# The Waste Batteries (Scotland) Regulations 2009, Regulation 2: Interpretation


In these Regulations–
“the 1990 Act” means the Environmental Protection Act 1990;
“the 1995 Act” means the Environment Act 1995;
“the 1994 Regulations” means the Waste Management Licensing Regulations 1994;
“the 2000 Regulations” means the Pollution Prevention and Control (Scotland) Regulations 2000;
“the 2003 Regulations” means the Landfill (Scotland) Regulations 2003;
“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;
“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–
(a) designed exclusively for industrial or professional uses;
(b) used as a source of power for propulsion in an electric vehicle;
(c) unsealed but is not an automotive battery; or
(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–
(a) is sealed;
(b) can be hand-carried by an average natural person without difficulty; and
(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2009/9780111005064/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-waste-batteries-scotland-regulations-2009/regulation-2
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