S.L. 549.28 ст. 2Interpretation. S.L. 549.63 S.L. 549.19 S.L. 549.63 S.L. 549.63 S.L. 549.63

(1) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires -"authorised undertaking" means an undertaking that holds a valid permit under the Waste Regulations; "competent authority" means the Environment and Resources Authority as prescribed by the Nomination of the Competent Authority Order, and such other body or person as the Minister responsible for the Environment may by order in the Gazette prescribe and different bodies or persons may be designated as the competent authority for different provisions and different purposes of these regulations; "decontamination" means all operations which enable equipment, objects, materials or fluids contaminated by PCBs to be reused, recycled or disposed of under safe conditions, and which may include replacement, meaning all operations in which PCBs are replaced by suitable fluids not containing PCBs; "disposal" means operations D 8, D 9, D 10, D 12 (only in safe, deep, underground storage in dry rock formations and only for equipment containing PCBs and used PCBs which cannot be decontaminated) and D 15 provided for in Schedule 4 of the Waste Regulations; "equipment containing PCBs" means any equipment containing PCBs or having contained PCBs (e.g. transformers, capacitors, receptacles containing residual stocks) which has not been decontaminated: Provided that equipment of a type which may contain PCBs shall be treated as if it contains PCBs unless it is reasonable to assume the contrary; "holder" means any natural or legal person who is in possession of PCBs, used PCBs and, or equipment containing PCBs; "PCBs" means :

(a) polychlorinated biphenyls,

(b) polychlorinated terphenyls,

(c) Monomethyl-tetrachlorodiphenyl methane, Monomethyl-dichloro-diphenyl methane, Monomethyl-dibromo-diphenyl methane,

(d) any mixture containing any of the above mentioned substances in a total of more than 0.005% by weight; "used PCBs" means any PCBs which are waste within the meaning of the Waste Regulations.

(2) All other terms shall have the same meaning as that assigned to them in the Waste Regulations.