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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-waste-management-plan-for-scotland-regulations-2007/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2007/251",
  "legislation_title": "The National Waste Management Plan for Scotland Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-waste-management-plan-for-scotland-regulations-2007",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations–\n“the 1990 Act” means the Environmental Protection Act 1990 ;\n“best available techniques” has the meaning given in Article 2(2), as read with Article 2(3), of Decision 2012/134/EU establishing the best available techniques (BAT) conclusions under Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on industrial emissions for the manufacture of glass,\n“hazardous waste” means any waste which is “special waste” as defined in regulation 2 of the Special Waste Regulations 1996,\n“the Landfill Capacity Report” means the document “Landfill Capacity Report for Scotland, 2008” published by SEPA in 2010;\n“the National Capacity Report” means the document “National Waste Capacity Report for Scotland 2008” published by SEPA in November 2009;\n“the National Planning Framework” means the document “the National Planning Framework for Scotland” published by the Scottish Executive on 1 April 2003 ;\n...\n“national waste management plan” means the plan mentioned in regulation 3(1);\n...\n“the Packaging Waste Directive” means the European Parliament and Council Directive 94/62/EC of 20th December 1994 on packaging and packaging waste , as last amended by Directive (EU) 2018/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council,;\n“Planning Advice Note 63” means the document “Planning Advice Note (PAN) 63 – Waste Management Planning” published by the Scottish Executive in February 2002 ;\n“public consultees” means the persons to whose attention proposals for the national waste management plan are brought by the Scottish Ministers pursuant to regulation 6(1)(b);\n“Scottish Planning Policy” means the statement of the Scottish Government's policy on important land use planning matters published in February 2010;\n“Scotland” includes the Scottish marine area as defined in section 1 of the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010;\n“SEPA” means the Scottish Environment Protection Agency; ...\n“ the Special-Hazardous Waste Data Summary” means the documents “Special waste consigned 2002-2006”; “Special waste recovered 2002-2006” and “Special waste disposed 2002-2006”, all published by SEPA in 2008;\n“the Waste Data Digest” means the document “Waste Data Digest 10: Key facts and trends” published by SEPA in 2010;\n“the Waste Statistics Regulation Scotland Report” means the document “EU Waste Statistics Regulation Scotland Report 2006” published by SEPA in November 2008; and\n“Zero Waste Plan” means the document “Scotland's zero waste plan” published by the Scottish Government in June 2010.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Environment (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment etc.) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/436), regs. 1, 4(2)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Environment (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment etc.) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/436), regs. 1, 4(2)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 inserted (27.3.2011) by The Waste (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/226), regs. 1(1), 5(2)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 omitted (27.3.2011) by virtue of The Waste (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/226), regs. 1(1), 5(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 inserted (28.2.2019) by The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) (Scotland) Regulations 2018 (S.S.I. 2018/391), regs. 1(1), 14(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 substituted (4.12.2020) by The Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/314), regs. 1(1), 5(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 inserted (27.3.2011) by The Waste (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/226), regs. 1(1), 5(2)(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Word in reg. 2 omitted (27.3.2011) by virtue of The Waste (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/226), regs. 1(1), 5(2)(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 substituted (27.3.2011) by The Waste (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/226), regs. 1(1), 5(2)(f)"
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      "text": "1990 c. 43."
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      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "O.J. No. L 365, 31.12.1994, p.10; as amended by Regulation (EC) No. 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (O.J. No. L 284, 31.10.2003, p.1), Directive 2004/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (O.J. No. L 47, 18.2.2004, p.26) and Directive 2005/20/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (O.J. No. L 70, 16.03.2005, p.17)."
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