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Paragraph 1 Interpretation: general

England and Wales

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(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—

    1. (a)

      in relation to a waste operation, that the relevant particulars appear on the register during a valid registration period,

    2. (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 F1T33, D1 to D8 or S1 to S3 has the meaning given in paragraph 1(8) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 3.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Word in Sch. 2 para. 1(2) substituted (1.10.2020) by The Waste (Circular Economy) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/904), regs. 1(1), 21(3)(a)