# The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016, Paragraph 1: Interpretation: general


(1) In this Schedule—
“occupier” means a person who is or has been the occupier of the land on which an exempt water discharge activity or exempt groundwater activity is carried on;
“operator” means the person carrying on a water discharge activity or groundwater activity;
“register” means the register which the exemption registration authority is required to establish and maintain under paragraph 11(1);
“registered” means—
(a) in relation to a waste operation, that the relevant particulars appear on the register during a valid registration period,
(b) in relation to a water discharge activity, groundwater activity or flood risk activity, that the relevant particulars appear on the register,
and “registration” is to be construed accordingly;
“relevant particulars” has the meaning given in paragraph 10(4);
“valid registration period”, for an exempt waste operation, means the period of validity of a registration referred to in paragraph 15(1), as read with paragraph 15(2);
“WEEE operation” means a waste operation falling within a description in paragraph T11.
(2) In this Schedule, in relation to an exempt waste operation, a reference to any of paragraphs U1 to U16, T1 to T32, D1 to D8 or S1 to S3 has the meaning given in paragraph 1(8) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 3.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2016/9780111150184/schedule/2/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2016/schedule-2/paragraph-1
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