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4.—(1) “Operator” means in relation to a road vehicle—
(a)any person who is required to hold a road freight vehicle licence under section 17(2) of the Transport Act (Northern Ireland) 1967(1) other than a person described in sub-section (1)(6) or (c) of that section; or
(b)where no such licence is required. the keeper of the vehicle,
(2) “Operator” means in relation to any other mode of transport and in relation to a berth or a storage tank, the person who has for the time being day-to-day control of its running.
(3) “Operator” means in relation to a portable tank (other than the carrying tank of a road tanker) which is being conveyed by road, either—
(a)the owner of the tank or his agent. if that person—
(i)has a place of business in Northern Ireland; and
(ii)is identified as the owner of or, as the case may be, as the agent of the owner of the tank on the portable tank itself or on a document carried on the vehicle; or
(b)if no person satisfies the requirements set out in sub-paragraph (a), the operator of the vehicle on which the portable tank is carried.
(4) For the purpose of paragraph (3). a person to whom a portable tank is leased or hired shall be treated as the owner of that portable tank.
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