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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-authorisations-scotland-regulations-2018/schedule-22/paragraph-3",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2018/219",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-authorisations-scotland-regulations-2018",
  "path": "schedule/22/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Interpretation: general",
  "text": "(1) In this schedule—\n“dioxins and furans” means all polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans listed in Chapter 2 of Part 3 of this schedule,\n“nominal capacity” means the sum of the incineration capacities of the combustion chambers of which a waste incineration plant or a waste co-incineration plant is composed, as specified by the constructor and confirmed by the authorised person, with due account being taken of the calorific value of the waste, expressed as the quantity of waste incinerated per hour,\n“residue” means any liquid or solid waste which is generated by a waste incineration plant or waste co-incineration plant,\n“separately collected waste” means waste that has been collected and transported in accordance with section 34(2I) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990.\n(2) For the purposes of this schedule—\n(a) the definitions “waste incineration plant” and “waste co-incineration plant” include all incineration lines or co-incineration lines, waste reception, storage, on site pre-treatment facilities, waste-, fuel- and air-supply systems, boilers, facilities for the treatment of waste gases, on-site facilities for treatment or storage of residues and waste water, stacks, devices and systems for controlling incineration or co-incineration operations, recording and monitoring incineration or co-incineration conditions,\n(b) where processes other than oxidation, such as pyrolysis, gasification or plasma process are applied for the thermal treatment of waste, the waste incineration or waste co-incineration plant includes the thermal treatment process and subsequent incineration processes,\n(c) if waste co-incineration takes place in such a way that the main purpose of the plant is not the generation of energy or production of material products but rather the thermal treatment of waste, the plant is to be regarded as a waste incineration plant.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 22 inserted (1.11.2025) by The Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/165), reg. 1(2), sch. 13 (with sch. 23)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2018/219/schedule/22/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:11:56.403037+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}