# The Environmental Protection (Wet Wipes Containing Plastic) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025, Regulation 2: Interpretation

Extent: N.I.

In these Regulations—
“authorised person” means a person authorised by the Department in accordance with Article 72 of the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997;
“business” includes—
(a) any trade or profession;
(b) any activity carried on by a charity;
(c) any activity carried on by a body of persons whether corporate or unincorporated; and
(d) the provision of services by or on behalf of the Department of Health under the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972;
“charity” means—
(a) anything which is a charity—
(i) within the meaning of section 1(1) of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008;
(ii) within the meaning of section 1(1) of the Charities Act 2011;
(iii) within the meaning of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005; or
(iv) within the meaning of section 202 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010;
“the Department” means the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs;
“end user” means any person to whom wet wipes containing plastic are offered or supplied, other than a person to whom they are offered or supplied for the purposes of—
(a) supplying it, in the course of a business, to another person; or
(b) a manufacturing process;
“the Order” means the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997;
“plastic” means a material consisting of polymer as defined in Article 3(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restrictions of Chemicals (REACH), to which additives or other substances may have been added, and which can function as a main structural component of final products, with the exception of natural polymers that have not been chemically modified;
“supply” means supply, whether by way of sale or otherwise;
“wet wipe” means a non-woven piece of fabric which has been pre-wetted and which is not designed or intended to be re-used.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2025/178/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-wet-wipes-containing-plastic-regulations-northern-ireland-2025/regulation-2
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