22).

[^c22466421]: OJ No. L 319, 12.12.1994, p.7; repealed by Directive 2008/68 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L 260, 30.9.2008, p.13).

[^c22466431]: OJ No. L 235, 17.9.1996, p.25; repealed by Directive 2008/68.

[^c22466441]: OJ No. L 247, 5.10.1993, p.19; last amended by Directive 2002/84/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L 324, 29.11.2002, p.53); repealed by Directive 2002/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L 208, 5.8.2002, p.10).

[^c22466451]: OJ No. L 208, 5.8.2002, p.10; last amended by Commission Directive 2014/100/EU (OJ No. L 308, 29.10.2014, p.82).

[^c22466461]: OJ No. L 260, 30.9.2008, p.13; last amended by Commission Directive 2014/103/EU (OJ No. L 335, 22.11.2014, p.15).

[^c22466471]: OJ No. L 117, 8.5.1990, p.1; repealed by Directive 2009/41/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L 125, 21.5.2009, p.75).

[^c22466481]: OJ No. L 106, 17.4.2001, p.1; last amended by Directive 2008/27/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L 81, 20.3.2008, p.45).

[^c22466491]: OJ No. L 30, 6.2.1993, p.1.

[^c22466501]: OJ No. L 190, 12.7.2006, p.1; last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No. 1234/2014 (OJ No. L 332, 19.11.2014, p.15).

[^c22466511]: OJ No. L 140, 5.6.2009, p.114; amended by Directive 2011/92/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council 23(OJ No. L 26, 28.1.2012, p.1).

[^c22466521]: 2009 c.23.

[^c22466531]: 1991 c.57. See section 73, as amended by paragraph 139 of Schedule 22 to the Environment Act 1995 (c.25) and S.I. 2013/755.

[^c22466541]: 1990 c.43.

[^c22466551]: OJ No. L106, 17.4.2001, p.1; last amended by Directive 2008/27/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L 81, 20.3.2008, p.45).

[^c22466561]: OJ No. L 268, 18.10.2003, p.1; last amended by Regulation (EC) No. 298/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L 97, 9.4.2008, p.64).

[^c22466571]: 1981 c.67.

[^c22466581]: 1961 c.33. Section 5 was amended by paragraph 1 of Schedule 15 and Part 3 of Schedule 19 to the Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c.34) and S.I. 2009/1307.

[^c22466591]: Section 4 was amended by S.I. 2009/1307.

[^c22466601]: OJ No. L 143, 30.4.2004, p.56.

[^c22466611]: OJ No. L 178, 28.6.2013, p.66.

[^c22466621]: OJ No. L 164, 25.6.2008, p.19.

[^key-a85da924ed5e8a175eed7ddf86a90acd]: Words in reg. 6(1) table inserted (19.7.2015) by The Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1391), regs. 1, 2(2)(a)

[^key-ae4b5c37c5324cbaeb103fe67ae06c90]: Words in reg. 6(1) substituted (19.7.2015) by The Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1391), regs. 1, 2(2)(b)

[^key-1e36d2d898916a3450035137d0fc4f2c]: Words in reg. 10 heading substituted (1.1.2017) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/1154), reg. 1(1), Sch. 29 para. 90(2) (with regs. 1(3), 77-79, Sch. 4)

[^key-5a489c9d33d19e81b743888e3b4b7a44]: Words in reg. 10(1) substituted (1.1.2017) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/1154), reg. 1(1), Sch. 29 para. 90(2) (with regs. 1(3), 77-79, Sch. 4)

[^key-a5117d04d912dc5f84ffc97725dd9b55]: Words in Sch. 4 para. 1(a) substituted (1.1.2017) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/1154), reg. 1(1), Sch. 29 para. 90(4) (with regs. 1(3), 77-79, Sch. 4)

[^key-3019a40fb331978985254f91811df8e8]: Sch. 1 para. 5 substituted (1.4.2018) by The Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1177), regs. 1, 7 (with reg. 9)

[^key-0e7700de140e2f4c11efecc07e1d4220]: Sch. 2A inserted (1.4.2018) by The Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1177), regs. 1, 8, Sch.

