# The Control of Pollution (Registers) Regulations 1989, Regulation 2: Interpretation


In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires–
“the 1989 Act” means the Water Act 1989; and any reference in these Regulations to a numbered section is a reference to that section of that Act;
“Chapter I” means Chapter I of Part III of the 1989 Act;
“map reference”, in relation to any place, means the group of two letters and six or more figures representing the map co-ordinates of the place referred to on the grid of the national reference system used by the Ordnance Survey on its maps and plans;
“relevant event” means the service, making, giving or issue of such notice, application, consent or certificate as is referred to in section 117(1)(a) to (d); and
“the register” means the registers which it is the duty of the National Rivers Authority (“the Authority”) to maintain in pursuance of section 117(1).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1160/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-pollution-registers-regulations-1989/regulation-2
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