# The Landfill Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003, Regulation 2: Interpretation

Extent: N.I.
Status: prospective

(1) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
(2) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires –
“the 1978 Order” means the Pollution Control and Local Government (Northern Ireland) Order 1978;
“the 1997 Order” means the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997;
“the 2002 Order” means the Environment (Northern Ireland) Order 2002;
“the 2003 Regulations” means the Pollution Prevention and Control Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003;
“the Licensing Regulations” means the Waste Management Licensing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003;
“biodegradable waste” means any waste that is capable of undergoing anaerobic or aerobic decomposition, such as food or garden waste and paper and cardboard;
“Chief Inspector” has the same meaning as in the 2003 Regulations;
“disposal licence” means an existing disposal licence within the meaning of Article 47(1) of the 1997 Order;
“enforcing authority” has the same meaning as in the 2003 Regulations;
“hazardous waste” has the meaning given by regulation 7(2);
“holder” means the producer of waste or the person who is in possession of it;
“inert waste” has the meaning given by regulation 7(4);
“landfill” means a landfill to which these Regulations apply (see regulations 3 and 4);
“landfill gas” means any gas generated from landfilled waste;
“landfill permit” has the meaning given by regulation 6(2);
“leachate” means any liquid percolating through deposited waste and emitted from or contained within a landfill;
“municipal waste” means waste from households as well as other waste which because of its nature or composition is similar to waste from households;
“non-hazardous waste” has the meaning given by regulation 7(3);
“operator” has the meaning given by regulation 2(2) and (3) of the 2003 Regulations;
“relevant authorisation” means, in relation to a landfill, the landfill permit, waste management licence, disposal licence or resolution for the time being in force in relation to the landfill;
“relevant date” means the date of coming into operation of these regulations;
“relevant waste acceptance criteria” means, in relation to a landfill, the waste acceptance criteria set out in Schedule 1 which apply to the class of landfill to which that landfill belongs;
“resolution” means an existing resolution of a district council within the meaning of Article 47(1) of the 1997 Order;
“treatment” means physical, thermal, chemical or biological processes (including sorting) that change the characteristics of waste in order to reduce its volume or hazardous nature, facilitate its handling or enhance recovery;
“waste” means controlled waste within the meaning of Article 2(2) of the 1997 Order;
“waste management licence” means a waste management licence within the meaning of Article 6 of the 1997 Order;
and other expressions used in these Regulations which are also used in Council Directive 99/31/EC of 26th April 1999 on the landfill of waste shall have the same meaning as in that Directive.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/496/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/landfill-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/regulation-2
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