[^key-528414e056ec37d00fc0c786e3164054]: Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (1.4.2018) by The Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1177), regs. 1, 3(a)

[^key-334cac73b09dbfecd9c2ac69d79e1065]: Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (1.4.2018) by The Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1177), regs. 1, 3(b)

[^key-06aa0315429213cd9502b1027363e614]: Reg. 10(4)(5) inserted (1.4.2018) by The Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1177), regs. 1, 4(4)

[^key-7e57989789e3cbba713eea06acc76950]: Reg. 10(2) substituted (1.4.2018) by The Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1177), regs. 1, 4(2)

[^key-2b3ae5d33b5d89b19c587907de24ee9e]: Word in reg. 10(3) substituted (1.4.2018) by The Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1177), regs. 1, 4(3)(a)

[^key-3325236e2d121f556213c90caa88521f]: Reg. 10(3)(b)(iv) substituted (1.4.2018) by The Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1177), regs. 1, 4(3)(b)(i)

[^key-438e7c6613a98c357e336e57a5b71e51]: Reg. 10(3)(b)(vi) inserted (1.4.2018) by The Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1177), regs. 1, 4(3)(b)(ii)

[^key-753ef06d2bfcdd0b773a3482b7e13db2]: Reg. 11(1) substituted (1.4.2018) by The Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1177), regs. 1, 5(2)

[^key-cf333f570e2db8fb4e520ccc7ee66e67]: Words in reg. 11(2) substituted (1.4.2018) by The Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1177), regs. 1, 5(3)(a)

[^key-593bb88c94a4e580ff8132ce586d3c7b]: Words in reg. 11(2) substituted (1.4.2018) by The Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1177), regs. 1, 5(3)(b)

[^key-224e4ff39d582cad65e68bd4a1753df8]: Reg. 20(A1) inserted (1.4.2018) by The Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1177), regs. 1, 6

[^key-31b73fbd2829e020e1f144d32ff6bd0f]: Words in Sch. 1 para. 5(3) substituted (1.6.2018) by The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/575), art. 1(2), reg. 11(2)

[^key-5424e12ccc5e6d633cef2b1d2ae222f2]: Words in Sch. 2 para. 3(1)(e) omitted (17.9.2018) by virtue of The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/942), regs. 1(2), 24

[^key-51ff65cd15456a72f40bf92b657737cc]: Reg. 18A inserted (18.10.2019) by The Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1285), regs. 1, 2

[^key-9157ecb6797e43a01766c6879474ae44]: Sch. 2 para. 1A inserted (31.12.2020) by The Environment (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/458), regs. 1(1), 7(4)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1540, regs. 1(3), 12(4))

[^key-a9415b98ddfeb7b5dbf2e0014cfd5d9a]: Reg. 3 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Environment (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/458), regs. 1(1), 7(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-ec7ce9391c57c321c9684b4e7c0f66e1]: Words in Sch. 1 para. 1(e) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Environment (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/458), regs. 1(1), 7(3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-1fe171ac1555024965a2c08360cde713]: Words in Sch. 2 para. 10 inserted (31.12.2020) by The Environment (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/458), regs. 1(1), 7(4)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-97465949c93de04bfb16229d8ced8d6b]: Regulations power to amend, repeal or revoke conferred (26.12.2023) by 1991 c. 56, s. 91N(3) (as inserted by Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c. 55), ss. 168(1), 255(6) (with s. 247))

[^key-08915a3f146b7262ddfe9b8933068b64]: Reg. 9A inserted (26.12.2023) by Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c. 55), ss. 170(2), 255(6) (with s. 247)

[^key-458306b620c85bc5d10442cc963ecd17]: Sch. 2ZA inserted (26.12.2023) by Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c. 55), ss. 170(3), 255(6) (with s. 247)

[^key-ce04db8a1bd85eac5c6568e0da031bd3]: Word in Sch. 2 para. 1A substituted (27.2.2025) by The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/82), reg. 1(2), Sch. 15 para. 34

[^key-e5e9cd881366f32c9f8164c1cd2adea5]: Reg. 19(3)(d) excluded (temp.) (28.7.2025) by The Environment Agency (Holme Styes Reservoir) Drought Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/926), arts. 1(b), 4

[^key-fc900a123fc8d04137553176595c8f92]: Reg. 19(3)(d) excluded (temp.) (4.9.2025) by The Environment Agency (Holme Styes Reservoir) Drought (No. 2) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/997), arts. 1(b), 4

[^key-d2dcb2feffdba506f392ac395bab62b2]: Words in Sch. 2 para. 9(2) inserted (13.11.2025) by The Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/581), reg. 1(1), Sch. 5 para. 14(2)

