In this Schedule—

• “applicable fee” means—

  1. a

     a fee imposed by the Agency under paragraph 11 until such date as it is superseded by a charging scheme referred to in that paragraph, or

  2. b

     on and after that date, the fee prescribed under such a scheme;

• “date of registration” means the date on which the relevant particulars first appear on the register;

• “occupier” means a person who is or has been the occupier of the land on which an exempt water discharge activity or exempt groundwater activity is carried on;

• “operator” means the person carrying on a water discharge activity or groundwater activity;

• “register” means the register which the exemption registration authority is required to establish and maintain under paragraph 7(1);

• “registered” means—

  1. a

     in relation to a waste operation, that the relevant particulars appear on the register during a valid registration period,

  2. b

     in relation to a water discharge activity or groundwater activity, that the relevant particulars appear on the register,

  and “registration” is to be construed accordingly;

• “relevant particulars” has the meaning given in paragraph 6(3);

• “valid registration period”, for an exempt waste operation, means the period of validity of a registration referred to in paragraph 12(1), as read with paragraph 12(2); and

• “WEEE operation” means a waste operation falling within a description in paragraph T11.