Schedule 3, Part 1, Chapter 1, paragraph 1(1)

In this Part— “agricultural land” has the meaning given in section 109(1) of the Agriculture Act 1947 and, for the purposes of the descriptions in paragraphs U10 and U11, includes land used for the production of timber or other non-food crops; “anaerobic digestion” means the mesophilic and thermophilic biological decomposition and stabilisation of biodegradable waste which— is carried on under controlled anaerobic conditions, and results in stable sanitised material that can be applied to land for the benefit of agriculture or to improve the soil structure or nutrients in land; “associated storage” means storage of waste that— is associated with the use, treatment or disposal of waste, and takes place at the place where the use, treatment or disposal is carried on; “bank” means a bank, wall or embankment adjoining or confining, or constructed for the purposes of or in connection with, any channel and includes all land between the bank and low-watermark; “construction” means the carrying on of building or engineering work which includes the repair, alteration, maintenance or improvement of an existing work and preparatory or landscaping works; “impermeable surface” means a surface or pavement constructed and maintained to a standard sufficient to prevent the transmission of liquids beyond the surface; “inland waters” has the meaning given in section 221(1) of the 1991 Act; “List of Wastes” means the list of wastes established by Commission Decision 2000/532/EC replacing Decision 94/3/EC establishing a list of wastes pursuant to Article 1(a) of Council Directive 75/442/EEC on waste and Council Decision 94/904/EC establishing a list of hazardous waste pursuant to Article 1(4) of Council Directive 91/689/EEC on hazardous waste , as amended from time to time; “place of production” means, in relation to any waste, the place where the waste was originally produced; “Plant Health notice” means a notice served under— article 13 of the Plant Health (Phytophthora ramorum) (Wales) Order 2006 ; article 31 of the Plant Health (Forestry) Order 2005 ; article 32 of the Plant Health (England) Order 2015 ; article 32 of the Plant Health (Wales) Order 2006 ; “relevant waste”, where it appears in any paragraph in this Part, means waste that— falls within a code specified in the first column of the table in the paragraph, and is of a type specified in the second column of the table; “scrap metal” has the meaning given in section 21 of the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013 ; “sealed drainage” means a drainage system with an impermeable surface which ensures that— no liquid will run off the surface otherwise than via the system, and except where they may be lawfully discharged, all liquids entering the system are collected in a sealed sump; “secondary containment” means a bund or any other system for preventing waste which has leaked from the primary container from escaping from the place where it is stored or treated.

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-07-30