Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

• “the 1990 Act” means the Environmental Protection Act 1990,

• “the 2018 Regulations” means the Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Regulations 2018^f1,

• “compliance notice” has the meaning given in regulation 18(1),

• “designated person” means the person designated under regulation 3(1),

• “digital waste record” means an electronic record created using software that has been approved by the designated person in accordance with regulation 3(3),

• “digital waste record number” has the meaning given in regulation 3(4)(a),

• “digital waste tracking system” has the meaning given in regulation 3(2),

• “digital waste tracking system fee” means the fee payable in accordance with regulation 5,

• “digitally excluded number” means the unique identifying number assigned to a digitally excluded operator by—

  1. (a)

     SEPA in accordance with regulation 9(2), or

  2. (b)

     another person in accordance with any provision made under article 5G(6) of the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997^f2 or section 34C of the 1990 Act in relation to England and Wales,

• “digitally excluded operator” has the meaning given in regulation 8(1)(a),

• “end of the quarter” means one of the following days, being the end of a quarter—

  1. (a)

     31 March,

  2. (b)

     30 June,

  3. (c)

     30 September,

  4. (d)

     31 December,

• “enforcement cost recovery notice” has the meaning given in regulation 19(1),

• “hazardous waste” has the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the 2018 Regulations^f3,

• “operator” means the person authorised by permit under the 2018 Regulations to carry on a waste activity at a permitted facility,

• “permitted facility” means a place at which the operator carries on a waste activity,

• “quarter” means any period of three months ending on 31 March, 30 June, 30 September or 31 December,

• “relevant individual” means

  1. (a)

     in relation to a body corporate—

     1. (i)

        a director, member of the committee of management, chief executive, manager, secretary or similar officer of the body, or a person purporting to act in any such capacity,

     2. (ii)

        where the affairs are managed by its members, a member,

  2. (b)

     in relation to a Scottish partnership, a partner,

  3. (c)

     in relation to an unincorporated association other than a Scottish partnership, a person who is concerned in the management or control of the association,

• “SEPA” means the Scottish Environment Protection Agency,

• “specified information” means the information specified in Part 2 of schedule 1,

• “specified steps” means those steps specified in regulation 4(4),

• “waste activity” means an activity which falls within paragraph (a) of the definition of “waste management activity” in regulation 4 of the 2018 Regulations^f4,

• “working day” means any day which is not—

  1. (a)

     a Saturday or Sunday,

  2. (b)

     Easter Monday, or

  3. (c)

     a bank holiday in Scotland under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971^f5.