# The Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025, Paragraph 1: Interpretation


In this schedule—
“the 1989 Act” means the Control of Pollution (Amendment) Act 1989,
“the 1990 Act” means the Environmental Protection Act 1990,
“the 1991 Regulations” means the Controlled Waste (Registration of Carriers and Seizure of Vehicles) Regulations 1991,
“the 2011 Regulations” means the Waste Management Licensing (Scotland) Regulations 2011,
“the 2012 Regulations” means the Pollution Prevention and Control (Scotland) Regulations 2012,
“the 2018 Regulations” means the Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Regulations 2018,
“the CAR Regulations” means the Water Environment (Controlled Activities) (Scotland) Regulations 2011,
“applicable standard conditions” means conditions determined by SEPA in accordance with regulation 33 of the 2018 Regulations for a particular regulated activity,
“authorised person” has the meaning given in regulation 5 of the 2018 Regulations,
“bed width” means the straight line distance that is between the opposite bank toes of a river, burn or ditch, and which spans the bed of the river, burn or ditch, including any exposed bars and vegetated islands,
“CAR closed culvert registration activity” means a water activity under the CAR Regulations falling within the description of building or engineering works for closed culverts used for footpaths, cycle route, single track roads or single track railways in rivers equal to or less than 2 metres wide,
“concluded” means, in relation to an application, that—
(a) the application has been granted, refused or withdrawn, and
(b) the period allowed for appeals has passed or, where an appeal has been made during that period, the appeal has been determined or withdrawn,
“crossing” means any structure which is constructed and installed for the purpose of supporting a footpath, cycle route or transport route across any river, burn, ditch or loch or any pipe, pipeline or cable which crosses over or underneath any river, burn, ditch or loch, but excluding temporary crossings, impounding works and culverts installed for land gain,
“crossing registration activity” means a water activity under the 2018 Regulations falling within the description of building or engineering works for the installation of a crossing (excluding crossings with piers, causeways and fords) across a watercourse that has a bed width of less than or equal to 2 metres or a loch where—
(a) part of the crossing is on the bed and the total cumulative length of channel affected is no more than 15 metres, and
(b) the total cumulative length of all banks affected is less than or equal to 50 metres,
“existing broker or dealer registration” means an existing broker or dealer registration in accordance with paragraph 4 of schedule 5 of the 2011 Regulations in effect immediately before the relevant date,
“existing complex waste exemption” means an exempt activity—
(a) as defined in regulation 2 of the 2011 Regulations,
(b) as described in paragraphs 7, 8(2), 9, 10, 12, 19, 42, 46, 47, or 49 to 51 of schedule 1 of the 2011 Regulations,
(c) registered before the relevant date in accordance with regulation 19(1) and regulation 25 of the 2011 Regulations, and
(d) where that registration has effect immediately before the relevant date,
“existing medium combustion plant” means a medium combustion plant put into operation on or before 20 December 2018,
“existing PPC permit” means a permit—
(a) granted, or treated as granted, or having effect as if granted under the 2012 Regulations on or before the relevant date, or
(b) granted under the Pollution Prevention and Control (Scotland) Regulations 2000 on or before 6 January 2013 (other than a permit revoked by paragraph 2 of schedule 10 of the 2012 Regulations), and
(c) in effect immediately before the relevant date,
“existing Part A PPC permit” means an existing PPC permit in relation to a Part A installation as defined in regulation 12(1) of the 2012 Regulations,
“existing Part B PPC permit” means an existing PPC permit in relation to a Part B installation as defined in regulation 12(1) of the 2012 Regulations,
“existing PCTW registration” means a PCTW registration in accordance with paragraph 12 of schedule 4 of the 2011 Regulations in effect immediately before the relevant date,
“existing solvents permit” means an existing PPC permit in relation to a solvent emissions activity as defined in regulation 12(1) of the 2012 Regulations,
“existing waste carrier registration” means a waste carrier registration under regulation 6 of 1991 Regulations in effect immediately before the relevant date,
“existing waste management licence” means a waste management licence granted, treated as granted or having effect as if granted under the 1990 Act in effect immediately before the relevant date,
“existing waste exemption” means an exempt activity—
(a) as defined in regulation 2 of the 2011 Regulations,
(b) registered before the relevant date in accordance with regulation 19(1) of the 2011 Regulations, and
(c) where that registration has effect immediately before the relevant date,
but not including an existing complex waste exemption,
“existing water authorisation” means—
(a) an existing water use licence,
(b) an existing water registration,
“existing water use licence” means a water use licence granted, treated as granted or having effect as if granted under regulation 8 of the CAR Regulations on or before the relevant date and in effect immediately before the relevant date,
“existing water registration” means a registration granted, or treated as granted, or having effect as if granted under regulation 7 of the CAR Regulations on or before the relevant date and in effect immediately before the relevant date,
“operator” has the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the 2012 Regulations,
“pipe/cable crossing registration activity” means a water activity falling within the description of building or engineering works for the laying of a pipeline or cable crossing beneath the bed of an inland surface water by isolated open cut or mole plough,
“PPC Part B sunset date” means the date from which existing PPC Part B permits will be treated as registrations under the 2018 Regulations, that is 1 March 2026,
“PCTW” means professional collectors and transporters of waste, that is persons, establishments or undertakings falling within regulation 2(1)(a), (b), (f), (g), (i) or (j) of the 1991 Regulations who collect or transport waste as a normal and regular part of their activities and are required to be registered with SEPA in accordance with paragraph 12 of schedule 4 of the 2011 Regulations,
“PCTW expiry date” means the date by which any person with an existing PCTW registration must have, or must have applied for, an authorisation under the 2018 Regulations, that is 1 April 2027,
“relevant date” means 1 November 2025,
“waste carriers sunrise date” means the date from which waste carriers, brokers or dealers, and professional collectors or transporters of waste can no longer register, or where applicable, renew their existing registrations, that is 1 April 2026,
“waste exemptions sunset date” means the date from which holders of existing waste exemptions and existing complex waste exemptions, but not including exemptions under paragraph 8(1)(a) of schedule 1 of the 2011 Regulations, will require to be authorised or to be deemed to be authorised under the 2018 Regulations, that is 1 November 2026,
“water sunset date” means the date from which existing water registrations are treated as registrations under the 2018 Regulations, that is 1 March 2026.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2025/9780111062319/schedule/23/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-authorisations-scotland-amendment-regulations-2025/schedule-23/paragraph-1
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