Environment Act 2021

Valid from 30/09/2022

Interpretation U.K.

18 (1) In this Schedule—

• “agricultural use” includes use for horticulture and aquaculture;

• “commercial activity” includes—

  (a)

  producing, manufacturing and processing;

  (b)

  distributing, selling, or supplying;

  (c)

  purchasing for a purpose within paragraph (a) or (b) (but not purchasing as a consumer);

• “due diligence system”, in relation to a forest risk commodity, has the meaning given by paragraph 3;

• “enforcement authority” has the meaning given by paragraph 9;

• “forest” has the meaning given by paragraph 1;

• “forest risk commodity” has the meaning given by paragraph 1;

• “local law”, in relation to a forest risk commodity, has the meaning given by paragraph 2;

• “Part 1 requirements” has the meaning given by paragraph 8;

• “Part 2 regulations” has the meaning given by paragraph 8;

• “regulated person”, in relation to a forest risk commodity, has the meaning given by paragraph 7;

• “relevant local law”, in relation to a forest risk commodity, has the meaning given by paragraph 2;

• “reporting period” has the meaning given by paragraph 4;

• “UK commercial activity” means commercial activity carried on in the United Kingdom.

(2) References in this Schedule to a product derived from a forest risk commodity are to a product derived from a forest risk commodity in whole or in part (and include any product of an animal fed on a forest risk commodity or a product derived from a forest risk commodity).

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 17 para. 18 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 147(3)