[^key-2035a3834ffc4589df68ab849d7fe15b]: Reg. 19(3)(d) excluded (temp.) (3.12.2025) by The South East Water Limited (River Ouse and Shell Brook) Drought Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/1266), arts. 1(b), 8

SCHEDULE 2A — Enforcing authority: activities not requiring a permit or registration under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016

Type of environmental damage (in bold) and (where limited) area of environmental damage	Enforcing authority
(1)For the definition of “specified marine activity”, see regulation 11(2).	(1)For the definition of “specified marine activity”, see regulation 11(2).
(2)For the definition of “sea”, see regulation 11(2).	(2)For the definition of “sea”, see regulation 11(2).
Damage to land.	The local authority
Damage to surface water or groundwater.	The Environment Agency
Damage to marine waters out to 12 nautical miles from the baselines in England.	The Marine Management Organisation
Damage to marine waters beyond 12 nautical miles from (a) the baselines in England, or (b) the baselines in Northern Ireland, extending to the outermost reach of the area where the United Kingdom exercises jurisdictional rights.	The Secretary of State
(a) within the Welsh zone; or	if the damage was caused by anything done in the course of, or for the purpose of, a specified marine activity; or
(b) within the Scottish zone, or outside the Scottish zone, but nearer to any point on the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea adjacent to Scotland is measured than to any point on the baselines in any other part of the United Kingdom.	in relation to the exercise of powers under Part 2 of these Regulations only, if the damage was caused by an activity relating to a matter which is a reserved matter by virtue of—in the case of marine waters within the Welsh zone, section E3 in Part 2 of Schedule 7A to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (marine transport);in any other case, section E3 in Part 2 of Schedule 5 to the Scotland Act 1998 (marine transport).2In a case not falling within paragraph (1)(a) or (b) above—awhere the marine waters are within the Welsh zone, the Welsh Ministers;botherwise, the Scottish Ministers.
Damage to a protected species or natural habitat or a site of special scientific interest on land.	Natural England
Damage to a protected species or natural habitat or a site of special scientific interest in water, but not in the sea.	The Environment Agency
Damage to a protected species or natural habitat or a site of special scientific interest on any other part of the continental shelf or in the sea up to the limit of the exclusive economic zone.	(1) The Environment Agency, if the damage is due to an activity authorised by the Environment Agency.(2) In any other case, the Secretary of State.

Reporting by enforcing authorities

18A

• (1) Where an enforcing authority has served a responsible operator with notification under regulation 18(1) after the coming into force of this regulation, the enforcing authority must, as soon as reasonably practicable, notify the Secretary of State of the relevant environmental damage.

• (2) The notification provided to the Secretary of State under paragraph (1) must contain the following information—

• (a) the type of environmental damage, according to the categorisations set out in regulation 4(1)(a) to (d),

• (b) the date on which the environmental damage occurred or was discovered, and

• (c) the activity which caused the environmental damage, according to the list set out in Schedule 2, except in cases where regulation 5(2) applies.

• (3) The Secretary of State may require an enforcing authority to provide such other information in relation to the environmental damage as the Secretary of State may reasonably request.

Appeals against liability to remediate

Remediation notices

Appeal against a remediation notice

Further provisions on remediation notices

Action by the enforcing authority

Interpretation

1A

A reference in this Schedule to an activity being authorised, prohibited or managed pursuant to, or subject to a permit or registration under, a Directive includes, after IP completion day, any activity authorised, prohibited or managed pursuant to, or subject to a permit or registration under, any assimilated law which transposed that Directive.

Operation of permitted installations

Waste management operations

Mining waste

Discharges requiring authorisation

Water abstraction and impoundment

Dangerous substances, plant protection products and biocidal products

Transport

Genetically modified organisms

Transboundary shipment of waste

Operation of carbon dioxide storage sites

Nutrient significant sewage disposal works: environmental damage

9A

• (1) This regulation applies where a sewerage undertaker whose sewerage system includes a nutrient significant plant fails to secure that the plant is able to meet the related nutrient pollution standard by the upgrade date.

• (2) Any excess nutrient pollution is to be treated for the purposes of these regulations as damage to the related habitats site that is environmental damage caused by an activity of the sewerage undertaker that—

• (a) requires a permit under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016, and

• (b) falls within Schedule 2.

