Environmental Protection Act 1990

[F1 Interpretation E+W

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 2AA inserted (prospectively in accordance with ss. 72-75 of the amending Act) (E.W.) by Climate Change Act 2008 (c. 27), ss. 71, 100, Sch. 5 para. 1 and which amending provisions repealed (never in force) (15.1.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), ss. 47, 240(1)(e), Sch. 25 Pt. 8

15 (1) In this Schedule— E+W

• “domestic premises” means—

  (a)

  a building or self-contained part of a building which is used wholly for the purposes of living accommodation,

  (b)

  a caravan (as defined in section 29(1) of the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960 (c. 62)) that usually and for the time being is situated on a caravan site (within the meaning of that Act), or

  (c)

  a moored vessel used wholly for the purposes of living accommodation;

• “domestic waste” means household waste from domestic premises;

• “enactment” includes an enactment contained in subordinate legislation;

• “recyclable waste” means waste that is capable of being recycled;

• “residual domestic waste” means domestic waste that is not—

  (a)

  waste meeting the conditions for collection by the authority as recyclable waste, or

  (b)

  waste for which a charge may be made by virtue of regulations under section 45(3) (power to charge for collection of household waste in prescribed cases);

• “specified” means specified in the waste reduction scheme.

(2) The Secretary of State may by order amend the definition of “domestic premises” in sub-paragraph (1).

(3) References in this Schedule to recycling include re-using and composting.]