SCHEDULE 2Controlled activities regulations: particular purposes
Part 1List of purposes
3Regulation of controlled activities
1
Prohibiting persons from carrying on, or from causing or permitting others to carry on, any controlled activity, or from carrying on any such activity except so far as it is—
a
authorised by or under, and
b
carried on in accordance with,
the regulations.
2
Specifying rules of general application (“general binding rules”) subject to which controlled activities may be carried on.
3
Treating as authorised the carrying on of controlled activities which are subject to general binding rules.
4
Enabling regulators to authorise the carrying on of controlled activities (whether or not the carrying on of any such activities is subject to general binding rules)—
a
by way of a licence granted under the regulations (a “water use licence”),
b
subject to a requirement to register the carrying on of the activity (“registration”).