# The Hazardous Substances and Packaging (Legislative Functions and Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020, Regulation 2: Interpretation


In this Part and in Schedule 1—
“the 2012 Regulations” means the Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2012;
“EEE” has the meaning given in regulation 4 of the 2012 Regulations, and a reference to a numbered category of EEE is a reference to the category of EEE so numbered in Schedule 1 to the 2012 Regulations;
“exemption” means an exemption, for a specified application of a specified material or component of EEE, from the restriction in regulation 3(1) of the 2012 Regulations on the use of certain hazardous substances in EEE;
“expiry date”, in relation to an exemption in Table 1 in Schedule A2 to the 2012 Regulations, means the date specified in the sixth column of that table as the date on which, subject to regulation 5(8), the exemption expires;
“GB REACH” means Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH);
“homogeneous material” has the meaning given in regulation 3(3) of the 2012 Regulations;
“restricted substance” means a substance listed in Schedule A1 to the 2012 Regulations;
“the list of restricted substances” means the list of substances set out in Schedule A1 to the 2012 Regulations;
“waste” means any substance or object which the holder discards or intends or is required to discard.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2020/9780348213607/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-hazardous-substances-and-packaging-legislative-functions-and-amendment-eu-exit-regulations-2020/regulation-2
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