The Control of Pollution (Silage, Slurry and Agricultural Fuel Oil) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Regulations –

“animal” means any animal or bird bred or on agricultural land for the production of food, wool, skin or fur or for other farming purposes;

“construct” includes install;

“EEA State” means a State which is a Contracting Party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992, as adjusted by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993;

“farm” means land occupied as a unit for agricultural purposes;

“forage crop” means any crop grown as food for animals;

“fuel oil” means oil intended for use as a fuel for the production of heat or power but does not include oil intended for use exclusively as a fuel for heating a farmhouse or other residential premises on a farm and which is stored separately from other oil;

“reception pit” means a pit used for the collection of slurry before it is transferred into a slurry storage tank or for the collection of slurry discharged from such a tank;

“relevant substance” means –

“silage” means any forage crop which is being, or has been, conserved by fermentation or preservation (including the use of additives), or both, and which is intended for consumption by animals;

“silage effluent” means –

“silo” means any structure used for making or storing silage;

“slurry” means –

of a consistency that allows it to be pumped or discharged by gravity at any stage in the handling process;

“slurry storage system” means –

“slurry storage tank” includes a lagoon, pit (other than a reception pit) or tower used for the storage of slurry.

(2) In these Regulations, any requirement for a silo, slurry storage system, fuel storage tank or any other product to comply with a specified standard shall be satisfied by compliance with:

(a)a relevant standard or code of practice of a national standards body or equivalent body of any EEA State; or

(b)any relevant international standard recognised for use as a standard by any EEA State; or

(c)a technical specification or code of practice which, whether mandatory or not, is recognised for use as a standard by a public authority of any EEA State

in so far as the standard, code of practice, international standard or technical specification in question enables the pollution prevention objectives pursued by the present Regulations to be met in an equivalent manner.