Interpretation2
In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—
“construct” includes install and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly;
“fuel oil” means oil intended for use as a fuel for the production of heat or power but does not include oil intended for use exclusively as a fuel for heating a farmhouse or other residential premises on a farm and stored separately from other oil;
“livestock” means—
- a
any animals kept for the production of food or wool; or
- b
any birds kept for the production of food;
- a
“reception pit” means a pit used for the collection of slurry before it is transferred into a slurry storage tank or for the collection of slurry discharged from such a tank;
“relevant substance” means slurry, fuel oil or, as the case may be, the crop being made into silage;
“slurry” means—
- a
excreta produced by livestock whilst in a yard or building; or
- b
a mixture consisting wholly or mainly of such excreta, bedding, rainwater and washings from a building or yard used by livestock or any combination of these,
of a consistency that allows it to be pumped or discharged by gravity at any stage in the handling process;
- a
“slurry storage system” means—
- a
a slurry storage tank;
- b
any reception pit and any effluent tank used in connection with the slurry storage tank; and
- c
any channels and pipes used in connection with the slurry storage tank, any reception pit or any effluent tank; and
- a
“slurry storage tank” includes a lagoon, pit (other than a reception pit) or tower used for the storage of slurry.