In these Regulations—

• “activity” means any economic activity, whether public or private and whether or not carried out for profit;

• “baselines” means the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured for the purposes of the Territorial Sea Act 1987 M1;

• “Directive 2000/60/EC” means Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy M2;

• “Directive 2004/35/EC” means Directive 2004/35/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on environmental liability with regard to the prevention and remedying of environmental damage;

• “enforcing authority” means the person or body responsible for enforcing these Regulations, in accordance with regulation 10 or 11;

• “local authority” means F1(except in relation to a local authority in Wales)—

  1. a

     where there is a unitary authority for a local government area, that authority;

  2. b

     where there is not a unitary authority—

     1. i

        in a metropolitan district, the council of that district;

     2. ii

        in a non-metropolitan county, the district council;

     3. iii

        in each London borough, the council of that borough;

     4. iv

        in the City of London, the Common Council;

     5. v

        on the Isles of Scilly, the Council of the Isles of Scilly;

• “marine waters” means waters classified as marine waters pursuant to Directive 2008/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for Community action in the field of marine environmental policy M3;

• “natural habitat” means—

  1. a

     the habitats of species mentioned in Article 4(2) of, or Annex I to, Council Directive 2009/147/EC on the conservation of wild birds M4 or listed in Annex II to Council Directive 92/43/EEC on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora M5;

  2. b

     the natural habitats listed in Annex I to Council Directive 92/43/EEC; and

  3. c

     the breeding sites or resting places of the species listed in Annex IV to Council Directive 92/43/EEC;

• “natural resources” means—

  1. a

     a protected species;

  2. b

     a natural habitat;

  3. c

     a species or habitat on a site of special scientific interest by reason of which the site has been notified under section 28 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 M6;

  4. d

     water; and

  5. e

     land;

• “operator” means the person who operates or controls an activity, including the holder of a permit or authorisation relating to that activity, or the person registering or notifying an activity for the purposes of any enactment;

• “protected species” means a species of a kind mentioned in Article 4(2) of Council Directive 2009/147/EC or listed in Annex I to that Directive or Annexes II and IV to Council Directive 92/43/EEC;

• “remediation notice” means a notice served in accordance with regulation 20(2);

• “responsible operator” means the operator in relation to an activity that has caused environmental damage;

• “the Scottish zone” has the meaning it has in the Scotland Act 1998 M7;

• “services” means the functions performed by natural resources which benefit other natural resources or the public;

• “site of special scientific interest” has the same meaning as in the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 M8.

• F2“the Welsh zone” has the same meaning as in section 158(1) of the Government of Wales Act 2006.

Unless otherwise defined in these Regulations, expressions used in Directive 2004/35/EC have the same meaning in these Regulations.