Article 1

“the Mining Waste Directive” means Directive 2006/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the management of waste from extractive industries, read with the modifications in Article 1A;

“the Waste Framework Directive” means Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste, as last amended by Directive (EU) 2018/851;

“Category A facility” or “Category A waste facility” means a mining waste facility classified as Category A in accordance with the criteria in Annex 3 to the Mining Waste Directive;

“competent authority” means an authority responsible for carrying out inspections of mining waste facilities under the inspection provisions;

“the inspection provisions” means the provisions of the relevant mining waste legislation which, immediately before IP completion day, implemented Article 17 of the Mining Waste Directive;

“mining waste facility” or “waste facility”—

1. (a)

   in relation to England and Wales, has the meaning given to “mining waste facility” by paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 20 to the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016;

2. (b)

   in relation to Scotland, has the meaning given to “waste facility” by regulation 2(1) of the Management of Extractive Waste (Scotland) Regulations 2010;

3. (c)

   in relation to Northern Ireland, has the meaning given to “waste facility” by regulation 2(2) of the Planning (Management of Waste from Extractive Industries) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015;

“the relevant mining waste legislation” means—

1. (a)

   in relation to England and Wales, Schedule 20 to the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016;

2. (b)

   in relation to Scotland, the Management of Extractive Waste (Scotland) Regulations 2010;

3. (c)

   in relation to Northern Ireland, the Planning (Management of Waste from Extractive Industries) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015;

“waste management plan” has the meaning given in the relevant mining waste legislation.