# The Digital Waste Tracking (England) Regulations 2026, Regulation 2: Interpretation


In these Regulations—
“the 1990 Act” means the Environmental Protection Act 1990;
“the 2005 Regulations” means the Hazardous Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2005;
“the 2016 Regulations” mean the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016;
“the Agency” means the Environment Agency;
“approved software” means software that has been approved by the designated person in accordance with regulation 3(3);
“consignment note” means the document set out in Schedule 4 (form of consignment note) to the 2005 Regulations;
“designated person” has the meaning given in regulation 3(1);
“digitally excluded number” has the meaning given in regulation 8(7);
“digitally excluded operator” has the meaning given in regulation 8(1)(a);
“digital waste record” means an electronic record that is created using approved software;
“digital waste record number” has the meaning given in regulation 3(4)(a);
“digital waste tracking system fee” means the fee payable in accordance with regulation 5;
“digital waste tracking system” has the meaning given in regulation 3(2);
“end of the quarter” means one of the following days, being the end of a quarter—
(a) 31st March;
(b) 30th June;
(c) 30th September; or
(d) 31st December;
“enforcement cost recovery notice” has the meaning given in regulation 20(1);
“hazardous controlled waste” means controlled waste (that is to say, household waste, industrial waste or commercial waste) that is hazardous waste;
“operator of a permitted facility” (or “the operator”) means the person who is authorised under an environmental permit to operate a permitted facility;
“permitted facility” means a regulated facility where a waste operation is carried out;
“quarter” means any period of 3 months ending on 31st March, 30th June, 30th September or 31st December;
“regulated facility” has the meaning given in regulation 8 of the 2016 Regulations;
“specified information” has the meaning given in regulation 4(5)(a);
“specified steps” has the meaning given in regulation 4(5);
“working day” means a day which is not—
(a) a Saturday or a Sunday;
(b) Christmas Day;
(c) Good Friday; or
(d) a bank holiday in England under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2026/9780348282726/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-digital-waste-tracking-england-regulations-2026/regulation-2
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.