• (3) In paragraph (2)—

• “excess nutrient pollution”, in relation to a nutrient significant plant and a related nutrient pollution standard, means the amount by which the total nutrient pollution discharged in treated effluent by the plant during the period—beginning with the upgrade date, andending with the day the plant first meets the related nutrient pollution standard,exceeds the total nutrient pollution that it would have discharged in treated effluent during that period had it met the related nutrient pollution standard on and after the upgrade date;

• “total nutrient pollution” means—in relation to the nitrogen nutrient pollution standard, total nitrogen, andin relation to the phosphorus nutrient pollution standard, total phosphorus.

• (4) Where—

• (a) the nutrient significant plant referred to in paragraph (1) is a plant that discharges treated effluent into a catchment permitting area (see section 96G of the Water Industry Act 1991), and

• (b) the sewerage undertaker has failed to comply with a condition in the environmental permit for the plant imposed in pursuance of subsection (3)(b) of that section,

the definition of “excess nutrient pollution” in paragraph (3) is subject to the following modifications.

• (5) In a case where the condition relates to the total nutrient pollution discharged by the plant specifically, references in that definition to the “upgrade date” are to be read as the “applicable date”.

• (6) In a case where the condition relates to the total nutrient pollution discharged by all plants that discharge into the associated catchment area, that definition is to be read as if—

• (a) in the words before paragraph (a), after “by the plant” there were inserted “and all other plants that discharged into the associated catchment area for that plant”,

• (b) in paragraph (a), for “upgrade date” there were substituted “applicable date”, and

• (c) in the words after paragraph (b)—

• (i) for “that it” there were substituted “that both it and those other plants”, and

• (ii) for “upgrade date” there were substituted “applicable date”.

• (7) For the purposes of paragraph (3) as modified by paragraph (5) or (6), the “applicable date” is to be determined in accordance with section 96G(6)(a) of the Water Industry Act 1991.

• (8) It is for the Environment Agency to determine the excess nutrient pollution discharged by a plant and in doing so the Environment Agency may have regard to—

• (a) the concentration of total nitrogen or concentration of total phosphorus determined for the purposes of section 96F of the Water Industry Act 1991 (see in particular subsection (5) of that section), and

• (b) the volume of treated effluent discharged by the plant, as determined by the Environment Agency.

• (9) Schedule 2ZA sets out modifications of these regulations that apply where this regulation applies.

• (10) In this regulation—

• “related habitats site”, in relation to a nutrient significant plant, means the habitats site by reference to which the associated catchment area is designated under section 96C of the Water Industry Act 1991;

• “sewerage system”, in relation to a sewerage undertaker, has the meaning given by section 17BA(7) of the Water Industry Act 1991.

• (11) For the purposes of this regulation, the following terms have the meanings given by section 96L of the Water Industry Act 1991—

• “associated catchment area”;

• “catchment permitting area”;

• “environmental permit”;

• “habitats site”;

• “nitrogen nutrient pollution standard”;

• “nutrient significant plant”;

• “phosphorus nutrient pollution standard”;

• “plant”;

• “related nutrient pollution standard”;

• “sensitive catchment area”;

• “treated effluent”;

• “upgrade date”;

and references to a nutrient significant plant meeting the related nutrient pollution standard are to be read in accordance with section 96F(1)or (2) of that Act.

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

Enforcing authorities in other cases

Enforcement

Schedule 2ZA — Modifications where regulation 9A applies

1

In relation to anything that is treated as environmental damage by regulation 9A, these regulations apply with the following modifications.

2

Regulation 17 does not apply.

3

Regulation 18 applies as if—

• (a) the opening words of paragraph (1) provided “Where excess nutrient pollution is treated as environmental damage by regulation 9A(2), the enforcing authority must notify the responsible operator—”;

• (b) for paragraph (a) there were substituted—

(a) of the environmental damage;

4

Regulation 18A applies with the omission of paragraph (2).

5

Regulation 19(3) applies as if for paragraphs (a) to (e) (but not the “or” immediately following paragraph (e)) there were substituted—

(a) the responsible operator did not fail to secure that the nutrient significant plant in question is able to meet the related nutrient pollution standard by the upgrade date; (b) the determination by the Environment Agency of the excess nutrient pollution mentioned in regulation 9A(2) was unreasonable;

6

Regulation 25(2) applies as if—

• (a) for paragraph (a) there were substituted—

(a) determining the excess nutrient pollution mentioned in regulation 9A(2);

• (b) paragraph (b) were omitted.