SCHEDULE 21Water discharge activities

Interpretation2

In this Schedule—

  • discharging sewer” means the sewer or works from which sewage effluent is discharged;

  • discharging undertaker” means the sewerage undertaker in which a discharging sewer is vested;

  • main connection” has the same meaning as in section 110A of the Water Industry Act 1991 M1;

  • pipe” has the same meaning as in the 1991 Act;

  • sending undertaker” means a sewerage undertaker which discharges sewage effluent into the discharging sewer or other sewer or works vested in the discharging undertaker;

  • “waste” in the term “waste matter” includes—

    1. a

      anything that is waste for the purposes of the Waste Framework Directive and is not excluded from the scope of that Directive by Article 2(1), (2) or (3) of that Directive;

    2. b

      anything that is waste for the purposes of the Mining Waste Directive and is not excluded from the scope of that Directive by Article 2(2) of that Directive.