Paragraph 1 Interpretation

In this Part—

• “application” means an application—

  1. (a)

     for the grant of an environmental permit under regulation 13(1),

  2. (b)

     by an operator under regulation 20(1), for the variation of an environmental permit,

  3. (c)

     for the transfer, in whole or in part, of an environmental permit under regulation 21(1), or

  4. (d)

     for the surrender, in whole or in part, of an environmental permit under regulation 25(2);

• “applicant” means—

  1. (a)

     in the case of an application to transfer an environmental permit in whole or in part, the operator and the proposed transferee,

  2. (b)

     in every other case, the operator;

• “confidential information” has the meaning given in regulation 45;

• “proposed transferee” means the person to whom an operator proposes to transfer an environmental permit in whole or in part;

• “public consultee” means a person who in the regulator’s opinion is affected by, is likely to be affected by, or has an interest in, an application;

• “regulator initiated variation” means the variation of an environmental permit on the initiative of the regulator under regulation 20(1).