Subject to the following subsection, in this Part of this Act—
"the appropriate Agency" means—
(a)in relation to England ..., the Environment Agency;
(aa)in relation to Wales, the Natural Resources Body for Wales; and
(b)in relation to Scotland, SEPA;
"associated works", in relation to pipes, means any of the following connected with the pipes, namely, any valve, filter, stopcock, pump, inspection chamber and manhole and such other works as are prescribed;
"collection authority" means the council of a district or a London borough, the Common Council of the City of London, the Sub-Treasurer of the Inner Temple and the Under Treasurer of the Middle Temple and "English collection authority" means a collection authority of which the area is in the area of an English county disposal authority;
"controlled waste" means household, industrial and commercial waste or any such waste;
"disposal authority" means the council of a county or metropolitan district in England, the council of a London borough and the Common Council of the City of London, "English county disposal authority" means the council of a county in England and "relevant disposal authority", in relation to an English collection authority, means the English county disposal authority whose area includes that of the collection authority;
"disposal licence" has the meaning assigned to it by section 3(1) of this Act, and "holder" in relation to such a licence shall be construed in accordance with section 8(3) of this Act;
"private dwelling" means—a hereditament or premises used wholly for the purposes of a private dwelling or private dwellings as determined in accordance with Schedule 13 to the General Rate Act 1967; anda caravan as defined in section 29(1) of the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960 (disregarding the amendment made by section 13(2) of the Caravan Sites Act 1968) which usually and for the time being is situated on a caravan site within the meaning of that Act;
"relevant land" means—and references to land in the preceding paragraphs include such water as is mentioned in section 4(4) of this Act;in relation to a proposal to issue a disposal licence, the land on which activities may be carried on in pursuance of the licence if it is issued in accordance with the proposal; andin relation to a disposal licence, the land on which activities may be carried on in pursuance of the licence,
"waste" has the same meaning as it has in Part II of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 by virtue of section 75(2) of that Act;
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In the application of this Part of this Act to Scotland—
"collection authority" means an islands or district council;
"disposal authority" means an islands or district council;
"private dwelling" means—lands and heritages used wholly or mainly for the purposes of a private dwelling or private dwellings; anda caravan as defined in section 29(1) of the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960 which usually and for the time being is situated on a caravan site within the meaning of that Act;
"Scottish collection authority" means a collection authority of which the area is in Scotland;
"Scottish disposal authority" means a disposal authority of which the area is in Scotland.
Subject to the following subsection, for the purposes of this Part of this Act—
Except as provided by regulations made by virtue of this subsection, nothing in this Part of this Act applies to radioactive waste within the meaning of Schedule 23 to the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/1154) ; but regulations may—