S.L. 549.12 Art. 2Definitions. S.L. 504.20

(1) For the purpose of these regulations and unless the context otherwise requires: "competent authority" means the Department for Environment Protection under the guidance of the Director for Environment Protection 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 a competent authority for different provisions and different purposes of these regulations; "existing plant" means an industrial plant which is operational on the date of entry into force these regulations; "extraction of lindane" means the separation of lindane from a mixture of hexachlorocyclohexane isomers; "HCH" means the isomers of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6-hexachlorocyclohexane; "industrial plant" means any plant at which HCH or any other substance containing HCH is treated; "limit values" means the limit values specified in Annex I;

"lindane" means a product containing at least 99% of the g-isomer of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6-hexachlorocyclohexane;

"new plant" means:

(a) an industrial plant which has become operational after the date of entry into force of these regulations;

(b) an existing industrial plant whose capacity for the production or treatment of HCH has been substantially increased after the date of entry into force of these regulations; "treatment of HCH" means any industrial process involving the production or use of HCH, or any other industrial process in which the presence of HCH is inherent.

(2) These regulations apply to the waters referred to in regulation 2(2) of the Pollution Caused by Certain Dangerous Substances Discharged into the Aquatic Environment Regulations, with the exception of groundwater.