Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations–

• “the 1990 Act” means the Environmental Protection Act 1990^f1;

• “the 1995 Act” means the Environment Act 1995^f2;

• “the 1994 Regulations” means the Waste Management Licensing Regulations 1994^f3;

• “the 2000 Regulations” means the Pollution Prevention and Control (Scotland) Regulations 2000^f4;

• “the 2003 Regulations” means the Landfill (Scotland) Regulations 2003^f5;

• “automotive battery” means any battery used for automotive starter, lighting or ignition power;

• “Batteries Directive” means Directive 2006/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on batteries and accumulators^f6;

• “battery” means any source of electrical energy generated by direct conversion of chemical energy and consisting of one or more primary battery cells (non-rechargeable) or one or more secondary battery cells (rechargeable; an accumulator), but does not include any battery excluded from the scope of the Batteries Directive by Article 2(2) of that Directive;

• “battery pack” means any set of batteries that are connected together or encapsulated within an outer casing so as to form a complete unit that the end-user is not intended to split up or open;

• “industrial battery” means any battery or battery pack which is–

  1. (a)

     designed exclusively for industrial or professional uses;

  2. (b)

     used as a source of power for propulsion in an electric vehicle;

  3. (c)

     unsealed but is not an automotive battery; or

  4. (d)

     sealed but is not a portable battery;

• “landfill” means a landfill to which the 2003 Regulations apply;

• “landfill permit” has the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the 2003 Regulations;

• “portable battery” means any battery or battery pack which–

  1. (a)

     is sealed;

  2. (b)

     can be hand-carried by an average natural person without difficulty; and

  3. (c)

     is neither an automotive nor an industrial battery;

• “recycling” means the reprocessing in a production process of waste materials for their original purpose or for other purposes, but excluding energy recovery;

• “site licence” has the same meaning as in Part II of the 1990 Act;

• “treatment” means any activity carried out on waste batteries after they have been handed over to a facility for sorting, preparation for treatment or preparation for disposal; and

• “waste battery” means any battery which is waste within the meaning of Article 1(1)(a) of Directive 2006/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste^f7.