# The Offshore Installations (Emergency Pollution Control) Regulations 2002, Regulation 2: Interpretation


In these Regulations—
“accident” means any occurrence causing material damage or a threat of material damage to an offshore installation;
“operator” in relation to an offshore installation means any person who operates the offshore installation and includes any person who owns it at the time any powers conferred by these Regulations are exercised in relation to the offshore installation;
“pollution” includes pollution by oil or any other substance liable to create hazards to human health, to harm living resources and marine life, to damage amenities or to interfere with other legitimate uses of the sea, or by any other substance listed in the Schedule to the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution: Substances Other than Oil) (Intervention) Order 1997; and
“United Kingdom waters” has the same meaning as in the Merchant Shipping Act 1995.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/1861/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-installations-emergency-pollution-control-regulations-2002/regulation-2
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