# The Pollution Prevention and Control (Scotland) Regulations 2000, Paragraph 11


(1) In Part 1 of this Schedule–
“background quantity” means, in relation to the release of a substance resulting from an activity, such quantity of that substance as is present in–
(i) water supplied to the site where the activity is carried out;
(ii) water abstracted for use in the activity; and
(iii) precipitation onto the site on which the activity is carried out;
“Part A activity” means an activity falling within Part A of any Section in Part 1 of this Schedule;
“Part B activity” means an activity falling within Part B of any Section in Part 1 of this Schedule.
(2) For the purposes of the interpretation of Part 1 of this Schedule, and unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to a Section is a reference to the Section so numbered in Part 1 of this Schedule.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2000/323/schedule/1/paragraph/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/pollution-prevention-and-control-scotland-regulations-2000/schedule-1/paragraph-11
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