In these Regulations—

• “operate a regulated facility” means—

  1. a

     operate an installationF1, mobile plant, a medium combustion plant or a specified generator, or

  2. b

     carry on a waste operation, mining waste operation, radioactive substances activity, water discharge activity, groundwater activity, small waste incineration plant operation, solvent emission activity or flood risk activity;

• “operator”, in relation to a regulated facility, means—

  1. a

     the person who has control over the operation of the regulated facility,

  2. b

     if the regulated facility has not yet been put into operation, the person who will have control over the regulated facility when it is put into operation, or

  3. c

     if a regulated facility authorised by an environmental permit ceases to be in operation, the person who holds the environmental permit.