# The Scottish Landfill Tax (Prescribed Landfill Site Activities) Order 2014, Article 2: Interpretation

Extent: S

In this Order—
“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 activity 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;
“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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2014/367/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-landfill-tax-prescribed-landfill-site-activities-order-2014/article-2
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