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Article 2 InterpretationI1

Scotland

In this Order—

  • F1“cell bund” or “cell wall” means a structure within a disposal area which separates or contains units of waste;

  • “disposal area” means any area of a landfill site where any landfill disposal takes place;

  • “hard standing” means a base within a landfill site on which any landfill site activityf1 such as sorting, treatment, processing, storage or recycling is carried out;

  • “haul road” means any road within a landfill site which gives access to a disposal area;

  • F2“impermeable layer” means the geological barrier, whether formed of a single mineral layer or such mineral layer combined with an artificial sealing liner or cap, located at the external facing perimeter of a landfill cell, that has the function of preventing the escape of liquids or gases from that landfill cell;

  • “landfill cell” means a unit or structure within a landfill site formed of an impermeable layer at its base and sides and, save where the cell only contains inert material, at the top of the unit or structure;

  • “LT(S) Act 2014” means the Landfill Tax (Scotland) Act 2014; and

  • “screening bund” means any structure on a landfill site (whether below or above ground) put in place to protect or conceal any landfill site activity or to reduce nuisance from noise.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in art. 2 substituted (1.7.2022 at 5:00 p.m.) by The Scottish Landfill Tax (Prescribed Landfill Site Activities) Amendment Order 2022 (S.S.I. 2022/233), arts. 1, 3(a)

F2

Words in art. 2 inserted (1.7.2022 at 5:00 p.m.) by The Scottish Landfill Tax (Prescribed Landfill Site Activities) Amendment Order 2022 (S.S.I. 2022/233), arts. 1, 3(b)

Commencement

I1

Art. 2 in force at 1.4.2015, see art. 1

Footnotes

f1

“landfill site activity” is defined in section 6(2) of the LT(S) Act 2014.