Schedule 16, paragraph 2(1)

Subject to the following provisions of this section, a person shall not be guilty of an offence under section 30F above in respect of the entry of any matter into any waters or any discharge if the entry occurs or the discharge is made under and in accordance with, or as a result of, any act or omission under and in accordance with— a consent in pursuance of section 34 of this Act or under Chapter II of Part III of the Water Resources Act 1991 (which makes corresponding provision for England and Wales); an authorisation for a prescribed process designated for central control granted under Part I of the Environmental Protection Act 1990; a waste management or disposal licence; a licence granted under Part II of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985; section 33 of the Water (Scotland) Act 1980 (temporary discharge by authorities in connection with the construction of works); any provision of a local Act or statutory order which expressly confers power to discharge effluent into water; or any prescribed enactment.

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