# The Dangerous Substances in Harbour Areas Regulations 1987, Regulation 4: Meaning of “operator”


(1) “Operator” means in relation to a road vehicle–
(a) a person who holds, or is required by section 60 of the Transport Act 1968 to hold, a licence for the use of that vehicle for the carriage of goods on a road; or
(b) where no such licence is required, the keeper of the vehicle.
(2) “Operator” means in relation to any other mode of transport and in relation to a berth or a storage tank, the person who has for the time being day-to-day control of its running.
(3) “Operator” means in relation to a portable tank (other than the carrying tank of a road tanker) which is being conveyed by road, either–
(a) the owner of the tank or his agent, if that person–
(i) has a place of business in Great Britain; and
(ii) is identified as the owner of or, as the case may be, as the agent of the owner of the tank on the portable tank itself or on a document carried on the vehicle; or
(b) if no person satisfies the requirements set out in sub-paragraph (a) above, the operator of the vehicle on which the portable tank is carried.
(4) For the purpose of paragraph (3), a person to whom a portable tank is leased or hired shall be treated as the owner of that portable tank.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/37/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/dangerous-substances-in-harbour-areas-regulations-1987/regulation-4
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