The Control of Pollution (Silage, Slurry and Agricultural Fuel Oil) Regulations 1991

Interpretation

2.  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;

• “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;

• “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

• “slurry storage tank” includes a lagoon, pit (other than a reception pit) or tower used for the storage of slurry.