The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016

Interpretation: general

2.—(1) In this Schedule—

(a) unless otherwise provided, an expression that is defined in the Landfill Directive has the meaning given in that Directive,

(b) “the Decision” means Council Decision 2003/33/EC(1),

(c) “the Decision Annex” means the Annex to the Decision, and

(d) “landfill” has the meaning given in Article 2(g) of the Landfill Directive, but does not include any operation excluded from the scope of that Directive by Article 3(2).

(2) When interpreting the Landfill Directive and the Decision for the purposes of this Schedule—

(a) an expression that is defined in Part 1 of these Regulations has the meaning given in that Part,

(b) “landfill permit” means environmental permit,

(c) “nature protection zone” means any—

(i) European site (which has the meaning given in regulation 8 of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2010(2)), or

(ii) site of special scientific interest (which has the meaning given in section 52(1) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981(3)),

(d) “PAHs (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons)” means Naphthalene, Acenaphthylene, Acenaphthene, Anthracene, Benzo(a)anthracene, Benzo(b)fluoranthene, Benzo(k)fluoranthene, Benzo(g,h,i)perylene, Benzo(a)pyrene, Chrysene, Coronene, Dibenzo(a,h)anthracene, Fluorene, Fluoranthene, Indeno(1,2,3-c,d)pyrene, Phenanthrene and Pyrene,

(e) “permit” means environmental permit,

(f) “SIC code” means the UK Standard Industrial Classification of Economic Activities 2007 (SIC 2007) published by the Office for National Statistics on 14th December 2007 and implemented on 1st January 2008(4), and

(g) the competent authority is the regulator.

(1)

OJ No L 11, 16.1.2003, p 27.

(2)

S.I. 2010/490, amended by S.I. 2012/1927; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.

(3)

1981 c. 69; the definition was inserted by paragraph 5(2) of Schedule 9 to the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (c. 37).

(4)

See http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/classifications/current-standard-classifications/standard-industrial-classification/index.html. A copy may be obtained from the Waste Regulation Team, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Area 2B, Nobel House, 17 Smith Square, London SW1P 3JR.