Interpretation: operate a regulated facility and operator
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7. In these Regulations—
“operate a regulated facility” means—
(a)
operate an installation or mobile plant, or
(b)
carry on a waste operation, mining waste operation, radioactive substances activity, water discharge activity or groundwater activity; and
“operator”, in relation to a regulated facility, means—
(a)
the person who has control over the operation of the regulated facility,
(b)
if the regulated facility has not yet been put into operation, the person who will have control over the regulated facility when it is put into operation, or
(c)
if a regulated facility authorised by an environmental permit ceases to be in operation, the person who holds the environmental permit.