The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010

Interpretation: general

2.—(1) In this Schedule—

(a) unless otherwise provided, an expression that is defined in the Landfill Directive has the meaning given in that Directive;

(b) “the Decision” means Council Decision 2003/33/EC(1);

(c) “the Decision Annex” means the Annex to the Decision; and

(d) “landfill” has the meaning given in Article 2(g) of the Landfill Directive, but does not include any operation excluded from the scope of that Directive by Article 3(2).

(2) When interpreting the Landfill Directive and the Decision for the purposes of this Schedule—

(a) an expression that is defined in Part 1 of these Regulations has the meaning given in that Part;

(b) “landfill permit” means environmental permit;

(c) “nature protection zone” means any—

(i) site of special scientific interest within the meaning given in section 52 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981(2), or

(ii) European site within the meaning given in regulation 10(1) of the Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c) Regulations 1994(3);

(d) “PAHs (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons)” means Napthalene, Acenaphthylene, Acenaphthene, Anthracene, Benzo(a)anthracene, Benzo(b)fluoranthene, Benzo(k)fluoranthene, Benzo(g,h,i)perylene, Benzo(a)pyrene, Chrysene, Coronene, Dibenzo(a,h)anthracene, Fluorene, Fluoranthene, Indeno(1,2,3-c,d)pyrene, Phenanthrene and Pyrene;

(e) “permit” means environmental permit;

(f) “SIC code” means the UK Standard Industrial Classification of Economic Activities 2007 (SIC 2007) published by the Office for National Statistics on 14th December 2007 and implemented on 1st January 2008(4); and

(g) the competent authority is the regulator.

(1)

OJ No L 11, 16.1.2003, p 27.

(2)

1981 c. 69; the definition was inserted by the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000, section 75(1) and Schedule 9.

(3)

S.I. 1994/2716, amended by S.I. 2000/192. There are other amending instruments but none is relevant.

(4)

ISBN: 0116216417.