Section 1(11)

For the purpose of determining into what medium a substance is released— but a sewer and its contents shall be disregarded in determining whether there is pollution of the environment at any time. any release into— is a release into water; the sea or the surface of the seabed, any river, watercourse, lake, loch or pond (whether natural or artificial or above or below ground) or reservoir or the surface of the riverbed or of other land supporting such waters, or ground waters, any release into— is a release into land; and land covered by water falling outside paragraph (a) above or the water covering such land; or the land beneath the surface of the seabed or of other land supporting waters falling within paragraph (a)(ii) above, any release into a sewer (within the meaning of [the Water Industry Act 1991] or, in relation to Scotland, of the Sewerage (Scotland) Act 1968) shall be treated as a release into water;

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-07-30