2. In this Order—
[F1“cell bund” or “cell wall” means a structure within a disposal area which separates or contains units of waste;]
“disposal area” means any area of a landfill site where any landfill disposal takes place;
“hard standing” means a base within a landfill site on which any landfill site activity(1) such as sorting, treatment, processing, storage or recycling is carried out;
“haul road” means any road within a landfill site which gives access to a disposal area;
[F2“impermeable layer” means the geological barrier, whether formed of a single mineral layer or such mineral layer combined with an artificial sealing liner or cap, located at the external facing perimeter of a landfill cell, that has the function of preventing the escape of liquids or gases from that landfill cell;]
[F2“landfill cell” means a unit or structure within a landfill site formed of an impermeable layer at its base and sides and, save where the cell only contains inert material, at the top of the unit or structure;]
“LT(S) Act 2014” means the Landfill Tax (Scotland) Act 2014; and
“screening bund” means any structure on a landfill site (whether below or above ground) put in place to protect or conceal any landfill site activity or to reduce nuisance from noise.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in art. 2 substituted (1.7.2022 at 5:00 p.m.) by The Scottish Landfill Tax (Prescribed Landfill Site Activities) Amendment Order 2022 (S.S.I. 2022/233), arts. 1, 3(a)
F2Words in art. 2 inserted (1.7.2022 at 5:00 p.m.) by The Scottish Landfill Tax (Prescribed Landfill Site Activities) Amendment Order 2022 (S.S.I. 2022/233), arts. 1, 3(b)
Commencement Information
“landfill site activity” is defined in section 6(2) of the LT(S) Act 2014.