- Status
- In Force
- Penalty ceiling
- Regulated
Does it bind you?
Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.
Statutory Undertaker2
Plus 5 duties on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.
Other Acts binding the same actors
If a role above is yours, these are the other instruments that most often bind it.
Statutory Undertaker — also bound by 179 other Acts
The Cory Decarbonisation Project Order 2025
120 duties
Water Industry Act 1991
53 duties
What it requires
Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.
s.004
Duty to provide and maintain collecting systems and treatment plants
Regulated
- Provide and maintain waste water collecting systems and treatment plantsStatutory Undertaker
s.006
Discharges of treated urban waste water
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Regulators must enforce discharge and sludge pollution rulesStatutory regulator
s.007
Discharges of industrial waste water to collecting systems or treatment plants
Regulated
- Sewerage undertakers must ensure industrial waste water discharges meet Schedule 4 standardsStatutory Undertaker
s.009
Dumping of sludge from ships
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Marine licensing authority must not permit dumping of sludge from shipsStatutory regulator
s.011
Monitoring
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Agency must monitor waste water discharges and sludge disposalStatutory regulator
s.012
Deposit of maps and certificates
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Agency must keep maps and certificates available for public inspectionStatutory regulator
s.012
Reporting
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Appropriate authority must publish biennial reports on urban waste water disposal and complianceCrown / Minister / Government department
12 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001
Citation, commencement and extent
s.002
Interpretation
s.002
Discharges from urban waste water treatment plants subject to treatment... (opens in a new tab)
s.003
Sensitive areas and high natural dispersion areas
s.005
Requirements as to provision of treatment
s.008
Discharges of certain industrial waste water into receiving waters
s.010
Samples and records
s.013
Information and assistance required in connection with the control of pollution
Schedules
Schedules
0 of 19 shown19 other schedules
s.sch002
Collecting systems shall take into account waste water treatment requirements....
s.sch002
The design, construction and maintenance of collecting systems shall be...
s.sch004
Industrial waste water entering collecting systems and urban waste water...
s.sch005
Milk processing.
s.sch005
Malt-houses.
s.sch005
Fish-processing industry.
s.sch005
Manufacture of fruit and vegetable products.
s.sch005
Manufacture and bottling of soft drinks.
s.sch005
Potato processing.
s.sch005
Meat industry.
s.sch005
Breweries.
s.sch005
Production of alcohol and alcoholic beverages.
s.sch005
Manufacture of animal feed from plant products.
s.sch005
Manufacture of gelatine and of glue from hides, skin and...
s.schedule/1/part/ii/paragraph/wrapper2n2
A marine water body or area can be identified as...
s.schedule/1/part/ii/paragraph/wrapper3n2
When identifying high natural dispersion areas, the Secretary of State...
s.schedule/1/part/ii/paragraph/wrapper4n2
The following elements shall be taken into consideration when identifying...
s.schedule/1/part/i/paragraph/wrapper1n2
A water body must be identified as a sensitive area...
s.schedule/3/part/i/paragraph/wrapper5n2
Analyses concerning discharges from lagooning shall be carried out on...
Help complying
Guvnor’s practical routes through this instrument.
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Duty extraction and severity labels are Guvnor’s analysis of the instrument, not the instrument itself. Always verify against the linked source text.