InterpretationU.K.
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2. In these Regulations—
“the Directive” means Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on end-of-life vehicles ();
“authorised treatment facility” means any establishment or undertaking carrying out treatment operations which holds a site licence that meets the requirements of
(a)
in England and Wales, Part VII and Schedule 5 of the End-of-Life Vehicles Regulations 2003 ();
(b)
in Scotland, regulations 3 to 6 of the End-of-Life Vehicles (Storage and Treatment) (Scotland) Regulations 2003 ();
(c)
in Northern Ireland, regulation 26 and Schedule 5 of the Waste Management Licensing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 ();
“certificate of compliance” means the type of certificate referred to in regulation 19;
“certificate of destruction” means the type of certificate referred to in Part V of the End-of-Life Vehicles Regulations 2003;
“compliance notice” means the notice referred to in regulation 16;
“end-of-life vehicle” means a vehicle which is waste within the meaning of Article 1(a) of the Waste Directive;
“producer” means the vehicle manufacturer or the professional importer of a vehicle into the United Kingdom;
“recovery” means any of the applicable operations provided for in Annex IIB to the Waste Directive;
“recycling” means the reprocessing in a production process of waste materials for the original purpose or for other purposes but excluding the use of combustible waste as a means to generate energy through direct incineration with or without other waste but with recovery of the heat;
“reuse” means any operation by which components of end-of-life vehicles are used for the same purpose for which they were conceived;
“treatment” means any activity after the end-of-life vehicle has been handed over to a facility for depollution, dismantling, shearing, shredding, recovery or preparation for disposal of the shredder wastes, and any other operation carried out for the recovery and/or disposal of the end-of-life vehicle and its components; and “treat” and “treated” shall be construed accordingly;
“vehicle” means any vehicle designated as category MI or NI defined in Annex IIA to Council Directive 70/156/EEC relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers (), and three-wheel motor vehicles as defined in Council Directive 2002/24/EC relating to the type-approval of two- or three-wheel motor vehicles (), but excluding motor tricycles; and
“the Waste Directive” means Council Directive 75/442/EC on waste ().