# The Waste Management Licensing Regulations 1994, Paragraph 1: Interpretation of Schedule 4


In this Schedule, unless the context otherwise requires—
“competent authority” has the meaning given by paragraph 3;
“development”, “development plan”, “government department” and “planning permission” have the same meaning as in the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 or, in Scotland, as in the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972;
“licensing authority” and “the Ministers” have the meaning given by section 24(1) of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985;
“local planning authority” and “the planning Acts” have the same meaning as in the Town and Country Planning Act 1990;
“permit” means a waste management licence, a disposal licence, an authorisation under Part I of the 1990 Act, a resolution under section 54 of the 1990 Act, a licence under Part II of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985 or a consent under Chapter II of Part III of the Water Resources Act 1991 or under Part II of the Control of Pollution Act 1974 (and, in relation to a permit, “grant” includes give, issue or pass, “modify” includes vary, and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly);
“plan-making provisions” means paragraph 5 below, section 50 of the 1990 Act and Part IIof the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 or, in Scotland, Part II of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972;
“planning authority” means the local planning authority, the person appointed under paragraph 1 of Schedule 6 to the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 or, as the case may be, the government department responsible for discharging a function under the planning Acts or, in Scotland, the planning authority (as defined in section 172 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973), the person appointed under paragraph 1 of Schedule 7 to the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972, or, as the case may be, the government department responsible for discharging a function under the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972, and the Secretary of State shall be treated as a planning authority in respect of his functions under the planning Acts or, in Scotland, the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972;
“pollution control authority” means any competent authority other than a planning authority;
“river purification authority” has the meaning given by section 17 of the Rivers (Preventionof Pollution) (Scotland) Act 1951;
“specified action” means any of the following—
(a) determining—
(i) an application for planning permission; or
(ii) an appeal made under section 78 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 or, in Scotland, under section 33 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972, in respect of such an application;
(b) deciding whether to take any action under section 141(2) or (3) or 177(1)(a) or (b) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, or under section 196(5) of that Act as originally enacted, or under section 35(5) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 or, in Scotland, under section 85(5)(a), (b) or (c), 91(3) (as enacted prior to its repeal) or 172(2) or (3) of, or paragraph 2(6) of Schedule 17 to, the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972;
(c) deciding whether to direct under section 90(1), (2) or (2A) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 or, in Scotland, section 37(1) of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 or paragraph 7(1) of Schedule 8 to the Electricity Act 1989, that planning permission shall be deemed to be granted;
(d) deciding whether—
(i) in making or confirming a discontinuance order, to include in the order any grant of planning permission; or
(ii) to confirm (with or without modifications) a discontinuance order insofar as it grants planning permission,
and, for the purposes of this sub-paragraph, “discontinuance order” means an order under section 102 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (including an order made under that section by virtue of section 104 of that Act), or under paragraph 1 of Schedule 9 to that Act (including an order made under that paragraph by virtue of paragraph 11 of that Schedule), or, in Scotland, an order under section 49 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (including an order made under that section by virtue of section 260 of that Act);
(e) discharging functions under Part II of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 or,in Scotland, Part II of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/1056/schedule/4/part/I/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/waste-management-licensing-regulations-1994/schedule-4/part-I/paragraph-1
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