4Meaning of landfill facility

4 Meaning of landfill facility

(1)  In this section –

approved management method means a management method approved and in effect under regulation 19 of the Environmental Management and Pollution Control (Waste Management) Regulations 2020 ;

land means an area of land that is not covered by water but does not include any buildings or other structures on the area of land;

lawfully disposed of means disposed of in accordance with –

(a) an approval, permit, licence, or other authorisation, in effect under an Act, other than an approved management method; or

(b) an order or notice that is in effect under an Act.

(2)  For the purposes of this Act, a landfill facility is a facility, or place, at which waste is lawfully disposed of into, or onto, land.

(3)  Despite subsection (2) , a facility or place is not a landfill facility if –

(a) it is prescribed not to be a landfill facility for the purposes of this Act; or

(b) it is a member of a class of facilities or places, the members of which are prescribed not to be landfill facilities for the purposes of this Act.